![]() ![]() Khrushchev's motives were not entirely benevolent. Khrushchev as much as admitted that his predecessor had been a criminal and a murderer who had organised purges of not only supposed dissidents, but also the military and the Communist party. Khrushchev's address, officially called "The Personality Cult and its Consequences", but later to become known by the more catchy title of "The Secret Speech", was an outright criticism of Stalin and his practices. On this occasion, however, there was no danger that those present would nod off, because the unthinkable was happening. One can only be impressed by the stamina that totalitarian leaders seem to possess, and the deep love they have of their own voices. ![]() ![]() J ust before midnight on 24 February 1956, Nikita Khrushchev stood up before the 20th congress of the Soviet Communist party and started to talk. ![]()
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