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Witness History: Archive 2011

Khrushchev's Secret Speech

9 min • 24 februari 2011

Before 1956, Josef Stalin had always been portrayed as a hero of the Soviet Union.

Then, in a secret speech to a Communist Party conference, his successor, Nikita Khrushchev, denounced him as a brutal and paranoid tryant.

Witness hears from Russians who remember the speech and the shock it caused.

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