feb 25, 1956 - The 'Secret Speech'

Description:

Secret speech given in 1956
- Criticises Stalin and accuses him of crimes
against the Communist Party.
- Exposes some of Stalin’s crimes
- Greeting with a mixture of shock, disbelief and
relief.
- Criticises the Cult of Personality, and the way that Stalin ruled over the USSR.
- He talks about all the wrong that Stalin
Khrushchev, states in the speech quite clearly
that he only joined the politburo in 1933 after
most of the purges occurred, whilst the others
where there the entire time, and they should
take the blame for it.

Crimes Khrushchev accused Stalin of:
- Mass repression
- Brutality/ violence
- Intolerance towards colleagues.
- Moral and physical annihilation
- Illegal means illegality
- Stigmatised people
- Liar
- Falsehoods
- Abuse of power