Khrushchev’s secret speech: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	February 25, 1956
Location	Russia • Soviet Union
Context	Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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Nikita Khrushchev smiling and wearing a suit with medals on the lapel, shown from the chest up in a black and white photograph.

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Topics

Communist Party of the Soviet Union Stalinism denunciation de-Stalinization

Key People

Nikita Khrushchev smiling and wearing a suit with medals on the lapel, shown from the chest up in a black and white photograph.

Nikita Khrushchev

premier of Soviet Union