Khrushchev's Secret Speech
Witness History: Archive 2011 - A podcast by BBC World Service
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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.
