Khrushchev's Secret Speech
February 25, 1956 · Kremlin, Moscow
Speech to a closed session of the 20th Party Congress in which Khrushchev denounced Stalin's personality cult and crimes. It began de-Stalinisation and shook communist parties worldwide.
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- Sino-Soviet split 1956 โ 1966
1956 Georgian demonstrations March 9, 1956
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 October 23 โ November 10, 1956
Dissolution of the Soviet Union August 24 โ December 26, 1991
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