Khrushchev's famous 1956 speech exposing Stalin's crimes.
Background on the Soviet leader from a website on the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The Secret Speech - On the Cult of Personality, 1956.
Book review by James N. Giglio.
Soviet leader's 1956 speech decrying Stalin's excesses. This speech marked the beginning of the "destalinization" process.
Notes on relations between the US and Khrushchev during the Eisenhower presidency. Includes images from the "Kitchen Debate" between Khrushchev and then US Vice-President Richard Nixon.
Essay by Vojtech Mastny on the pressures for change within the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet response.
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