On Feb. 25, 1956 Kruschev made his now famous “secret speech” to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n
Robert Conquest – one of my own personal idols – writes about this major event of the 20th century<\/a>. Long-denied by the Communist higher-ups: it was said there was no such speech, it didn’t exist, Kruschev never made it … all of this was nonsense. News of the “secret speech” leaked almost immediately.<\/p>\n Roy Medvedev also weighs in<\/a> (although a ton of columnists and writers wrote about the “secret speech” on Feb. 25):<\/p>\n Medvedev leads off with:<\/p>\n In history, some events at first appear insignificant, or their significance is hidden, but they turn out to be earthshaking. Such a moment occurred 50 years ago, with Nikita Khrushchev\u0092s so-called “Secret Speech” to the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n Here’s a copy of the speech <\/a>itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Feb. 25, 1956 Kruschev made his now famous “secret speech” to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. Robert Conquest – one of my own personal idols – writes about this major event of the … Continue reading