Stalin's Secret Speech That Shook the Soviet Union

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Stalin's Secret Speech That Shook the Soviet Union

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In February 1956, Nikita Khrushchev delivered a secret speech to the 20th Party Congress that denounced Stalin's cult of personality, his purges, and wartime failures. This episode explores how the speech was prepared, the shocking revelations about the Great Terror and the Leningrad Affair, and the immediate aftermath as the text leaked to the West and sparked unrest across Eastern Europe. We discuss the role of Anastas Mikoyan in pushing for de-Stalinization, the cover-up of Stalin's own crimes during the Congress, and how the speech led to the Hungarian Revolution months later. Drawing on transcripts from the Congress, memoirs of attendees, and KGB archives, we trace the limits of this 'thaw' and why Khrushchev chose to expose Stalin rather than the system itself. #Khrushchev #SecretSpeech #DeStalinization #20thPartyCongress #SovietHistory #ColdWar #GreatTerror #HungarianRevolution #AnastasMikoyan #NikolaiBukharin #LeningradAffair #CultOfPersonality #Pravda #KGB #Moscow #1956 #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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