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Khrushchev's Secret Speech at the 20th Congress of the CPSU
Khrushchev's famous 1956 speech exposing Stalin's crimes.

Nikita Khrushchev
Background on the Soviet leader from a website on the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The Rise of Khrushchev
An account by Professor Gerhard Rempel of Western New England College of the machinations following Stalin's death that ultimately brought Nikita Khrushchev to power.

Modern History Sourcebook: Nikita S. Khrushchev: The Secret Speech - On the Cult of Personality, 1956
The Secret Speech - On the Cult of Personality, 1956.

Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali. One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964.
Book review by James N. Giglio.

Khrushchev's Secret Speech -- Full Annotated Text
Soviet leader's 1956 speech decrying Stalin's excesses. This speech marked the beginning of the "destalinization" process.

Eisenhower and Khrushchev
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.

"We Are in a Bind": Polish and Czechoslovak Attempts at Reforming the Warsaw Pact, 1956-1969
Essay by Vojtech Mastny on the pressures for change within the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet response.


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