Jahrestag
February 14th 1956 - Khrushchev launches De-Stalinization of the Soviet Communist Party
On February 14th 1956 the 20th congress of the Communists Party of the Soviet Union (or “CPSU”) starts in Moscow. It is the first congress after the death of Josef Stalin. In a speech lasting several hours, the new party chief Nikita Khrushchev, who himself had made his career within the party in Stalins shadow) settles up with Stalin as a the statesman and as a man. For the first time Khrushchev reveals the crimes committed by the communist dictator and thereby introduces a turning point in the history of the Soviet Union.
Länge: 00:00:40 | O-Ton: nein | Farbe: s/w | Jahr: 1956
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Land: Sowjetunion
Personen: Chruschtschow, Nikita
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