Khrushchev was disliked within Russia for his ‘Secret Speech’ in which he criticised the communist regime and many of its leaders. Not only did the speech alienate hard-line Stalinists ...

Khrushchev’s ‘Secret Speech’, given to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party, outlined his policy of ‘de-Stalinisation’. In his address, he criticised the purges, persecution of ...

Khrushchev, first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, pounded his shoe on his delegate desk in protest at a speech by Philippine delegate Lorenzo Sumulong. Since then ...