A really interesting speech where Nikita Khrushchev gave a speech about the rulership of Stalin. He criticizes Stalin’s methods and repressions. He excuses Lenin’s use of extreme measures and says they were justified because Socialism was not achieved yet, but he argues that Socialism was already achieved under Stalin, so extreme measures against the people were not necessary.
Basically Khrushchev here is addressing the government of the USSR after Stalin’s death, and he is saying, “that was really bad.”
It was pretty shocking because nobody could say anything like that while Stalin was alive. Stalin died in 1953.
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