Secret Speech of 1956
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The Secret Speech of 1956 was a landmark address by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denouncing Joseph Stalin’s cult of personality and political repressions, which triggered major shifts within the Soviet Union and the global communist movement.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khrushchev’s Secret Speech | 2 |
| Secret Speech | 2 |
| Secret Speech of 1956 canonical | 2 |
| Khrushchev's Secret Speech | 1 |
| Khrushchev's Secret Speech at the 20th Congress (1956) | 1 |
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Target entity: Secret Speech of 1956 Context triple: [Nikita Khrushchev, notableEvent, Secret Speech of 1956]
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A.
Six Crises
Six Crises is a political memoir by Richard Nixon in which he recounts and analyzes six major challenges from his early political career.
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B.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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C.
Mister Speaker
Mister Speaker is the traditional formal address used for a male Speaker presiding over the United States House of Representatives.
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The Seven Good Years
The Seven Good Years is a celebrated work of Yiddish literature by I. L. Peretz that reflects Jewish life and culture with a blend of realism, folklore, and moral insight.
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E.
The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Secret Speech of 1956 Target entity description: The Secret Speech of 1956 was a landmark address by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denouncing Joseph Stalin’s cult of personality and political repressions, which triggered major shifts within the Soviet Union and the global communist movement.
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A.
Six Crises
Six Crises is a political memoir by Richard Nixon in which he recounts and analyzes six major challenges from his early political career.
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B.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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C.
Mister Speaker
Mister Speaker is the traditional formal address used for a male Speaker presiding over the United States House of Representatives.
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D.
The Seven Good Years
The Seven Good Years is a celebrated work of Yiddish literature by I. L. Peretz that reflects Jewish life and culture with a blend of realism, folklore, and moral insight.
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E.
The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course
The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course is a heavily propagandistic official textbook published in 1938 that presented a Stalinist interpretation of Soviet and party history for ideological education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet document
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historical event ⓘ political speech ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Secret Speech of 1956
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surface form:
Khrushchev’s Secret Speech
On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences ⓘ Secret Speech of 1956 ⓘ
surface form:
Secret Speech
|
| classifiedAs | secret at the time of delivery ⓘ |
| condemns |
abuse of the secret police
ⓘ
mass arrests under Stalin ⓘ show trials of the 1930s ⓘ violations of socialist legality ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Joseph Stalin
ⓘ
Stalin-era political repression ⓘ Stalin’s cult of personality ⓘ |
| date | 1956-02-25 ⓘ |
| dateLeaked | 1956 ⓘ |
| deliveredAt |
Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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surface form:
20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
|
| deliveredBy | Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ |
| deliveredTo | delegates of the 20th CPSU Congress ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
turning point in Soviet history
ⓘ
turning point in the history of international communism ⓘ |
| impact |
ideological crisis in many communist parties
ⓘ
reassessment of Stalinism worldwide ⓘ weakening of Stalin’s posthumous reputation ⓘ |
| initiated | de-Stalinization in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | closed session of Communist Party delegates ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| leakedTo |
Western governments
ⓘ
Western media ⓘ |
| officialTitle | On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences ⓘ |
| placeOfSpeech | Moscow ⓘ |
| policyAssociatedWith |
de-Stalinization
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surface form:
Khrushchev Thaw
partial liberalization in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| politicalContext | de-Stalinization ⓘ |
| politicalGoal |
distance CPSU from Stalin’s crimes
ⓘ
legitimize Khrushchev’s leadership ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
de-Stalinization
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surface form:
Khrushchev Thaw
de-Stalinization ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Hungarian Revolution of 1956 ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
major shifts in the global communist movement
ⓘ
major shifts within the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| topic |
Stalinist repressions
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surface form:
Stalinist purges
abuses of power under Joseph Stalin ⓘ cult of personality of Joseph Stalin ⓘ political repression in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| year | 1956 ⓘ |
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