Khrushchev's Secret Speech

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf political speech
gptkbp:audience Communist_Party_delegates
gptkbp:context 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
gptkbp:criticism Great Purge
Hardline communists
gptkbp:date February 25, 1956
gptkbp:discusses Lenin's_legacy
gptkbp:emphasizes collective leadership
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Soviet_political_purges
Increased repression in some areas
gptkbp:highlights Human rights abuses
gptkbp:historical_significance Turning_point_in_Soviet_history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Khrushchev's Secret Speech
gptkbp:impact de-Stalinization
Leftist movements globally
gptkbp:influence Post-Stalin_Soviet_politics
gptkbp:influenced Cold_War_dynamics
gptkbp:inspiration Dissent_in_Eastern_Europe
gptkbp:internationalClassification Shock among delegates
gptkbp:is_a gptkb:Prague_Spring
gptkbp:is_a_celebration_of Reformists
gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for gptkb:Soviet_foreign_policy
Soviet_leadership_style
gptkbp:is_a_key_component_of Soviet_historiography
gptkbp:is_a_reflection_of Changing_attitudes_towards_Stalin
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of Historical analysis
Controversy_in_Soviet_history.
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Khrushchev's_de-Stalinization_campaign
Soviet_political_strategy
gptkbp:is_popular_among Communist_Party_members
gptkbp:is_referenced_in Later_Soviet_policies
gptkbp:is_used_in Subsequent_Soviet_congresses
gptkbp:keyEvent Soviet_political_history
Soviet_history
Communist_ideology
Soviet_political_discourse
gptkbp:led_to Increased_openness_in_Soviet_politics
Soviet_Union's_internal_reforms
gptkbp:length approximately 4 hours
gptkbp:location gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:notableFor Denouncing_Stalin's_terror
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Stalin's_cult_of_personality
gptkbp:recordings Khrushchev's_aides
gptkbp:releasedIn Western media
gptkbp:resultedIn Political_reforms_in_the_Soviet_Union
gptkbp:significance Critique of Stalin's policies
gptkbp:significantEvent 20th century history
Cold_War_history
Communist_parties_worldwide
gptkbp:style secretive
gptkbp:ticketingSystem Nikita Khrushchev
gptkbp:was General public
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for Political_change_in_Eastern_Europe
Social_change_in_the_USSR
gptkbp:was_a_factor_in gptkb:Sino-Soviet_split
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:Stalin's_death
International_criticism_of_Stalinism
Public_discontent_with_Stalin's_legacy