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On February 25, 1956, at a closed plenum of the 20th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party, First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev gave a speech about Joseph Stalin, who had died in 1953. Stalin ruled with the proverbial iron fist ever since consolidating power around himself in the wake of Lenin s death in 1924. Khrushchev, in an unprecedented move, broke the fortress of silence around Stalin in his speech, expressing the truth everybody knew but was afraid to say: Stalin . elevated himself above the party and above the nation . He had completely lost consciousness of reality; he demonstrated his suspicion and haughtiness not only in relation to individuals in the USSR, but in relation to whole parties and nations. Khrushchev went on and on . and on . about Stalin s crimes. The speech, now known as the secret speech, wasn t a secret for long. Khrushchev s main point of critique was the personality cult Stalin amassed around himself. Comrades, we must abolish the cult of the individ

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