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Khrushchev's report of 24-25 February 1956 denouncing the cult of Stalin; it names several deported peoples.

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25 Feb 1956

Khrushchev’s speech to the 20th Party Congress. Khrushchev’s report of 24-25 February 1956 denouncing the cult of Stalin; it names several deported peoples.

25 Feb 1956

Nikita Khrushchev authored Khrushchev’s speech to the 20th Party Congress.

Khrushchev’s speech to the 20th Party Congress features Deportation of the Balkars (1944), Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush (1944), Deportation of the Kalmyks (1943) and Deportation of the Karachays (1943).

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