Fifty years ago, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev gave a speech denouncing his predecessor Joseph Stalin. He set in motion a new era for the Soviet Union, and changed the composition of the Cold War.

Russia is marking the 50th anniversary of Khrushchev's "secret speech," in which he denounced crimes committed under Josef Stalin and the cult of personality surrounding the deceased Soviet leader.

In 1956, Nikita Khrushchev delivered a shocking speech that exposed Stalin’s crimes. It triggered De-Stalinization and reshaped the Soviet Union forever.

At a party congress in the Moscow region on Saturday, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) adopted a ...

The most sensational event in recent Communist history was Nikita Khrushchev’s three-hour secret address to the 20th Congress of the party in February. Ever since, Western intelligence agents ...

Anne Applebaum's reluctance to celebrate Nikita Khrushchev's speech denouncing Joseph Stalin and Stalinism 50 years ago was justified ["Happy Anniversary, Nikita Khrushchev," op-ed, Feb. 22]. The ...

He was the first reporter to learn of Nikita Khrushchev's secret speech in February 1956 to the Communist Party elite. Now Josef Stalin had been buried as the Soviet Union's most beloved leader.

In essence, Khrushchev's speech (which didn't remain secret very long; Polish communists leaked it to the Israelis, who leaked it to the West) was a piece of theater, a four-hour harangue during ...

Recovery has set in, sporadically, in the 50 years that have passed since Khrushchev delivered his “secret speech.” But progress was slow and even now has far to go.