Date of Award
1964
Document Type
Thesis
Department
History
Abstract
Three years after the death of Stalin, Khrushchev presented before the Twentieth Party Congress of the Soviet Union, a secret speech, condemning Stalin and the development of the cult of the individual around him. In so doing, he promised to return to the Marxist-Leninist principles and to collective leadership. I shall try, in this paper, to summarize the various changes that have occurred within the years succeeding the speech. I shall try to show that there has been no basic change in the Soviet system of government, but that some controls have been relaxed and the method of control has been changed to reflect Khrushchev's personality.
Recommended Citation
Rowe, Donnalee, "Khrushchev's secret speech and the aftermath" (1964). Honors Theses. 1026.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/1026