Great speeches: Nikita Khrushchev
Full and edited versions of Nikita Khrushchev's 'The cult of the individual' speech delivered to the 20th congress of the Communist party of the USSR in Moscow on February 25 1956
The cult of the individual
The cult of the individual - part 1
The cult of the individual - part 2
The cult of the individual - part 3
The cult of the individual - part 4
The cult of the individual - part 5
The first steps towards a new era
Shedding new light on the Stalin regime
March 17 1956: A bitter attack on Stalin accusing him of responsibility for massacre and torture during his 30 years in power has been made by Mr Khrushchev, according to reports from reliable Communist sources.