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Khrushchev's Secret Speech
Before 1956, Josef Stalin had always been portrayed as a hero of the Soviet Union.
Then, in a secret speech to a Communist Party conference, his successor, Nikita Khrushchev, denounced him as a brutal and paranoid tryant.
Witness hears from Russians who remember the speech and the shock it caused.
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