On February 25, 1956, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev delivered what would become known as the “Secret Speech.” This ...

ON FEBRUARY 24 1956, 10 days after it opened in Moscow, delegates to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union’s (CPSU) 20th ...

February 25 highlights Khrushchev’s Secret Speech exposing Stalin’s crimes, plus key moments in politics, art, and science shaping global history.

As a Time magazine bureau chief, he was pivotal in the publication of revelatory taped interviews with the ousted premier that had been smuggled out of the Soviet Union. By Sam Roberts On Sunday, Xi ...

Seven decades ago, in the early hours of February 25, 1956, inside the precincts of the Kremlin, Nikita Khrushchev, the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, stood before a ...

Like millions of Americans in the summer of 1959, Harriet Van Horne, a New York City newspaper columnist, saw the famous impromptu Moscow "Kitchen Debate" between Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Oct. 12, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. Looking back over the past 75 years, there may not ...

AMES, Iowa -- Liz Garst was 8 years old in 1959 when her grandfather hosted Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at his Coon Rapids farm. During a talk at Iowa State University, Garst will share how this ...

Nikita Khrushchev is a man who likes crowds, and last week in Indonesia he finally found them. In India and Burma, where the touring Communist boss drew relatively sparse turnouts and notably sharp ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 1959 (UPI) - Following is the text of President Eisenhower's welcoming remarks to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev:"Mr. Chairman, I welcome you, your family and party to the ...