Khrushev's Secret Speech

Question 1

When did Krushchev become Soviet Leader?

Answer 1

1955

Question 2

What was the content of Khrushev’s secret speech?

Answer 2

• Stalin was a brutal depost
• Khrushchev promised to ‘De-Stalinise’ the USSR; end censorship and free political prisoners

Question 3

Consequences of the secret speech

Answer 3

• It suggested Khrushchev’s leadership would be less brutal
• 1000’s political prisoners were freed
• Censorship rules ‘relaxed’; more freedom of expression
• Led to the uprising of Hungary, 1956