Bells that rang but were not heard
At the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, held between February 14 and 25, 1956, which was held about three and a half years after the death of Joseph Stalin, the then Soviet leader said, “Close the doors,” and then to the astonishment of the leaders and delegations. Communist parties from all over the world told untold truths. From the betrayals of the communist cause, from Stalin’s reign of terror, from the purge of power by accusing the enemy of mercenary, from the courts of order, from the bluff of justice and equality and big mistakes in the war that cost the blood of thousands of Russians and finally warned that If they do not think, the fall is near.
Khrushchev said in that congress:
“Stalin acted on behalf of everyone and did not trust anyone. He did not take advice from anyone, everything was shown to people in this false light. Why? Because Stalin was surrounded by glory.
. Contrary to historical fact. Not Stalin, but the entire party, the Soviet government, our heroic army, its talented leaders and brave soldiers, the entire Soviet nation – these are the ones who brought victory in the Great Patriotic War.
.friends! The personality cult of Freddie reached such a gigantic size, mostly because Stalin himself supported the glorification of his personality. The 1948 edition of his short biography, which is full of scandalous flattery, was personally edited and approved by him. He crossed out places where he thought the praise for his services was insufficient.
Here are some examples that I have that show this work of Stalin and it is in Stalin’s own handwriting: The leadership of the party and the country was Stalin’s friend. This was written by Stalin himself! And he added: Although he performed his duties as a leader of the people with complete skill, Stalin never allowed an iota of pride, deception or self-aggrandizement to enter into his actions. Where and when has a leader praised himself like this?
.friends! Personality cult was the cause of clear violation of party democracy, sterile management, all kinds of deviations, covering up deficiencies, and distorting the facts. During that time, our nation has delivered many flatterers and experts of false optimism and deception to the world.
The audience was taken by surprise. It has been said that someone from the audience shouted to Khrushchev, “Where were you then?” and when Khrushchev asked several times whose voice it was and did not hear an answer, he said, “Where you are now.” This question and rebuke is not mentioned anywhere in the minutes of the meeting, and it is apparently made up by Khrushchev’s supporters, but we know for sure that although reforms were made during his time, countless people were restored to their dignity and prisoners were released, but the decline of Khrushchev’s power began from that time.
Brezhnev and the intelligence and security apparatus gradually narrowed the field on Khrushchev, made disgusting rumors against him and his family, and in the last years put him practically under observation and intangible confinement. Finally, they removed him from power, and even his funeral took place informally and under strict security conditions.
Gorbachev used countless quotes from Khrushchev’s revelations to spice up the reform program of Prosterika and Glasnost, but at that time, the example of the first predictor of the fall of the Soviet Union was no longer useful. Perhaps, even if Khrushchev was given the opportunity to reform and, according to him, the revolution moved towards Lenin’s real agenda, the chronic disease of the Soviet country would not be cured, according to Sakharin:
The problem was more than Stalin, the problem was the “chronic fear” that was woven into the comrades’ taropod and replaced all their ideals with iconoclasm, as Khrushchev implicitly acknowledged and said:
When Stalin says: dance, a wise person dances!
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