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	According to [[Pavel Sudoplatov]] (a sometimes dubious former NKVD agent), Khrushchev personally joined Uspensky in "interrogations". Uspensky "was responsible for mass tortures and repressions", allying with Yezhov and executed with him in 1940. <ref>Pavel Sudoplatov, Special Tasks, p. 111, via [Klo]</ref>		According to [[Pavel Sudoplatov]] (a sometimes dubious former NKVD agent), Khrushchev personally joined Uspensky in "interrogations". Uspensky "was responsible for mass tortures and repressions", allying with Yezhov and executed with him in 1940. <ref>Pavel Sudoplatov, Special Tasks, p. 111, via [Klo]</ref>

	Basically, during the [[Yezhovshchina]]~~/Great Purge~~, Khrushchev did what he accused Stalin of: killing too many, and torturing innocents.		Basically, during the [[Yezhovshchina\|Great Purge]], Khrushchev did what he accused Stalin of: killing too many, and torturing innocents.

	In Moscow, Khrushchev was reprimanded by Stalin for not building enough public toilets. <ref>Robert Tucker, Stalin in Power 1929-1941, p. 283-287, via [Klo]</ref>		In Moscow, Khrushchev was reprimanded by Stalin for not building enough public toilets. <ref>Robert Tucker, Stalin in Power 1929-1941, p. 283-287, via [Klo]</ref>

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	According to [[Pavel Sudoplatov]] (a sometimes dubious former NKVD agent), Khrushchev personally joined Uspensky in "interrogations". Uspensky "was responsible for mass tortures and repressions", allying with Yezhov and executed with him in 1940. <ref>Pavel Sudoplatov, Special Tasks, p. 111, via [Klo]</ref>		According to [[Pavel Sudoplatov]] (a sometimes dubious former NKVD agent), Khrushchev personally joined Uspensky in "interrogations". Uspensky "was responsible for mass tortures and repressions", allying with Yezhov and executed with him in 1940. <ref>Pavel Sudoplatov, Special Tasks, p. 111, via [Klo]</ref>

	Basically, during the Yezhovshchina, Khrushchev did what he accused Stalin of: killing too many, and torturing innocents.		Basically, during the [[Yezhovshchina]]/Great Purge, Khrushchev did what he accused Stalin of: killing too many, and torturing innocents.

	In Moscow, Khrushchev was reprimanded by Stalin for not building enough public toilets. <ref>Robert Tucker, Stalin in Power 1929-1941, p. 283-287, via [Klo]</ref>		In Moscow, Khrushchev was reprimanded by Stalin for not building enough public toilets. <ref>Robert Tucker, Stalin in Power 1929-1941, p. 283-287, via [Klo]</ref>

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	==Early Career under Stalin==		==Early Career under Stalin==

			: ''See also:'' [[Yezhovshchina]]

	Khrushchev was born in Russia and held lower positions in Moscow and the Ukraine before being promoted to the Politburo.		Khrushchev was born in Russia and held lower positions in Moscow and the Ukraine before being promoted to the Politburo.

	In 1923, Khrushchev was a [[Trotskyism\|Trotskyist]]. During the purges, Khrushchev was worried this would impact his career, and told Stalin. Stalin said mistakes from the past do not matter, but he should admit it and show that he has changed. <ref>Vadim Rogonov, 1937 Year of Terror, via [Klo]</ref>		In 1923, Khrushchev was a [[Trotskyism\|Trotskyist]]. During [[Purges in the Soviet Union\|the purges]], Khrushchev was worried this would impact his career, and told Stalin. Stalin said mistakes from the past do not matter, but he should admit it and show that he has changed. <ref>Vadim Rogonov, 1937 Year of Terror, via [Klo]</ref>

	Still, Khrushchev decided to avoid suspicion by glazing Stalin heavily. <ref name=":3">Bland, Bill. The Cult of the Individual. https://espressostalinist.com/2015/02/15/bill-bland-the-cult-of-the-individual-1934-52/</ref> Many honest Soviet citizens praised Stalin in the same way. However, after Stalin's death, Khrushchev would accuse Stalin of creating his own personality cult. <ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">Furr, Grover. [[Khrushchev Lied]]. https://archive.org/details/khrushchev-lied/mode/2up</ref>		Still, Khrushchev decided to avoid suspicion by glazing Stalin heavily. <ref name=":3">Bland, Bill. The Cult of the Individual. https://espressostalinist.com/2015/02/15/bill-bland-the-cult-of-the-individual-1934-52/</ref> Many honest Soviet citizens praised Stalin in the same way. However, after Stalin's death, Khrushchev would accuse Stalin of creating his own personality cult. <ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">Furr, Grover. [[Khrushchev Lied]]. https://archive.org/details/khrushchev-lied/mode/2up</ref>
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	According to [[Pavel Sudoplatov]] (a sometimes dubious former NKVD agent), Khrushchev personally joined Uspensky in "interrogations". Uspensky "was responsible for mass tortures and repressions", allying with Yezhov and executed with him in 1940. <ref>Pavel Sudoplatov, Special Tasks, p. 111, via [Klo]</ref>		According to [[Pavel Sudoplatov]] (a sometimes dubious former NKVD agent), Khrushchev personally joined Uspensky in "interrogations". Uspensky "was responsible for mass tortures and repressions", allying with Yezhov and executed with him in 1940. <ref>Pavel Sudoplatov, Special Tasks, p. 111, via [Klo]</ref>

	Basically, during the ~~Great Purge~~, Khrushchev did what he accused Stalin of: ~~purging~~ too many, and ~~overseeing the torture of~~ innocents.		Basically, during the Yezhovshchina, Khrushchev did what he accused Stalin of: killing too many, and torturing innocents.

	In Moscow, Khrushchev was reprimanded by Stalin for not building enough public toilets. <ref>Robert Tucker, Stalin in Power 1929-1941, p. 283-287, via [Klo]</ref>		In Moscow, Khrushchev was reprimanded by Stalin for not building enough public toilets. <ref>Robert Tucker, Stalin in Power 1929-1941, p. 283-287, via [Klo]</ref>

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	In the Ukraine, 54,000 people were "sent off" by Khrushchev, according to Molotov. <ref>Felix Chuev, Molotov Remembers, p. 291, via [Klo]</ref> Khrushchev signed off on all the "verdicts", as well as Stalin or Molotov representing the Politburo. (The "verdicts" were proposed by the NKVD, but the judge could still refuse.) Stalin questioned Khrushchev's numbers, saying "They can't be so many!", but Khrushchev insisted. <ref>Molotov via Felix Chuev, Molotov Remembers, p. 296, via [Klo]</ref>		In the Ukraine, 54,000 people were "sent off" by Khrushchev, according to Molotov. <ref>Felix Chuev, Molotov Remembers, p. 291, via [Klo]</ref> Khrushchev signed off on all the "verdicts", as well as Stalin or Molotov representing the Politburo. (The "verdicts" were proposed by the NKVD, but the judge could still refuse.) Stalin questioned Khrushchev's numbers, saying "They can't be so many!", but Khrushchev insisted. <ref>Molotov via Felix Chuev, Molotov Remembers, p. 296, via [Klo]</ref>

			Khrushchev repeatedly asked the Politburo to raise his limits on executions.

	According to [[Pavel Sudoplatov]] (a sometimes dubious former NKVD agent), Khrushchev personally joined Uspensky in "interrogations". Uspensky "was responsible for mass tortures and repressions", allying with Yezhov and executed with him in 1940. <ref>Pavel Sudoplatov, Special Tasks, p. 111, via [Klo]</ref>		According to [[Pavel Sudoplatov]] (a sometimes dubious former NKVD agent), Khrushchev personally joined Uspensky in "interrogations". Uspensky "was responsible for mass tortures and repressions", allying with Yezhov and executed with him in 1940. <ref>Pavel Sudoplatov, Special Tasks, p. 111, via [Klo]</ref>
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	* Brain, Stephen. The Great Stalin Plan for the Transformation of Nature. https://doi.org/10.1093/envhis/emq091 via sci-hub		* Brain, Stephen. The Great Stalin Plan for the Transformation of Nature. https://doi.org/10.1093/envhis/emq091 via sci-hub

	* "Klo" McKinsey, Dennis. The Real Stalin Series: ~~Yezhovschina~~. https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/yezhovshchina/		* "Klo" McKinsey, Dennis. The Real Stalin Series: Yezhovshchina. https://espressostalinist.com/the-real-stalin-series/yezhovshchina/

	* Taubman, William. Khrushchev: The Man and His Era. Via Wikipedia: Nikita Khrushchev.		* Taubman, William. Khrushchev: The Man and His Era. Via Wikipedia: Nikita Khrushchev.

	==References==		==References==

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	Khrushchev was a big fan of [[Tito]] and fully restored relations with him.		Khrushchev was a big fan of [[Tito]] and fully restored relations with him.

			Polish communist leader Boleslaw Bierut mysteriously dropped dead in Moscow after the 1956 Speech, and may have been killed by Khrushchev. Czechoslovak communist leader Klement Gottwald had dropped dead similarly in 1953, possibly killed by Beria or Khrushchev.<ref name>Bill Bland. The Doctors' Case and the Death of Stalin. p. 38. https://www.marxists.org/archive/bland/1991/10/doctors-case-death-stalin.pdf</ref>

	==Attempted removal: The "Anti-Party Group"==		==Attempted removal: The "Anti-Party Group"==

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	In 1923, Khrushchev was a [[Trotskyism\|Trotskyist]]. During the purges, Khrushchev was worried this would impact his career, and told Stalin. Stalin said mistakes from the past do not matter, but he should admit it and show that he has changed. <ref>Vadim Rogonov, 1937 Year of Terror, via [Klo]</ref>		In 1923, Khrushchev was a [[Trotskyism\|Trotskyist]]. During the purges, Khrushchev was worried this would impact his career, and told Stalin. Stalin said mistakes from the past do not matter, but he should admit it and show that he has changed. <ref>Vadim Rogonov, 1937 Year of Terror, via [Klo]</ref>

	Still, Khrushchev decided to avoid suspicion by glazing Stalin heavily. <ref name=":3">Bland, Bill. The Cult of the Individual. https://espressostalinist.com/2015/02/15/bill-bland-the-cult-of-the-individual-1934-52/</ref> Many honest Soviet citizens praised Stalin in the same way. However, after Stalin's death, Khrushchev would accuse Stalin of creating his own personality cult. <ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">Furr, Grover. Khrushchev Lied. https://archive.org/details/khrushchev-lied/mode/2up</ref>		Still, Khrushchev decided to avoid suspicion by glazing Stalin heavily. <ref name=":3">Bland, Bill. The Cult of the Individual. https://espressostalinist.com/2015/02/15/bill-bland-the-cult-of-the-individual-1934-52/</ref> Many honest Soviet citizens praised Stalin in the same way. However, after Stalin's death, Khrushchev would accuse Stalin of creating his own personality cult. <ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">Furr, Grover. [[Khrushchev Lied]]. https://archive.org/details/khrushchev-lied/mode/2up</ref>

	Khrushchev had a bloody record in Moscow and Ukraine during the Great Purge. In Moscow, everyone around him disappeared. 35 out of 38 top Party officials there were killed, and Khrushchev said that almost everyone who worked with him was arrested. <ref>[Taubman] p. 99-100</ref>		Khrushchev had a bloody record in Moscow and Ukraine during the Great Purge. In Moscow, everyone around him disappeared. 35 out of 38 top Party officials there were killed, and Khrushchev said that almost everyone who worked with him was arrested. <ref>[Taubman] p. 99-100</ref>

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	=="Secret" Speech==		=="Secret" Speech==

	~~In 1956, at the 20th Congress of the CPSU, Khrushchev gave a speech ''On the Cult of the Individual'' defaming Stalin. <ref name="~~:~~4" /> It began by accusing Stalin of creating a personality cult, then accused him of~~ [[~~List of myths about Stalin\|various evil deeds]] in a [[historical nihilism\|historical nihilist]] attempt to 'blackwash' Stalin's era. <ref>Nikita~~ Khrushchev. On the Cult of ~~the Individual. https://www.marxists.org/archive/khrushchev/1956/02/24.htm</ref>~~		Main article: [[Khrushchev: On the Cult of Personality]]

	The speech was strategically placed on the last day so that it could not be debated or voted on by the Congress. Copies were then distributed to national and local Party meetings, treating it as accepted fact. It was labeled as the "secret" speech so that Western spies would report it as breaking news, and an Israeli spy did just that.		==Revisionism==

	~~===Effect on foreign communists===~~		Khrushchev promoted several [[revisionist]] theories:

	~~Although it has been debunked today, at the time most communists believed it, because Khrushchev appeared to be an honest communist. This led to massive self~~-~~criticism by communist parties around the world, where they were pressured by Moscow~~ to "~~admit~~" ~~their "Stalinist" mistakes, essentially saying Trotsky was correct. This was huge material for anticommunists,~~ and ~~immediately caused mass exodus~~ of ~~members from communist parties in the West.~~		* "[[Peaceful co-existence]]" between capitalism and socialism
			: That capitalists would not try to violently subvert and attack socialism
			* "[[Peaceful road to socialism]]"
			: That capitalists would peacefully surrender power if socialists won elections
			* [[All people's state]]
			: That classes in the Soviet Union no longer held any significance and the state equally weighed the interests of all people

	~~At the same time, Khrushchev was pushing for the theory of~~ "~~[[peaceful co-existence]] between capitalism and socialism~~"~~, where he believed capitalists would not try to violently subvert and attack socialism;~~ and the "peaceful road to socialism", where he believed capitalists would peacefully surrender power if socialists won elections. He chose people who agreed with these theses to lead communist parties; effectively democratic socialists; such as [[Palmiro Togliatti]] in Italy and [[~~Imre Nagy~~]] ~~in Hungary~~.		He justified these new theories as being suppressed by Stalin due to his "paranoia" (which has never been proven) and accused opponents of conserving the Stalinism vilified by the [[Secret Speech\|1956 Speech]].

	This had disastrous consequences. With the communists weakened by the speech, Imre Nagy allowed CIA thugs to cross into Hungary and start the [[1956 Hungarian Uprising]] where they lynched communists and Jews, and the USSR was forced to invade. <ref>Herbert Aptheker. The Truth about Hungary. https://espressostalinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/the-truth-about-hungary.pdf</ref>		==Communist allies==

	Khrushchev also promoted [[Alexander Dubcek]], who would lead Czechoslovakia in a similar turn towards the West in ~~1964 (just after Khrushchev's removal)~~. Promoting a liberal-democratic "socialism", Dubcek tried to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact, causing Brezhnev's USSR, Poland, Bulgaria, and Hungary to invade.		The "[[peaceful road to socialism]]" was used to promote communists surrendering their arms in the West (at the time of [[Operation Gladio]]), effectively becoming democratic socialists, who would later form [[Eurocommunism]].

			With the communists weakened by the speech, Imre Nagy allowed CIA thugs to cross into Hungary and start the [[1956 Hungarian Uprising]] where they lynched communists and Jews, and the USSR was forced to invade. <ref>Herbert Aptheker. The Truth about Hungary. https://espressostalinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/the-truth-about-hungary.pdf</ref>

			Khrushchev also promoted [[Alexander Dubcek]], who would lead Czechoslovakia in a similar turn towards the West in 1968. Promoting a liberal-democratic "socialism", Dubcek tried to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact, causing Brezhnev's USSR, Poland, Bulgaria, and Hungary to [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia\|invade]].

			Khrushchevites tried but failed to rehabilitate American revisionist grifter [[Earl Browder]] in 1956.<ref>https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Earl_Browder#Aftermath</ref>

			Khrushchev was a big fan of [[Tito]] and fully restored relations with him.

	==Attempted removal: The "Anti-Party Group"==		==Attempted removal: The "Anti-Party Group"==

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	===Cybernetics===		===Cybernetics===

	Soviet [[Cybernetics\|Cybernetic]] scientists had been planning to automate central planning with computers. This would have put the bureaucrats out of a job, maximized economic growth, and made corruption near-impossible. Cybernetics faced some repression in the Stalin era, but in Stalin's last few years it was growing greatly. Khrushchev cancelled the project in the 1960s.		Soviet [[Cybernetics\|Cybernetic]] scientists had been planning to automate central planning with computers. This would have put the bureaucrats out of a job, maximized economic growth, and made corruption near-impossible. Cybernetics faced some repression in the Stalin era, but in Stalin's last few years it was growing greatly. Khrushchev cancelled the [[OGAS]] project in the 1960s.

	==Environmental Policy==		==Environmental Policy==

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	'''Nikita Khrushchev''' was a liberal [[opportunism\|opportunist~~]] and [[revisionism\|revisionist~~]] who led the [[Soviet Union\|USSR]] as General Secretary from 1956 until 1964. He was the only General Secretary besides [[Gorbachev]] who didn't die in office, but was removed in disgrace.		'''Nikita Khrushchev''' was a liberal [[opportunism\|opportunist]] who led the [[Soviet Union\|USSR]] as General Secretary from 1956 until 1964. He was the only General Secretary besides [[Gorbachev]] who didn't die in office, but was removed in disgrace.

	Khrushchev's leadership saw extensive Ls both foreign and domestic, and humiliation of the USSR to the West. In domestic policy, his failures included agriculture, the Sovnarkhoz (attempted end of central planning), raising prices<ref name=":1">Bunina, Maria. ''Gateway to Russia.'' How Food Prices Decreased under Stalin. https://www.gw2ru.com/business/2238-how-food-prices-decreased-under-stalin-ussr</ref>, cancelling OGAS cybernetics, and worsening the environment. In foreign policy, he weakened the military, cancelled the Soviet navy, promoted [[peaceful coexistence\|weak]] and corrupt communists abroad, split with China and Albania, and made concessions to Austria, Japan, West Berlin, and the USA, finally leading to his removal over the Cuban Missile Crisis. He is also remembered for his 1956 speech spreading destructive [[List of myths about Stalin\|myths about Stalin]], which he used to justify his seizing of power.		Khrushchev's [[revisionist]] leadership saw extensive Ls both foreign and domestic, and humiliation of the USSR to the West. In domestic policy, his failures included agriculture, the Sovnarkhoz (attempted end of central planning), raising prices<ref name=":1">Bunina, Maria. ''Gateway to Russia.'' How Food Prices Decreased under Stalin. https://www.gw2ru.com/business/2238-how-food-prices-decreased-under-stalin-ussr</ref>, cancelling OGAS cybernetics, and worsening the environment. In foreign policy, he weakened the military, cancelled the Soviet navy, promoted [[peaceful coexistence\|weak]] and corrupt communists abroad, split with China and Albania, and made concessions to Austria, Japan, West Berlin, and the USA, finally leading to his removal over the Cuban Missile Crisis. He is also remembered for his 1956 speech spreading destructive [[List of myths about Stalin\|myths about Stalin]], which he used to justify his seizing of power.

	On the positive side, his Khrushchevka housing is praised for rebuilding after [[Great Patriotic War\|World War II]], and Soviet citizens under him enjoyed a high standard of living and high growth rates, continuing from the Stalin era. He also won the [[space race]] against the USA.		On the positive side, his Khrushchevka housing is praised for rebuilding after [[Great Patriotic War\|World War II]], and Soviet citizens under him enjoyed a high standard of living and high growth rates, continuing from the Stalin era. He also won the [[space race]] against the USA.

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-'''Nikita Khrushchev''' was a liberal [[opportunism|opportunist]] who led the [[Soviet Union|USSR]] as General Secretary from 1956 until 1964. He was the only General Secretary besides [[Gorbachev]] who didn't die in office, but was removed in disgrace.
+'''Nikita Khrushchev''' was a liberal [[opportunism|opportunist]] and [[revisionism|revisionist]] who led the [[Soviet Union|USSR]] as General Secretary from 1956 until 1964. He was the only General Secretary besides [[Gorbachev]] who didn't die in office, but was removed in disgrace.
 Khrushchev's leadership saw extensive Ls both foreign and domestic, and humiliation of the USSR to the West. In domestic policy, his failures included agriculture, the Sovnarkhoz (attempted end of central planning), raising prices<ref name=":1">Bunina, Maria. ''Gateway to Russia.'' How Food Prices Decreased under Stalin. https://www.gw2ru.com/business/2238-how-food-prices-decreased-under-stalin-ussr</ref>, cancelling OGAS cybernetics, and worsening the environment. In foreign policy, he weakened the military, cancelled the Soviet navy, promoted [[peaceful coexistence|weak]] and corrupt communists abroad, split with China and Albania, and made concessions to Austria, Japan, West Berlin, and the USA, finally leading to his removal over the Cuban Missile Crisis. He is also remembered for his 1956 speech spreading destructive [[List of myths about Stalin|myths about Stalin]], which he used to justify his seizing of power.
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 The Sino-Soviet split started by Khrushchev had terrible consequences for the worldwide communist movement. International unity was broken. Sino-Soviet border skirmishes would escalate to Brezhnev threatening to nuke China. In response, China supported US allies like the mujahideen in Afghanistan against the USSR.
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