Nikita Khrushchev's Secret Speech Quiz

When did Nikita Khrushchev deliver his 'Secret Speech'?

• 25 February 1956

• 5 March 1953

• 31 October 1961

• 15 June 1953

What was the title of Khrushchev's 'Secret Speech'?

• The Legacy of Joseph Stalin

• On the Cult of the Individual and Its Consequences

• The Fall of the Soviet Union

• The Iron Fist of Stalin

Who was the investigative team headed by when preparing the report on Stalin and his activities?

• Vyacheslav Molotov

• Comrade Pospelov

• Joseph Stalin

• Kliment Voroshilov

What did Khrushchev criticize Stalin for glorifying in?

• Lenin's leadership

• The October Revolution

• Humility and modesty

• Adoration and expectation of it

What did Khrushchev describe as the path chosen by Stalin?

• Repression and physical annihilation

• Peace and prosperity

• Diplomacy and negotiation

• Unity and progress

What did Khrushchev describe as the 'deathly hush' that followed his speech?

• Joy and celebration

• Pale-faced audience absorbing the heretical attack

• Anger and protest

• Indifference and apathy

What did Khrushchev order to be removed from the Lenin-Stalin Mausoleum in 1961?

• The granite stone marking Stalin's grave

• The sarcophagus of V. I. Lenin

• The mausoleum itself

• The bier of J. V. Stalin

What was the first sign of post-Stalin unrest before Khrushchev's secret speech?

• The Polish workers revolt in June 1956

• The Hungarian Uprising in October 1956

• The East German Uprising in June 1953

• The removal of Stalin's body from the mausoleum

Who replaced the hardline leader in Poland with the popular and reformist Wladyslaw Gomulka?

• Imre Nagy

• Joseph Stalin

• Nikita Khrushchev

• The Polish government

What did Khrushchev order in response to the Hungarian Uprising in October 1956?

• Political freedom

• The removal of Imre Nagy

• Soviet troops

• Economic reform