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A big shock for me was Khrushchev’s [15] speech on the 20th Party Congress [16], when he denounced the cult of Stalin and told about the crimes committed by Stalin’s regime. It was hard to believe what I heard, but I couldn’t help believing what the Communist party was saying. In general, I believed piously radio broadcasts and was convinced that radio could only tell the truth. Few years later I learned to live with the thought that my idol was a criminal.
Period
Year
1956
Location
Kharkov
Kharkivska oblast
Ukraine
Interview
Larisa Radomyselskaya