Permanent historical factsheet

Cult of Individual

Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1946–1956Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1946

Joseph Stalin1946

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

A cult of Stalin begins

1956

Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev30 June 1956

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

The Central Comm passes a resolution "overcoming the Cult of the Individual"

Joseph Stalin1956

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

During the Twentieth Party Congress Krushcev attacks Stalins cult of the individual. Decrees the end of the cult of the individual

Names involved

Joseph StalinNikita Sergeyevich Khruschev

Provenance

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