14 February 1956Congress of Communist Party, 20thNikita Sergeyevich Khruschev
Makes a speech in closed session demolishing Stalins supposed infallibility
Historical records for Russia in 1956, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Makes a speech in closed session demolishing Stalins supposed infallibility
Opens the Twentieth Party Congress and presents a report emphasizing peaceful coexistence and economic competition.
Denounces Stalin as a criminal & that unreconstructed Stalinists are no better
Delivers the secret speech denouncing Stalin's cult of personality, purges and abuses of power.
Makes a speech denouncing Stalin as a military incompetent, a liar & mass murderer
Promotes peaceful coexistence with capitalist states as an official theme of Soviet foreign policy.
Returns to Moscow as a Secretary of the Communist Party Central Committee.
The Cominform is dissolved after the Soviet rapprochement with Yugoslavia and the process of De-Stalinization
Begins a state visit to Britain with Premier Nikolai Bulganin for talks on East-West relations.
Khrushchev pays a visit to Elizabeth II
Kerensky develops his views through provisional government after 1917.
Death of Mir Dzhafar Abassovich Bagirov, executed
Executed for treason
Executed for treason
The Central Committee adopts a resolution condemning the cult of personality and its consequences.
The Central Comm passes a resolution "overcoming the Cult of the Individual"
Appointed First Secretary of the Stravropol City Komsomol Committee
Appointed First Secretary of the Stravropol City Komsomol Committee
Travels to Warsaw during the Polish October crisis and accepts Wladyslaw Gomulka's return to power.
Sends reports to the Kremlin from Budapest, and escorting visiting Soviet Presidium leaders Anastas Mikoyan and Mikhail Suslov via an armoured personnel carrier into Budapest on 24 October, because there was too much shooting in the streets
Joins the Soviet leadership decision to reverse course and use military force against the Hungarian uprising.
Approves the Soviet military intervention that crushes the Hungarian Revolution.
Khrushchev reinforces Soviet political backing for Egypt as pressure mounts on the invading powers.
Sends forceful warnings to Britain and France during the Suez Crisis and demands an end to their military intervention in Egypt.
Bulganin sends threatening messages to Britain, France and Israel demanding an end to the attack on Egypt.
Hungary rebels against Russian rule
Hungary rebels against Russian rule
Appointed Adviser to the Council of Minister's
Russia agrees to build medical, sports & educational facilities for Burma
Appointed Member of Central Committee
Appointed Member of Presidium of the Central Committee
Appointed Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Defence
The Cominform is abolished to improve relations with the West & Yugoslavia
Abolishes the Cominform as part of efforts to improve relations with Yugoslavia and reduce Stalin-era controls.
The Cominform is abolished to improve relations with the West & Yugoslavia
Appointed Commander in Chief, Navy
During the Twentieth Party Congress Krushcev attacks Stalins cult of the individual
During the Twentieth Party Congress Krushcev attacks Stalins cult of the individual
During the Twentieth Party Congress Krushcev attacks Stalins cult of the individual. Decrees the end of the cult of the individual
Appointed First Deputy Commander in-Chief of the Soviet Land Forces
Expelled from the Government for Stalinist activities & failure to depose Kruschev
Dimissed for undermining the Communist Party's authority in the armed forces
Publicly attributes the fabricated Doctors' Plot to Stalin-era political repression and antisemitism.
Approves Soviet assistance for medical, educational and sports projects in Burma.
Develops the Fermi-liquid description of interacting electrons in metals as long-lived quasiparticles near the Fermi surface.
Appointed First Secretary of the Communist Party of Belorussia
personally supervises the post-invasion "normalization" of Hungary after the revolution. Responsible for arresting supporters of Imre Nagy who were trying to negotiate with Soviet military officials. Serov organized deportations of Hungarians, among them Imre Nagy. Serov co-ordinated the abduction of Pal Maleter, the Hungarian general, and the disruption of peace talks between the Red Army and the Hungarian forces
Watches Soviet de-Stalinisation while remaining anti-communist.
Appointed Head of the Russian Land Forces
Marries Naina Iosifovna Girina, whom he met while studying at the Ural Polytechnic Institute.
Says that the plot was instigated by Stalin to begin an anti-semitic purge
Serov established the Polish Ministry of Public Security, the Polish secret police until 1956, acting as its main Soviet adviser and organizer
Accelerates review and rehabilitation of many people imprisoned or condemned during Stalin's purges.
Oversees the Kazakhstan party organization during a major Virgin Lands grain harvest.
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