20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
THE MEETING OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION HELD FROM FEBRUARY 14 TO FEBRUARY 26, 1956
Twentieth Party Congress; Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; XXth Congress of the CPSU; 20th CPSU Congress; 20th Congress of the CPSU; 20th congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was held during the period 14–25 February 1956. It is known especially for First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev's "Secret Speech", which denounced the personality cult and dictatorship of Joseph Stalin.