Cold War Primary Sources | The Colorful Khrushchev

• Nikita Khrushchev: Excerpt From "Crimes of Stalin" Speech
• Nikita Khrushchev: Excerpt From "Peace and Progress Must Triumph in Our Time"

Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971) was twenty-three years of age during the Bolshevik (Communist) Revolution in Russia in 1917. In the 1920s, Khrushchev was able to attend educational institutions established by the Communist Party to instruct young people in basic education and communist doctrine. A bright student and natural leader, Khrushchev began his rise in the Communist Party. By 1935, he held one of the top positions in the party: First Secretary of the Moscow city party. That same year, he was elected to the Soviet Central...