On 25 February 1956, the Soviet leader made a speech in which he called Stalin a dictator who had led a regime of ‘suspicion, fear and terror’ ...

A bitter attack on Stalin accusing him of responsibility for massacre and torture during his 30 years in power has been made by Mr Khrushchev, according to reports from reliable Communist sources.

​​When Stalin died in March 1953 there seemed to be, as far as we can ascertain, a great outpouring of genuine grief across the USSR.