Pospelov Commission
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Pospelov Commission was a commission of the CPSU Central Committee Presidium headed by Pyotr Pospelov
whose findings had laid the basis and the contents of Nikita Khrushchev
's "secret speech" On the Personality Cult and its Consequences
According to Khushchev's speech, "the commission was instructed to inquire into how it was possible to carry out massive repressions
against the members and candidate members of the Party elected at the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party".
The commission was set by the Presiduim on December 31, 1955. In addition to its chairman Pospelov, it included Central Committee secretary Averky Aristov
, All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions chairman Nikolai Shvernik and deputy chairman of the Party Control Committee P.T. Komarov. The report of the commission was presented to the Presidium on February 9, 1956 The report caused heated controversy and split of opinions as to further actions.
Pyotr Pospelov
Pyotr Nikolayevich Pospelov was a high-ranked functionary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union , propagandist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences , chief editor of Pravda newspaper, director of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism...
whose findings had laid the basis and the contents of Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964...
's "secret speech" On the Personality Cult and its Consequences
On the Personality Cult and its Consequences
On the Personality Cult and its Consequences was a report, critical of Joseph Stalin, made to the Twentieth Party Congress on February 25, 1956 by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. It is more commonly known as the Secret Speech or the Khrushchev Report...
According to Khushchev's speech, "the commission was instructed to inquire into how it was possible to carry out massive repressions
Great Purge
The Great Purge was a series of campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin from 1936 to 1938...
against the members and candidate members of the Party elected at the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party".
The commission was set by the Presiduim on December 31, 1955. In addition to its chairman Pospelov, it included Central Committee secretary Averky Aristov
Averky Aristov
Averky Borisovich Aristov — 11 July 1973) was a Soviet politician and diplomat.He was the son of a fisherman, working for a fishery during 1912 - 1919. In 1919 he joined the Komsomol and 1921 he became a member of the Bolshevik Party...
, All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions chairman Nikolai Shvernik and deputy chairman of the Party Control Committee P.T. Komarov. The report of the commission was presented to the Presidium on February 9, 1956 The report caused heated controversy and split of opinions as to further actions.