On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences
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"On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences" is a secret speech delivered in 1956 that denounced Joseph Stalin’s authoritarian rule and marked a major turning point in Soviet politics and de-Stalinization.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T677593 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences Context triple: [Nikita Khrushchev, delivered, On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences]
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The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course
The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course is a heavily propagandistic official textbook published in 1938 that presented a Stalinist interpretation of Soviet and party history for ideological education.
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B.
One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man is a 1964 philosophical critique by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes how advanced industrial societies create conformist, "one-dimensional" thinking that undermines genuine freedom and critical consciousness.
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C.
The Crooked Timber of Humanity
The Crooked Timber of Humanity is a collection of essays by philosopher Isaiah Berlin exploring pluralism, the limits of human perfectibility, and the complexities of political and moral life.
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D.
October: Ten Days That Shook the World
"October: Ten Days That Shook the World" is a 1928 Soviet silent historical film by Sergei Eisenstein that dramatizes the events of the 1917 October Revolution using his pioneering montage techniques.
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E.
What Is to Be Done?
"What Is to Be Done?" is a 1902 political pamphlet by Vladimir Lenin that outlines his theory of a vanguard party and revolutionary organization for leading the proletariat.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences Target entity description: "On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences" is a secret speech delivered in 1956 that denounced Joseph Stalin’s authoritarian rule and marked a major turning point in Soviet politics and de-Stalinization.
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A.
The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course
The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course is a heavily propagandistic official textbook published in 1938 that presented a Stalinist interpretation of Soviet and party history for ideological education.
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B.
One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man is a 1964 philosophical critique by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes how advanced industrial societies create conformist, "one-dimensional" thinking that undermines genuine freedom and critical consciousness.
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C.
The Crooked Timber of Humanity
The Crooked Timber of Humanity is a collection of essays by philosopher Isaiah Berlin exploring pluralism, the limits of human perfectibility, and the complexities of political and moral life.
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D.
October: Ten Days That Shook the World
"October: Ten Days That Shook the World" is a 1928 Soviet silent historical film by Sergei Eisenstein that dramatizes the events of the 1917 October Revolution using his pioneering montage techniques.
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E.
What Is to Be Done?
"What Is to Be Done?" is a 1902 political pamphlet by Vladimir Lenin that outlines his theory of a vanguard party and revolutionary organization for leading the proletariat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical document
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political speech ⓘ speech ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Secret Speech of 1956
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surface form:
Khrushchev’s Secret Speech
Secret Speech of 1956 ⓘ
surface form:
Secret Speech
|
| audience | delegates of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| author | Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ |
| circulation | read to closed party meetings ⓘ |
| classificationStatusAtDelivery | secret ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Joseph Stalin
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Stalinist repressions ⓘ
surface form:
Stalinist purges
cult of personality around Joseph Stalin ⓘ deportations of entire nationalities ⓘ excessive concentration of power in one leader ⓘ forced confessions and show trials ⓘ mass repressions of party members ⓘ violations of socialist legality ⓘ |
| date | 1956-02-25 ⓘ |
| deliveredAt |
Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
|
| documentType | internal party report ⓘ |
| historicalImpact |
contributed to ideological crisis in global communist movement
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influenced political liberalization in Eastern Europe ⓘ marked a turning point in Soviet politics ⓘ shocked Communist parties worldwide ⓘ triggered de-Stalinization in the Soviet Union ⓘ weakened Stalin’s posthumous prestige ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
de-Stalinization
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surface form:
Khrushchev Thaw
|
| ideologicalPosition | anti-Stalinist within communist framework ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| leakedTo |
Western governments
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Western media ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Soviet political repression
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abuses of power under Joseph Stalin ⓘ criticism of Joseph Stalin ⓘ cult of personality ⓘ de-Stalinization ⓘ |
| placeOfSpeech | Moscow ⓘ |
| politicalContext | post-Stalin Soviet Union ⓘ |
| politicalLine |
de-Stalinization
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partial rehabilitation of victims of repression ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | Soviet communism ⓘ |
| publisher |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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surface form:
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (internal circulation)
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| relatedEvent |
Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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surface form:
20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 ⓘ |
| speaker | Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ |
| supports |
collective leadership in the Communist Party
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return to Leninist norms ⓘ |
| year | 1956 ⓘ |
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Subject: On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences Description of subject: "On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences" is a secret speech delivered in 1956 that denounced Joseph Stalin’s authoritarian rule and marked a major turning point in Soviet politics and de-Stalinization.
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