Khrushchev Lied

431 Pages·2011·79.233 MB·English

by  Grover Furr

Khrushchev Lied
The Evidence That Every
"Revelation" of Stalin's (and Beria's)
"Crimes" in Nikita Khrushchev's
Infamous "Secret Speech" to the 20th
Party Congress of the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union on February
25, 1956, is Provably False*
By Grover Furr
Erythros Press and Media, LLC
J
Corrected Edition, ufy 2011
(* All except one, which I can neither prove true not disprove.)
Khrushchev Lied
First English Edition February 2011; corrected edition July 2011
Published in Russian by Algoritm Publishers, Moscow, December 2007
under the title Antistalinskaia Podlost'
http:/ /www.algoritm-kniga.ru/ferr-g.-antistalinskaya-podlost.html
Republished by EKSMO Publishers, Moscow, November 2010
under the title Teni XX S''ezda. Anlistalinskaia PodkJst'
http:/ /www.eksmo.ru/c atalog/882/4 81650/
Published by
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PO Box 291994
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©Grover Furr 2007, 2010, 2011
Published and printed with permission of the author, who assumes all
responsibility for the content herein.
Library of Congress Catalog11ing-in-P11blication Data
Furr, Grover C. (Grover Carr)
Khrushchev Lied: The Evidence That Every ''Revelation" of Stalin's
(and Beria's) "Crimes" in Nikita Khrushchev's Infamous "Secret Speech"
to the 20th Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
on February 25, 1956, is Provably False / Grover C. Furr; translations by
Grover C. Furr
ISBN: 978-0-615-44105-4
1. Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971. 2. Khrushchev, Nikita Ser
geevich, 1894-1971. Rech' na zakrytom zasedanii dvad't'satogo S"ezda
KPSS. 3. Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953. 4. Soviet Union--Politics and gov
emment--1917-1936. 5. Soviet Union--Politics and government-1936-
1953. I. Title.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements and Dedication ............................................................... 1
Introduction. The Khrushchev School of Falsification: "The 20th
Century's Most Influential Speech" ................................................................ 2
Chapter 1. The Cult and Lenin's "Testament" ............................................. 7
1. The Cult ............................................................................................................... 7
2. Lenin's "Testament" ........................................................................................ 11
Chapter 2. Collegiality '"Trampled". .............................................................. 21
3. "Collegiality" In Wotk. .................................................................................... 21
4. Stalin "Morally and Physically Annihilated" Leaders Who Opposed Him
................................................................................................................................. 22
5. Mass Repressions Generally ........................................................................... 24
6. ''Enemy of the People" ...................................................................................2 6
7. Zinoviev and Kamenev. .................................................................................. 28
8. Trotskyites .........................................................................................................2 9
9. Stalin neglected Party. ...................................................................................... 31
Chapter 3. Stalin's "Arbitrariness" Towards the Party ............................. 34
10. Reference to "a party commission under the control of the Central
Committee Presidiwn"; fabrication of materials during repressions .......... 34
11. December 1, 1934 "directive" signed by Enukidze ................................. 38
12. Khrushchev Implies Stalin's involvement in Kirov's murder. ............... 39
13. Stalin's and Zhdanov's telegram to the Politburo of September 25
1936. ........................................................................................................................ 40
14. Stalin's report at the February-March 1937 CC Plenwn. ....................... .42
15. "Many Members questioned mass repression", especially Pavel
Postyshev .............................................................................................................. .45
Chapter 4. The "Cases" Against Party Members and Related Questions48
16. Eikhe ................................................................................................................ 48
17. Ezhov .............................................................................................................. .53
18. Rudzutak. ......................................................................................................... 56
19. Rozenblium. .................................................................................................... 59
20. I.D. Kabakov .................................................................................................. 62
21-24. S.V. Kossior; V. Ia. Chubar'; P.P. Postyshev; A.V. Kosarev ........... 64
25. The Lists .......................................................................................................... 70
26. Resolutions of the Ja nuaty 1938 CC Plenum. ........................................... 73
27. ''Beria's gang" ................................................................................................. 75
28. "Torture telegram" ........................................................................................ 76
29. Rodos tortured Chubar' and Kosior on Beria's orders ........................... 81
Chapter 5. Stalin and the War ........................................................................ 84
30. Stalin didn't heed warnings about war ....................................................... 84
31. Vorontsov's Letter. ........................................................................................ 86
32. German soldier .........., .................................................................................... 87
33. Commanders Killed ....................................................................................... 88
34. Stalin's ''Demoralization" after the beginning of the war ...................... 90
35. Stalin A Bad Commander. ............................................................................ 92
36. Khar'kov 1942 ................................................................................................ 93
37. Stalin Planned Militaty Operations on a Globe. ....................................... 94
38. Stalin Downgraded Zhukov. ........................................................................ 95
Chapter 6. Of Plots and Affairs ...................................................................... 97
39. Deportations of nationalities ....................................................................... 97
40. The Leningrad Affair. ................................................................................. 101
41. The Mingrelian Affair. ................................................................................ 103
42. Yugoslavia .................................................................................................... 105
43. The Doctors' Plot ....................................................................................... 105
Chapter 7. Beria, His "Machinations" and "Crimes" ............................. 109
44. Beria ............................................................................................................... 109
45. Kaminsky accuses Beria of working with the Mussavat ...................... 110
46. Kartvelishvili ................................................................................................ 111
47. Kedrov .......................................................................................................... 113
48. Ordzhonikidze's brother ........................................................................... 114
Chapter 8. Ideology and Culture ................................................................. 117
49. Stalin, Short Biography .............................................................................. 117
SO. The 'Short Course' ...................................................................................... 121
51. Stalin Signed Order for Monument to Himself on July 2, 1951 ........ 124
52. The Palace of Soviets ................................................................................. 126
53. The Lenin Prize ........................................................................................... 126
Chapter 9. Stalin's Last Years in Power ..................................................... 128
54. Stalin Suggested Huge Tax Increase on Kolkhozes ............................. 128
55. Stalin Insulted Postyshev ........................................................................... 129
56. ''Disorganization" of Politburo Work. .................................................... 130
57. Stalin Suspected Voroshilov an ''English Agent" ................................. 131
58. Andreev; 59. Molotov; 60. Mikoian ......................................................... 132
61. Expansion of the Presidium ...................................................................... 135
Chapter 10. A Typology of Prevarication .................................................. 137
A Typology of Khrushchev's Prevarication ................................................. 137
Exposing a Lie is Not the Same as Establishing the Truth ....................... 143
Historical vs. Judicial Evidence ....................................................................... 145
Torture and the Historical Problems Related To It .................................... 147
A typology of Khrushchevian prevarication ................................................ 150
The "Revelations" ............................................................................................. 152
The typology. ...................................................................................................... 153
Chapter 11. The Results of Khrushchev's "Revelations"; Falsified
Rehabilitations ................................................................................................ 159
Falsified Rehabilitations ................................................................................... 159
Conclusion .......................................................................................................... 169
Chapter 12. Conclusion: The Enduring Legacy of Khrushchev's
Deception ........................................................................................................ 192
Why Did Khrushchev Attack Stalin? ............................................................. 192
The Khrushchev Conspiracy? ......................................................................... 196
Aleksandr S. Shcherbakov ............................................................................... 202
Implications: The influence on Soviet society .............................................. 208
Political Implications ........................................................................................ 213
Trotsky ................................................................................................................ 214
Unresolved weaknesses in the Soviet system of socialism ......................... 215
Appendix-Quotations from Primary and Other Sources ..................... 218
1. Cult. ................................................................................................................. 218
2. Lenin's "Testament" ..................................................................................... 232
3. "Collegiality" In Work. ................................................................................. 240
4. Stalin "Morally and Physically Annihilated" Leaders Who Opposed Him.
.............................................................................................................................. 250
5. Mass Repressions generally ......................................................................... 250
6. ''Enemy of the people". ............................................................................... 257
6a. "Convincing and Educating". ................................................................... 260
7. Zinoviev & Kamenev. .................................................................................. 260
8. Trotskyites ...................................................................................................... 261
9. Stalin neglected Party. ................................................................................... 266
10. Ref. to "a party commission under the control of the Central
Committee Presidiwn"; fabrication of materials during repressions ....... 268
11. December 1, 1934 "directive" signed by Enukidze .............................. 269
12. Khrushchev Implies Stalin's involvement in Kirov's murder ............. 269
13. Stalin's and Zhdanov's telegram to the Politburo of September 25
1936 ...................................................................................................................... 271
14. Stalin's report at the February-March 1937 CC Plenwn. ..................... 273
15. "Many Members questioned mass repression". Especially Postyshev.
.............................................................................................................................. 282
16. Eikhe ............................................................................................................. 288
17. Ezhov. ........................................................................................................... 292
18. Rudzutak ....................................................................................................... 306
19. Rozenblium .................................................................................................. 310
20. Kabakov. ....................................................................................................... 312
·2t. Kosior; 22. Chubar'; 23. Postyshev; 24. Kosarev. ................................ 316
25. The Lists ....................................................................................................... 322
26. Resolutions of the January 1938 CC Plenwn. ........................................ 322
27. "Beria's ganft' .............................................................................................. 327
28. 'Torture telegram" ..................................................................................... 328
29. Rodos tortured Chubar' & Kosior on Beria' orders ............................. 333
30. Stalin didn't heed warnings about war .................................................... 334
31. Vorontsov's Letter. ..................................................................................... 340
32. German soldier. ........................................................................................... 341
33. Commanders Killed. ................................................................................... 347
34. Stalin's "Demoralization after beginning of war ................................... 349
35. Stalin A Bad Commander .......................................................................... 353
36. Khar'kov 1942 ............................................................................................. 355
37. Stalin Planned Military Operations on a Globe. .................................... 360
38. Stalin Downgraded Zhukov ...................................................................... 362
39. Deportations of nationalities .................................................................... 365
40. Leningrad Affair .......................................................................................... 367
41. Mingrelian Affair ......................................................................................... 369
42. Yugoslavia .................................................................................................... 371
43. Doctors' Plot ............................................................................................... 372
44. Beria. .............................................................................................................. 37S
4S. Kaminsky about Beria working with Mussavat ..................................... 378
46. Kartvelishvili (Lavrent'ev) ......................................................................... 382
47. Kedrov .......................................................................................................... 383
48. Ordzhonikidze's brother ........................................................................... 387
49. Stalin, Short Biography .............................................................................. 388
SO. The Short Course ........................................................................................ 394
S1. Stalin Signed Order for Monument to Himself on July 2, 19S1 ........ 39S
S2. Palace of Soviets .......................................................................................... 397
S3. Lenin Prize ................................................................................................... 398
S4. Stalin Suggested Huge Tax Increase on Kolkhozes ............................. 403
SS. Stalin Insulted Postyshev ........................................................................... 406
S6. "Disorganization" of Politburo Work ..................................................... 406
S7. Stalin Suspected Voroshilov as an ''English Agent'' ............................ 407
S8. Andreev; S9. Molotov; 60. Mikoian ......................................................... 408
61. Expansion of the Presidium ...................................................................... 411
Bibliography and Sources ............................................................................. 414
Index ................................................................................................................ 415
Acknowledgements and Dedication
I wish to express my special gratitude to my editor, translator, and friend
Vladimir L. Bobrov, of Moscow. Without his encouragement and help at
every step this book would never have been written.
My special thanks to the Inter-Library Loan librarians at Harry S. Sprague
Library, Montclair State University - Kevin Prendergast, Arthur Hudson,
and Sergio Ferreira, for thdr tireless help in obtaining hard-to-find Soviet
and other books and articles.
***
I dedicate this book to the memory of my son Joseph Furr: wonderful
son and friend, skilled diesel truck mechanic, and one of "the salt of the
earth."
Introduction.
The I<hrushchev School of Falsification:
"The 20th Century's Most Influential
Speech"
The fiftieth anniversary of Nikita S. Khrushchev's "Secret Speech", de
livered on February 25, 1956, elicited predictable comment. An arti'cle in
the London (UK) Telegraph called it "the 20th century's most influential
speech." In an article the same day in the New York Times William Taub
man, whose biography of Khrushchev won the Pulitzer Prize for Biogra
phy in 2004, called it a "great deed" that "deserves to be celebrated" on
its anniversary. 1
Some time ago I reread Khrushchev's "Secret Speech" for the first time
in many years. I used the HTML version of the edition of the speech
published in a special issue of The New Leader in 1962.2 During my read
ing I remarked that the noted Menshevik scholar Boris Nikolaevsky, in
his annotations to Khrushchev's talk, expressed his opinion that certain
of Khrushchev's statements were false. For example, early in his speech
Khrushchev says the following:
Lately, especially after the unmasking of the Beria gang,
the Central Committee looked into a series of matters
fabricated by this gang. This revealed a very ugly picture
of brutal willfulness connected with the incorrect
behavior of Stalin.
Boris Nikolaevsky's note 8 to this passage reads:
This statement by Khrushchev is not quite true:
Investigation of Stalin's terrorist acts in the last period of
1 The full text of Khrushchev's speech is available online at
http://chss.montclair.edu/c nglish/furr/r esearch/kl/s peech.html
1 Khrushchev, Nikita S. The New Leader.The Crimes of the Stalin Era. Introduction by
Anatol Shub, notes by Boris Nikolaevsky. New York: The New L<.-ader, 1962