A major speech to the 20th Party Congress, in 1956 on #ThisDayInHistory, #NikitaKhrushchev denounced #JosephStalin's crimes against #socialism & the Soviet people. #Stalin was attacked for his #CultOfPersonality, and the #GreatPurge and its attendant #Gulag system were disavowed.
Trump push to politicize US military ‘reminiscent of Stalin’, top general warns

Maj Gen Paul Eaton says US president’s effort to bend military to his will could have dire long-term consequences

The Guardian
Trump push to politicize US military ‘reminiscent of Stalin’, top general warns

Maj Gen Paul Eaton says US president’s effort to bend military to his will could have dire long-term consequences

The Guardian
The Potsdam Conference, held from 17 July to 2 August 1945 in Potsdam in eastern Germany, decided how the Allies would deal with a defeated Germany and how they could best conduct the ongoing campaign against Japan as the Second World War (1939-45) drew to a close. #History #PotsdamConference #BigThree #ClementAttlee #Diplomacy #HarryS.Truman #JapaneseSurrender #JosephStalin #PolishProblem #Potsdam #SecondWorldWar #WinstonChurchill #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-25448-en/
Why was the Potsdam Declaration a turning point in ending WWII?

The Potsdam Conference, held from 17 July to 2 August 1945 in Potsdam in eastern Germany, decided how the Allies would deal with a defeated Germany and how they could best conduct the ongoing campaign...

World History Encyclopedia
The Yalta Conference of 4-11 February 1945 was a meeting of the 'Big Three' Allied leaders: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Russian Premier Joseph Stalin. #History #YaltaConference #Diplomacy #JosephStalin #SecondWorldWar #WinstonChurchill #WWII #Yalta #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-25266-en/
Yalta Conference: Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin Create a New World Order

The Yalta Conference of 4-11 February 1945 was a meeting of the 'Big Three' Allied leaders: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Russian...

World History Encyclopedia
With Russian President Vladimir Putin tightening the screws of repression, Joseph Stalin is making a comeback as a victorious World War II leader rather than the man responsible for the deaths of millions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/23/world/politics/stalin-putin-wartime-crackdown-dissent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #josephstalin #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #censorship
Stalin makes a comeback in Putin’s wartime crackdown on dissent

The Kremlin is reviving Soviet-era practices of censorship and prison sentences to suppress dissent and present Russian society as united behind Putin and the war.

The Japan Times