Pospelov Commission

Pospelov Commissionwas a commission of theCentral Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionPresidium headed byPyotr Pospelovwhose findings had laid the basis and the contents ofNikita Khrushchev's "secret speech"On the Personality Cult and its Consequences.^[1]According to Khrushchev's speech, "the commission was instructed to inquire into how it was possible to carry outmassive repressionsagainst the members and candidate members of the Party elected at the17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party".

The commission was set by the Presidium on December 31, 1955. In addition to its chairman Pospelov, it included Central Committee secretaryAverky Aristov,All-Union Central Council of Trade UnionschairmanNikolai Shvernikand deputy chairman of theParty Control CommitteeP.T. Komarov. The report of the commission was presented to the Presidium on February 9, 1956.^[2]The report caused heated controversy and split of opinions as to further actions.

References

^Charlton, Michael (1992)."Chapter 1:" Khrushchev's Secret Speech "".Footsteps from the Finland Station: Five Landmarks in the Collapse of Communism.Transaction Publishers. pp. 7–80.ISBN 9781412823692.
^Taubman, William; Khrushchev, Sergei; Gleason, Abbott (2000).Nikita Khrushchev.Yale University Press. pp.100.ISBN 978-0300128093.pospelov commission.

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[1] Charlton, Michael (1992)."Chapter 1:" Khrushchev's Secret Speech "".Footsteps from the Finland Station: Five Landmarks in the Collapse of Communism.Transaction Publishers. pp. 7–80.ISBN 9781412823692.

[2] Taubman, William; Khrushchev, Sergei; Gleason, Abbott (2000).Nikita Khrushchev.Yale University Press. pp.100.ISBN 978-0300128093.pospelov commission.

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