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Article: Gorbachev Accuses Stalin of Crimes; Major Address Criticizes Those Who Want to Block, Rush Reforms
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- The Washington Post
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- November 3, 1987
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Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, in a major speech delivered
today on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Russian Revolution,
accused Joseph Stalin of "enormous and unforgivable" crimes, but
stopped short of a full-scale denunciation of the dictator whose
policies and purges are widely believed to have caused the deaths of
millions of Soviets.
In the nearly three-hour speech, Gorbachev also criticized those
who are trying either to block his reforms out of fear or to
implement them too quickly out of impatience. He pledged to work
"unremittingly" for a "palpable breakthrough" in strategic and
space-based nuclear arms negotiations with the United States.
Gorbachev acknowledged that ...