i mean his country by nine hundred eighty. possible and compelled to share that belief. nothing came out of it anyway communism was a fuck arrive from reality. the cold war when he was in power he descended into. saying the authors thought differently but now they realized it was a human being he wanted peace around the world he was put in power. but he was the one to the. cult of personality public as it used to him still appear to be contradictory and varied in comparison with. its. nikita khrushchev. states.

together with relatives and. here i recognized your face. for the last seven years of his life nikita who was in political disfavor. about the truth. but there were months ended up costing them their careers. father and grandfather had been executed. rehabilitated names day after i spoke at his funeral became to my boss and i was fired like the way. the great deal of red tape. for this monument. he had been intrigued by. the juxtaposition of. character. told me he had

a mixture of different traits when i die he said it will weigh. up the balance. the creator. is. the same. that memorable event took place at the exhibition. if you want to know what's. up to mystic. nikita khrushchev was in for an unpleasant surprise when he came to them to see that. something had. never seen before. in this culture

aaron sneeze vesna tempted to defend his factory of freaks. it's impossible to agree with formalists artists some of them disfigured people she. was one of the young painters who raised the soviet. for three of four paintings at the menagerie art galleries. just so happened the crucial attention to them in ma. was. too much doom and gloom in paintings. a parody of soviet life in them made some threatening remarks. said to me why is there so much gloom in your paintings you deserve to be sent to fell trees i said i had done my

time there already then he gave me a small and warm communist pam it was i was very strong. and yes he said it looks like you have. proof of. the. compelling an elderly soviet marshal to dance in front of him but. only too well used to put. his ukrainian. wearing a shirt the later became something. shortly before his death. some of. the. body.

of those who have. ah ah. ah see it's in working order. music to dance to. full swing. from. a full mechanic. but despite that he turned into an accomplished public

speaker. the working class people look at us with trepidation they will learn from their own experience what people on the factory floor and working people in general are capable of if they get rid of exploiters and. the soviet economy was. political. thirteen years in these corrective camps even though he was the son of one of the closest associates. and later founded a good. it shows. the political prisoners that were named enemies of the

people. would lay on those. dying to exhaustion. on top of that they shed their kids back home to war. those are the kind of emotions those builders of communism. the turning point came in. the twentieth of the communist party of the soviet union was underway. khrushchev delivered a report revealing the scale of the political repression the took place in the. speech he puts the blame. the country was in for a change. recent events in our country and the broader market a break in period in the history. of. the

changes the taking place behind the kremlin immediate ramifications for the entire nation. thousands of political prisoners were rehabilitated and sent home. there was a notable softening of domestic policy. has gone down in history as the. removed from the red square and buried by the kremlin rule. that moment signified a point of no return for the nation. hungry for the full story. first the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with. the official. i pod touch from the top story.

on the. video. and. now in the palm of your. question. the exhibition. crucial vilified the abstract painter thousand nine hundred sixty two in the spring of two thousand and ten. visit a photo exhibition in featured pictures taken by american photographer is one of these captures the famous debates between his followers and the u.s. vice president richard nixon. but this picture shows nixon. did nixon's career i picture i'm holding it was discovered only recently this time . nixon. was a master of course but my father wasn't different for that reason nixon was deemed

the victor in that to be. the first official visit to the united states by a soviet leader took place in one thousand fifty nine. it was obvious that crucial for hope to make a favorable impression on americans. to go to the russian people say that any good deeds should begin in the morning with flew out of moscow this morning and it's good to know that because of the time difference first meeting on american. soil was in the morning of this same day as you see all countries are not that far apart. it was the first time that the soviet communist leader was a human being someone who reacted openly and sincerely to current events during his tour of the united states crucial has always ready to to americans his freewheeling

attitude was a hitting aides accompanying him on his foreign tools the most difficult part was to translate it for reasons we will show you this whatever it was this. mother. and what he meant was that we the socialist system we will develop our productive forces and everything else in such a way that we will open your eyes to what you have never seen before victor. makita during his foreign visits he was the one who had to tell. each time when flew into a rage. his most memorable escapade was during an address to the un general assembly in october nine hundred sixty outraged by the

coos of the debate khrushchev protested by pounding on the desk it was so fierce that he ended up snapping the bracelet on his watch he suddenly looked at his watch and found that he had stopped because he banged it on the table. broken it. so that he said made me furious and i'm quoting him now so i reached down picked up my shoe and started banging on the table with my shoe. cat. critic.

to be the first. popular. public to produce three. to give encouragement to local collective farmers. he met with them in a local club. this picture. shaking has a valentino some sort of a milkmaid. looked plump and stocky

a man with large strong hands that was something he says we ought to feel his plans are procure thrice as much meat as before but how are you supposed to go about it. see you're to grow up not a couple of days. in the collective. region had to be slaughtered to keep the promise given to khrushchev collective also compelled to send their own cals to the slaughter house when that didn't help the local authorities fate official papers to overstate the amount of meat in milk produced local people attempted to tell the fruit but to no avail. those were hard times we used to because nuts and sell them at the market place and down for a living at nothing but starch would bring it from the field to make something looking like fritters the food production plan was fulfilled but only on paper.

the head of the region was awarded the title of hero of socialist labor for the outstanding economic accomplishment however the cooking of the books came to light the following year. of a historian from resigned found out to suffer from depression in the last months of his life. around his house all day long without any purpose during one of those walkabouts in september one thousand nine hundred sixty he committed suicide. death more than five hundred letters of condolence came from all the soviet republics. the same time. the one who had initiated to drive to fulfill three me. didn't tori's the subject. everybody was supposed to pretend that nothing ordinary. the campaign to catch up with america

take it gradually faded out the economic difficulties were complicated by problems in foreign policy hundred sixty a u.s. reconnaissance plane was brought over the. pilot harry powers survived he confirmed during interrogation that he was working for u.s. intelligence. in may two thousand and ten powers the son of the american pilot for the. system the. plane fifty. unique perspective to be here to see the type of missile that shot my father down there's no animosity there's no bad feelings i look at it as a historic perspective one that we can learn from.

what was left of the power play. our wanted to see me but i believe people don't have lunch where they. think. that it stays as played a trick. now he wants to dine with her how can i be expected to receive. the cold war. the soviet union. was developed in one thousand nine hundred. skin amat by the scientists it was twenty times as powerful as all the explosives used in world war two put together it was decided to test the bomb in october in one nine hundred sixty one but only a tough capacity.

we have said we have a one hundred million ton bomb it's true but we're not going to set it off the reason is that if we set it off we might also have our windows shattered therefore it's not worth while. because crucial for so sure the soviet union possessed the world's most powerful weapon it helped push the world to the brink of catastrophe. he responded to the deployment of u.s. medium range nuclear missiles in turkey ordering similar soviet weapons to be shipped to cuba the news triggered panic in the white house. no kidding resident kennedy was under strong pressure from his generals and other

people in his inner circle the generals who were called for any media bombing raid so he said in three five hundred aircraft would be enough to raise the russian missile base in cuba to the ground but kennedy demonstrated caution he imposed a quarantine on cuba though it was closer to complete a blockade to the scots. in the suv that union meanwhile me units were put on high alert this is one of moscow's secret underground bunkers it was carefully discoveries to look like an ordinary building in the event of nuclear war people in the bunkers would direct the bomb was carrying nuclear warheads and yet if nuclear war broke out the bunker would be sealed for the first three day. in the same way as. a special power plant would supply all equipment with electricity until the enemy was destroyed. fortunately the bunker has never been used in war time.

the cuban crisis was resolved in the end serviette missiles were removed from cuba and the united states promised. regime. in the face for two weeks the new phase of the arms race had a very negative effect on the soviet union's national budget hundred sixty two meat and dairy prices went up by an average twenty five percent the economic situation in the town of cascade russia south. and factory took to the streets in protest the riot was brutally suppressed more than twenty people died. some of the rebels were later given the death penalty when it was fully aware of the. speaking of the communist party meeting he went out of his way to condone.

didn't condemn it but he did not say a word of sympathy for the victims. hunting was one of the few. documentaries to highlight his hunting expeditions as much as his state visits. the films were edited in such a way to show that each shot hit its target. in one thousand nine hundred sixty. has become a target his closest associates were hatching a plot behind his back. i warned my father about the blood to topple him from power a month before it actually happened a man from the k.g.b. had told me about. almost soon afterwards my father went to a series ordered without examining this burgeoning information only by really left the situation to take care of itself which i mean it was he's a way of saying to his rivals do as you please but. the conspirators stripped of

his powers and pensioned him off live but there's neff became the new general secretary of the central committee of the soviet communist party. everyone except for close relatives cold shouldered who shelf in the first days of the his resignation. without a business is true that he surrendered without putting up a finite she must've realized he had no chance of winning the battle for power only the scene which was a great new tragedy for his kids because he's close associates had been treating him. he was sent into what could be described as political exile he was given a country house near moscow. the majority of what few visitors he had were intellectuals who were sincerely unhappy

to see the end of the crucial full. toastie was crucial guest on his seventy seventh and last birthday. when we went out for a walk i said mr hershel could i make several drawings and take some pictures of you he said sure go ahead. he has several photos as a reminder of that last meeting with. nikita khrushchev died in october one thousand nine hundred seventy one. he never had a chance to see the portrait painted by toasty after their meeting as they said goodbye to each other crucial for apologized to the painter for his attack on evelyn god autists at the minish gallery soon many years. in with. he said. grudge against me as i looked at.

the leading artists said. i was very angry at him. but i started shouting at. us and those official guys took advantage of that. it came about. they were built. there was a catastrophic shortage of. crucial try to resolve the problem by building. a prefab apartment blocks. because they do. but at the time they were breakthrough in housing development. then it was a rail holiday when people were moved from the filth of poverty to new houses. about his deeds at the end of his life. never talked about removing stalin's cult

of personality in the soviet union he didn't even speak about the rehabilitation of political prisoners. he talked about how he provided thousands of people with new homes he always thought of people. crucial for remains a controversial figure to his death his son has lived and worked in the united states for many years in the country that is fun to overtake and. crucially remains loyal. and he was a confirmed atheist the soviet union would be rid of its last priest. come here about. the debates against. his dog is still an open question.

chaos and instability in the arab world as protesters in the region copy the example set in egypt. by demanding reform. anti-government sentiment is mounting in other parts of the middle east and north africa with people calling for change join me points here in a few moments for more. wall street financial giants are being accused of fueling demonstrations all around the world by causing a hike in food prices making people hungry for revolution. plus a politician in lithuania may face jail for disagreeing with his government he claims local authorities not soviet troops were behind a fatal uprising in the baltic states twenty years ago.

with r.t. live from moscow where it's just after six pm. a total wave of anti-government protests is gathering pace as it spreads across north africa and the middle east libya joined the club on rest on wednesday as demonstrators clashed with police activists in algeria and morocco are collaborating online you know anticipation of protests in those two countries as well in iran clashes erupted during the funeral of a student killed in an anti-government rally on monday runyan m.p.'s are calling for the trial and execution of the opposition leaders it's the first such an arrest in the islamic state in over a year protests are also taking place in bahrain and in yemen thousands have been rallying in those two countries for days calling for political reform the middle east is strategically vital for the united states and the demonstrations are now threatening the stability of its allies in the region.