«Crimes of Khrushchev» at the Hearings of the Committeeof the Un-American Activities in 1959: Genocide of the Ukrainian People
Journal: Izvestia of Smolensk State University
Year: 2025

The concept of the Soviet Union as a state pursuing an aggressive foreign policy, constantly provoking the aggravation of Soviet-American relations is dominated in the Western historical narrative. That period of the Cold War, when N.S. Khrushchev led the USSR, is called «the Thaw» and is characterized by the Soviet leader’s trip to the USA. The leitmotif of this trip was the proposal to «live in peace and friendship». To coincide with this visit, the Committee on Un-American Activities timed he