21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union took place in Moscow, USSR 27 January - 5 February 1959. It was a mid-term or "Extraordinary" Congress, timed so that Khrushchev could try to consolidate his power over rivals after the attempted coup of the so-called "Anti-Party Group" in 1957.

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*Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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