Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev surprised the world in a speech in February 1956, in which he
A) offered to destroy all Soviet nuclear weapons.
B) declared communism to be a failure and embraced capitalism.
C) denounced former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's tyranny, trials and purges of political rivals, and mass executions.
D) promised to put a man on the moon by 1965.
Answer: C
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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