Communism in 20 years

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Communism in 20 years was a slogan put forth by Nikita Khrushchev at the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1961.

In his speech, Khrushchev promised that communism will be built by 1980. His phrase "The current generation of Soviet people will live under communism" "Нынешнее поколение советских людей будет жить при коммунизме" was the final phrase of the new Program of the CPSU adopted at the congress.


The latter political slogan is attributed to Kremlin speechwriter Elizar Kuskov (Елизар Кусков), who allegedly quipped "this slogan will survive centuries". [1][2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "In the Shadow of Leaders", an interview with journalist Andrey Kolesnikov, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, November 28, 2007 (Russian)
  2. ^ "<Something> will survive centuries" ("переживёт века") is a popular Russian cliche
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