We will bury you

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/we-will-bury-you

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the speaker's title?First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
2. What is the date of pronouncement?November 18, 1956
3. What did Nikita Khrushchev mean when he said "We will bury you!"?He was saying that the Soviet way of life would last longer than the Western way, not a literal threat.
4. Why did people think it was a threat?Western listeners heard the literal translation and thought it was a promise to destroy the West.

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