Comrade Zarobyan, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia, is on the podium. He began his speech by saying what a dear comrade Nikita Sergeyevich was the Great Leader of the world proletariat, how everything around him expanded and strengthened under his leadership, what a sure path towards communism he had drawn for the Armenians. Then Comrade Zarobyan noted the outstanding achievements of Comrade Khrushchev in the fight against the cult of personality and those who opposed this struggle:
"Comrades! The historic XX Congress of the CPSU played an extremely important role in the life of our party and the Soviet people. The Leninist course pursued by the Central Committee after the XX Congress found unanimous approval and support of the party and the entire Soviet people. The speeches at this congress gave a completely correct assessment of the divisive, subversive activities of the anti-party group, which tried to turn the party off the Leninist path and return it to the old politics of the cult of personality. It is no coincidence that one of the participants of the anti—party group, Malenkov, so zealously resisted the elimination of the harmful consequences of the cult of personality. This bankrupt politician organized the beating of cadres not only in the Leningrad and Belarusian party organizations, but also the leading cadres of the Communist Party of Armenia. We consider the delegates' suggestion that Malenkov is not worthy to be in the ranks of our great party to be correct. (Applause).
The great merit of the Central Committee of the CPSU, headed by the indomitable Leninist Comrade N. S. Khrushchev, is that, having decisively exposed and defeated the anti-party group and courageously overcome its resistance, he consistently ensured the implementation of the Leninist party line outlined by the XX Congress of the CPSU.
The restoration of Leninist norms of party and state life contributed to an increase in the activity of communists, improving the style and methods of work of party and Soviet bodies. The activities of the Central Committee of our Party and Comrade Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev personally serve as an example of Lenin's style of work for all of us. (Applause)".
And, of course, it was necessary to get rid of Stalinist cadres in Armenia, which was successfully accomplished:
"The recent party conferences and the XXII Congress of the Communist Party of Armenia were held with an unprecedented high activ
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