ABSTRACT
Khrushchev ordered the copies to be distributed to members of the Party Presidium, and on 23 September departed for Central Asia to inspect the virgin lands and look into agriculture there. Tvardovsky's preface had carefully prepared the ground by linking the story with the name of Khrushchev and Khrushchev's speech on de-Stalinization at the Twenty-second Party Congress. It echoes the unhealthy phenomena in our life associated with the period of the personality cult, now exposed and rejected by the Party. There can be no doubt that the fight against the consequences of Stalin's personality cult, taken up by the Party and the Soviet people since the Twentieth and Twenty-second congresses of the CPSU, will continue to facilitate the appearance of works of art outstanding for their ever-increasing artistic value. The possibility of telling the truth has been affirmed by the Party and the people.
