The terms "cult of personality" and "personality cult" were popularized by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Personality_Cult_and_its_Consequences Khrushchev's Secret Speech of 1956]. Robert Service notes that a more [[accurate]] [[translation]] of the Russian "культ личности" ("kul't lichnosti") is the "cult of the [[individual]]". | The terms "cult of personality" and "personality cult" were popularized by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Personality_Cult_and_its_Consequences Khrushchev's Secret Speech of 1956]. Robert Service notes that a more [[accurate]] [[translation]] of the Russian "культ личности" ("kul't lichnosti") is the "cult of the [[individual]]". |