At one time, there was a popular story associated with N. S. Khrushchev. It was rumored that in 1960, at a meeting of the UN Assembly, he knocked on the podium with his boot. Although a number of sources say otherwise.
Events
On October 12, 1960, one of the most famous in the history of the UN General Assembly meeting took place. The delegation of the Soviet Union was headed by Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev. The delegation introduced a draft resolution on granting independence to colonial countries and peoples for consideration. Khrushchev made a very emotional speech, as he often did. He spoke out against the colonialists and colonialism.
A representative of the Philippines who spoke after said that the Soviet Union, like the Western colonial powers, allowed itself to trample on the civil and political rights of the peoples of Eastern Europe. Hearing this, Khrushchev was indignant and raised his hand, but they did not pay attention to him.
After that, the story became popular that Khrushchev allegedly took off his shoe and began to knock on the table with his heel to be given the floor. However, since then this has been refuted more than once.
According to one version, the scandalous story was published by one of the news agencies in order to expose the USSR in an unattractive light during the Cold War, and then it was amicably picked up by the media.
Versions of what happened
On the Internet today you can see two identical photographs of Khrushchev's performance - on one his hand is clenched into a fist, and on the other he holds a shoe in his hand, which looks somewhat blurry. There is a version that it was a specially made retouching to cast a shadow on the reputation of Khrushchev.
The son of the former general secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, Sergei Khrushchev, said in an interview that the story was fictional. It's just that when Nikita Khrushchev entered the hall, one of the journalists stepped on his foot and his shoes fell off. The politician didn't put it on in front of the cameras and took his place in the hall, and then the servants brought him a shoe and put it in front of him, covering it with a napkin.
The photograph in which there is a shoe on the table in front of Nikita Sergeevich really exists.
After the Filipino's speech, Khrushchev waved his shoe so that they would pay attention to him, or maybe knock him on the table. As a result, when he was given the floor, he went to the podium without him. The journalists were not present at this, they came only later and wrote in their articles about how the representative of the Soviet government beat the podium with his shoes, and many believed in this legend.
On the Internet, you can find a recording of Khrushchev's speech at the UN in 1960, when he criticizes the speaker from the Philippines, and in the videos posted, he has no shoes in his hand, he only emotionally waves his fist.
