How it was 24.10.1998 (1998)

The theme of the program is "Conspiracy against Khrushchev" in 1964. The program is dedicated to the first coup in the history of the USSR. On October 13, 1964, Nikita Khrushchev flew from Pitsunda to Moscow at a call from Brezhnev.

On the same day, at a meeting of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the CPSU, a decision was made to remove Khrushchev from power.

The participants of the program are: the daughter of Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev Rada Adzhubei, the former head of the information department of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Khrushchev's assistant Oleg Troyanovsky, Khrushchev's personal translator Viktor Sukhodrev, the former First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee Igor Egorychev, the former chairman of the KGB Vladimir Semichastny.

The host talks about the removal of Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev from office in the fall of 1964. A board in the studio with portraits of the members of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU in 1964. The presenter takes a portrait of Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev from the board.

The opening credits are "How It Was".

B/W chronicle: Nikolai Podgorny and Leonid Brezhnev hunting.

The presenter talks about hunting enthusiasts Nikolai Podgorny and Leonid Brezhnev and Podgorny's preparation of the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Podgorny has nominated himself to replace Khrushchev.

The opening credits are "How It Was".

The presenter says that the first secretary of the Moscow City Party Committee, Nikolai Yegorychev, was instructed to prepare the blanket, today Nikolai Yegorychev in the studio.

Nikolai Yegorychev says that in June of 1964 he had a conversation with Pyotr Nilovich Demichev, the secretary of the Central Committee of the Party, in his office at the Central Committee of the Party.

Pyotr Demichev said that Khrushchev was behaving incorrectly, and that the members of the Central Committee should express their attitude to his behavior.

A chessboard is on the table.

The presenter talks about men who in the summer of 1963, during football matches, gathered in the stands of Luzhniki and had tense conversations.

These people were Shelyapin Alexander, Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, Semichastny Vladimir, Chairman of the KGB, and several young workers of the Komsomol Central Committee.

B/W chronicle: Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Shelyapin Alexander on the stand, people in the hall applaud, Semichastny Vladimir on the stand, Semichastny Vladimir presents certificates to pioneers, a pioneer in a sailor cap fastens a medal on his chest.

Burlatsky Fyodor Mikhailovich - says that the initiators of the conspiracy were young people from the Komsomol Central Committee, primarily Shelyapin Alexander.

Burlatsky Fyodor Mikhailovich - says that the young people spoke out against the old people.

The presenter talks about Shelyapin Alexander, his comrades called him "Iron Shurik", people from his team were infiltrated into all departments.

The host introduces Leonid Mitrofanovich Zamyatin in the studio.

Leonid Mitrofanovich Zamyatin talks about the enormous influence of Alexander Shelepin in the leadership of the CPSU Central Committee.

Rada Nikitichna Adzhubei talks about the role of Alexander Shelepin in the leadership of the CPSU Central Committee and Khrushchev's possible desire to appoint Alexander Shelepin as his successor.

Rada Nikitichna Adzhubei says that Alexander Shelepin was a man of tough character, so he was called "Iron Shurik".

The host introduces Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev's daughter, Rada Nikitichna Adzhubei.

Intro "How It Was".

B/W chronicle: caption Newsreel "

Foreign Newsreel July 1964", funeral procession of Thorez Maurice, people carrying eyelids and flowers, wife and comrades-in-arms following the coffin, people on the street, hearse with Thorez Maurice's coffin, people mourning, people carrying flags, view from a high point of the funeral procession, funeral meeting at the cemetery, Mikhail Andreevich Suslov giving a speech, the family of the deceased, a crowd of people on the street, portrait on Thorez Maurice's grave, funeral column of people.

Nikolai Egorychev tells how he and Mikhail Suslov got to Thorez Maurice's funeral in Paris.

Nikolai Egorychev recalls how he and Mikhail Suslov talked in Paris about Khrushchev's words about the USSR Academy of Sciences.

A chessboard on the table.

Nikolai Egorychev talks about the relations of the members of the CPSU Central Committee.

Zamyatin Leonid Mitrofanovich talks about Khrushchev Nikita's communication with Indonesian President Sukarno during a gala dinner in Moscow and Khrushchev's threat to disperse part of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee.

B/W chronicle: caption Newsreel "News of the Day" October 1964, meeting in Khrushchev Nikita's office with Indonesian President Sukarno, negotiations and conversation between Khrushchev Nikita and Indonesian President Sukarno at the table.

Yegorychev Nikolai says that Khrushchev Nikita learned from a conversation accidentally overheard by a security guard that a plenum was being prepared.

Yegorychev Nikolai talks about Leonid Brezhnev's call and the conversation that Khrushchev Nikita learned that a plenum was being prepared and he instructed Mikayan to sort it out.

Adzhubei Rada Nikitichna says that Khrushchev Nikita instructed Podgorny Nikolai to sort out the conspiracy at the plane's steps.

The presenter asks who could have been the leader at that time and approaches the board with portraits of the members of the CPSU Central Committee.

Nikolai Egorychev says that the leader of the CPSU Central Committee should have been Aleksei Nikolaevich Kosygin.

Leonid Mitrofanovich Zamyatin says that at that time they chose Brezhnev as a candidate because he was convenient, like a pawn.

The presenter talks about the candidacy of Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny, the secretary of the CPSU Central Committee to replace Khrushchev and his possible allies in the person of Alexander Shelepin's team.

Leonid Mitrofanovich Zamyatin talks about Alexander Shelepin's group and his positions and connections.

The presenter asks Leonid Mitrofanovich Zamyatin why Nikolai Podgorny did not turn to Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky, the USSR Minister of Defense, for help.

The presenter talks about the communication between L.I. Brezhnev and Vladimir Efimovich Semichastny.

Semichastny Vladimir Efimovich - Chairman of the KGB of the USSR speaks about communication with Brezhnev L.I. Egorychev Nikolai says that Semichastny Vladimir Efimovich - Chairman of the KGB of the USSR carried very few guards with him and sometimes traveled around Moscow without an escort.

Adzhubey Rada Nikitichna says that Semichastny Vladimir Efimovich reduced part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The host introduces Khrushchev's personal translator Sukhodrev Viktor Mikhailovich in the studio.

Sukhodrev Viktor Mikhailovich speaks about the behavior of Khrushchev Nikita Sergeevich before leaving for Pitsunda and Khrushchev's last trip to the virgin lands, when Khrushchev was cheerful and active.

Sukhodrev Viktor Mikhailovich speaks about the day when Khrushchev was called back to Moscow from vacation.

Egorychev Nikolai says that Khrushchev's fate was finally decided during those days, because the majority of the members of the CPSU Central Committee decided that they would support the decision to release him.

Zamyatin Leonid Mitrofanovich says that the majority of the Central Committee members said that it was necessary to prepare him for retirement.

Egorychev Nikolay talks about Brezhnev Leonid and Podgorny Nikolay, who were in charge of preparing the plenum and preparing the majority.

The presenter talks about the candidates for the post of the country's leader Shelepin Alexander, Podgorny Nikolay and Brezhnev M.S. The presenter says that the pawn is rapidly breaking through to the queen.

The presenter says that while Khrushchev was on vacation Semichastny Vladimir Efimovich - Chairman of the KGB of the USSR announced "check" to him, it was the Presidium of the Central Committee of the CPSU. Egorychev Nikolay talks about Brezhnev Leonid's call to Semichastny Vladimir with a request to call Khrushchev and invite him to Moscow.

Zamyatin Leonid Mitrofanovich says that the meeting of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the CPSU was already underway when Khrushchev, who had arrived in Moscow, was met by no one except Vladimir Semichastny.

Nikita Khrushchev got into a car and was brought to the Kremlin.

Egorychev Nikolai says about Khrushchev's behavior during the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU. Egorychev Nikolai says that Khrushchev himself repented and quickly wrote a statement of his dismissal.

The host talks about Mesyatsev Nikolai.

A chessboard is on the table.

Burlatsky Fedor talks about the night arrival of Mesyatsev Nikolai Nikolaevich to the television center with a document appointing him Chairman of the USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company and security.

Egorychev Nikolai says that the story of Mesyatsev Nikolai Nikolaevich with a document appointing him Chairman of the USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company and security is the invention and fantasy of Burlatsky Fedor.

Egorychev Nikolay says that Mesyatsev Nikolay was appointed Chairman of the USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company after the October Plenum of the CPSU Central Committee.

Adzhubei Rada Nikitichna says that Khrushchev himself called her on the day he was removed from his post and asked her to warn the editor-in-chief of Izvestia, Adzhubei Aleksey.

Adzhubei Rada Nikitichna says that the next day her husband was removed from his post as editor-in-chief of the Izvestia newspaper.

Adzhubei Rada Nikitichna says that Mikoyan Anastas told her on the day her father was removed from his post, "Khrushchev forgot that there is also a struggle for power under socialism." Troyanovsky Oleg Aleksandrovich - advisor to Khrushchev Nikita, talks about communicating with Khrushchev Nikita after he was removed from the post of First Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee.

The presenter says that on the second day after Nikita Khrushchev was removed, a great wave of criticism came against him, and Mikhail Suslov made an accusatory speech.

The presenter asks those present why Ikhail Suslov was assigned to make the criticism, and not Leonid Brezhnev.

Rada Nikitichna Adzhubei says that Mikhail Suslov hated N. Khrushchev and did it with pleasure.

Rada Nikitichna Adzhubei says about Mikhail Suslov's words regarding the dismissal of her husband, the editor of Izvestia, Aleksey Adzhubei.

The presenter asks Rada Adzhubei if anyone defended Nikita Khrushchev at the meeting.

Rada Adzhubei says that there were no defenders.

Nikolay Egorychev says that no one spoke in Khrushchev's defense, only Anastas Mkoyan was present.

Nikolay Egorychev says that Leonid Brezhnev called him with a request not to hold a debate during the meeting.

Egorychev Nikolai says that Brezhnev was afraid of talk about democratization and continuing Khrushchev's line of reforms in the USSR, and during his speech at the XXIII CPSU Congress, Leonid Brezhnev did not say a word about the personality cult.

Caption: XXIII Congress of the CPSU (1966) B/W chronicle: Members of the CPSU Central Committee in the presidium of the congress, Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich delivers a speech from the rostrum, Members of the CPSU Central Committee in the presidium applaud standing.

Caption and photograph: Podgorny Nikolai 1903-1983. Caption and photograph: Mikoyan Anastas 1895-1978. Caption and photograph: Shelepin Alexander 1918-1994. Caption and photograph: Semichastny Vladimir.

Caption and photograph: Mesyatsev Nikolai Caption and photograph: Egorychev Nikolai The presenter says goodbye to the audience.