Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Jawabin ya ba da mamaki a zamaninsa. Akwai rahotanni cewa masu sauraro sun amsa da tafi da dariya a wurare da yawa. Akwai kuma rahotanni cewa wasu daga cikin wadanda suka halarci taron sun kamu da ciwon zuciya kuma wasu daga baya sun kashe kansu, saboda firgita da bayyanar da amfani da ta'addanci na Stalin. Rikicin da ya biyo baya a tsakanin 'yan kasar Soviet da yawa, da aka haifa a kan panegyrics da yabo na dindindin na "genius" na Stalin, ya kasance a bayyane musamman a Georgia, mahaifar Stalin, inda kwanakin zanga-zangar da tarzoma
ya ƙare tare da sojojin Soviet a ranar 9 ga Maris, 1956. A Yammacin duniya, jawabin ya lalata bangaren siyasa na hagu; Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Amurka kadai ta rasa mambobi sama da 30,000 a cikin makonni bayan wallafa shi.