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Though Robeson would continue to praise the USSR throughout his life, he would neither publicly denounce nor praise Stalin personally after [[Nikita Khrushchev]]'s 1956 [[On the Personality Cult and its Consequences|Secret Speech]] exposing Stalin's "mistakes."<ref name=dubermanpages>Duberman, Martin. ''Paul Robeson'', 1989, pgs 301, 318, 440.</ref>

Though Robeson would continue to praise the USSR throughout his life, he would neither publicly denounce nor praise Stalin personally after [[Nikita Khrushchev]]'s 1956 [[On the Personality Cult and its Consequences|Secret Speech]] exposing Stalin's "mistakes."<ref name=dubermanpages>Duberman, Martin. ''Paul Robeson'', 1989, pgs 301, 318, 440.</ref>

During his retirement and even after his death, rumors about Robeson's health and reports that he had become disillusioned with the USSR persisted. There were reports that he was living in self imposed exile in the Soviet Union, with ''[[The New York Times]]'' calling him "The disillusioned native son."<ref>Duberman, Martin. ''Paul Robeson'', 1989, Attempted Renewal.</ref> At no time during his life is Paul Robeson on record as mentioning anything negative about the Soviet Union or its leaders, including [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]]. Sympathetic biographers Martin Duberman and Lloyd Brown claim that most sources they interviewed denied widespread media reports of Robeson's embitterment over the USSR.<ref>Duberman, Martin. ''Paul Robeson'', 1989, chapters "Broken Health" and "Attempted Renewal".</ref>

During the early days of his retirement and even after his death, rumors about his health and its connections to his supposed disillusionment with the USSR continued to persist. There were even claims that he was living in self imposed exile in the Soviet Union with ''[[The New York Times]]'' calling him "The disillusioned native son."<ref>Duberman, Martin. ''Paul Robeson'', 1989, Attempted Renewal.</ref>

 

At no time during his retirement (or his life) is Paul Robeson on record of mentioning any unhappiness or regrets about his beliefs in socialism or his unwavering devotion for the Soviet Union nor did he ever express any disappointment in its leaders including [[Vladimir Lenin]] and [[Joseph Stalin]]. Moreover, only a few sources out of thousands interviewed and researched by two of his biographers Martin Duberman and Lloyd Brown agreed with the claims made in the mainstream media of Robeson's supposed embitterment over the USSR.<ref>Duberman, Martin. ''Paul Robeson'', 1989, chapters "Broken Health" and "Attempted Renewal".</ref>

===Modern opinions on Robeson and the Soviet Union===

===Modern opinions on Robeson and the Soviet Union===