Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. As leader of the Soviet Union, he stunned the world by denouncing his predecessor Joseph Stalin, embarking on a campaign of de-Stalinization, and presiding over the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
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Background
- Born in
- Kalinovka
- Educated at
- Donetsk National Technical UniversityIndustrial Academy
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of the White Lion🏆 Hero of the Soviet Union🏆 Order of Lenin🏆 Time Person of the Year🏆 Hero of Socialist Labour
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Trending topics shown first"The thought sometimes -- the unpleasant thought sometimes creeps up on me here as to whether perhaps Khrushchev was not invited here to enable you to sort of rub him in your sauce and to show the migh…"
"When we analyze the practice of Stalin in regard to the direction of the party and the country, when we pause to consider everything which Stalin perpetrated, we must be convinced that Lenin's fear we…"
"When it is a question of fighting against imperialism we can state with conviction that we are all Stalinists. We can take pride that we have taken part in the fight for the advance of our great cause…"
"If you start throwing hedgehogs under me, I shall throw a couple of porcupines under you."
"When the fascist armies had actually invaded Soviet territory and military operations began, Moscow issued the order that the German fire was not to be returned. Why? It was because Stalin, despite ev…"
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1959
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