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Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (Russian: Ники́та Серге́евич Хрущёв (help·info), Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchyov; IPA: [nʲɪˈkʲitə sʲɪˈrgʲejɪvʲɪtɕ xruˈɕːof], in English, ['kruʃtʃɛv], ['krustʃɛv], ['krustʃof] or [krus'tʃof], occasionally ['kruʃof]) (April 17 [O.S. April 5] 1894 – September 11, 1971) serve as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, following the death of Joseph Stalin, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. Khrushchev was responsible for the De-Stalinization of the USSR, as well as several liberal reforms ranging from agriculture to foreign policy. Khrushchev's party colleagues removed him from power in 1964, replacing him with Leonid Brezhnev.

Trivia about khrushchev

  • Concerning the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, this Soviet leader said that "Human reason won. Mankind won"
  • During a U.N. Assembly session in 1960 this Soviet premier banged his shoe on a desk
  • In July 1962 this Soviet leader began building missile sites in Cuba; in October, the U.S. noticed them
  • Born in Ukraine in 1894, he became the undisputed leader of the USSR in 1958
  • In June 1961 JFK met with this rival world leader for 2 days in Vienna to discuss a growing crisis in Europe
  • On July 24, 1959 he was the Soviet half of the "Kitchen Debate"
  • In 1971 the other shoe dropped on this ex-leader, a year after the publication of his memoirs
  • This world leader was vacationing on the Black Sea coast when he was ousted from power in October 1964
  • After 9 years as Soviet premier, he was deposed for failing to establish missiles in Cuba

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