Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (April 15 [O.S. April 3] 1894, – September 11, 1971) led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964. Khrushchev was responsible for the partial de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union, for backing the progress of the early Soviet space program, and for s... More

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  • Apr 15, 1894

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  • Sep 11, 1971 (age 77 years)

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  • Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev

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  • Sep 7, 1953
  • Oct 14, 1964

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of Soviet Union

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  • 1959

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