Nikita Khrushchev

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Born 1894-04-15 · died 1971-09-11 · Kalinovka, Dmitriyev Uyezd, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Khomutovka Raion, Kursk Oblast, Russia]

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Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1894 – 11 September 1971) led the Soviet Union as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and as chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev stunned the communist world with his denunciation of Stalin's crimes and began de-Stalinization. He sponsored the early Soviet space program, and enactment of relatively liberal reforms in domestic policy. After some false starts, and a narrowly avoided nuclear war over Cuba, he conducted successful negotiations with the United States to reduce Cold War tensions. His proclivity toward recklessness led the Kremlin leadership to strip him of power, replacing him with Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary and Alexei Kosygin as Premier.

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Rat PackMoon: The Battles of SpaceFaith of the Century: A History of CommunismIn the Grip of GazpromComrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a DictatorAmerica at WarCongrès de Tours 1920: The Birth of the French Communist PartyAndrew Cohen on Crisis and Its OuttakesThe Man Who Saved the WorldErnesto Che Guevara