Nikita Khrushchev

Known for: Acting

Born: April 14, 1894 in Kalinovka, Dmitriyev Uyezd, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Khomutovka Raion, Kursk Oblast, Russia] - Died: September 10, 1971

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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Nikita Khrushchev

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The End of a Beautiful Epoch

Congrès de Tours 1920: The Birth of the French Communist Party

In the Grip of Gazprom

The Man Who Saved the World

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2

The Seven Deadly Sins

The Atomic Cafe

Cold War Roadshow

How to Win the TV Debate

Die Sekretäre

Rat Pack

A History of an Assignment

The Fog of War

Achooo Mr. Kerrooschev

Dark Side of the Moon

A Wall in Jerusalem

Is Stalin With Us?

It Felt Like a Kiss

Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes

How the Moon Conquered Pop

Cold Case Hammarskjöld

Moon: The Battles of Space

I Invite You to My Execution