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 shocked 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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Nikita Khrushchev in our timeline
- Soviet Grief on Display (March 12, 1953)
- Beria's Arrest in the Kremlin (June 26, 1953)
- Soviet Congress Nears Its Turning Point (February 16, 1956)
- Khrushchev's Secret Speech (February 25, 1956)
- Hungary Rises (October 23, 1956)
- Sputnik Opens the Space Age (October 4, 1957)
- The Kitchen Debate (July 24, 1959)
- UN Declares Colonialism's End (December 14, 1960)
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