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Nikita Khrushchev

Born

in Kalinovka, Kursk governorate, Russian empire

April 15, 1895

Died

September 11, 1971

Genre

Politics, Biographies & Memoirs

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Soviet politician Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev served from 1953 as first secretary of the Communist party, denounced Joseph Stalin in 1956, thwarted the Hungarian revolution, and from 1958 as premier improved image of his country abroad, but for his perceived weakness in dealing with the west and his failure to the economy, people deposed him in 1964.

Nikita Khrushchev initiated a vast agricultural project, centered at Astana, a small mining town until the 1950s.

He led union during part of the Cold War. He stood as chairman of the council of ministers of the union. Khrushchev responsibly partially changed the union, backed the progress of the early space program, and made several relatively liberal reforms in domestic affairs. From power Soviet politician Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev served from 1953 as first secretary of the Communist party, denounced Joseph Stalin in 1956, thwarted the Hungarian revolution, and from 1958 as premier improved image of his country abroad, but for his perceived weakness in dealing with the west and his failure to the economy, people deposed him in 1964.

Nikita Khrushchev initiated a vast agricultural project, centered at Astana, a small mining town until the 1950s.

He led union during part of the Cold War. He stood as chairman of the council of ministers of the union. Khrushchev responsibly partially changed the union, backed the progress of the early space program, and made several relatively liberal reforms in domestic affairs. From power, colleagues removed him and replaced him Leonid Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin.

People employed him as a metalworker in his youth and as a commissar during the Russian civil war. With the help of Lazar Kaganovich, he worked his way up the hierarchy. He supported purges and approved thousands of arrests. In 1939, sent to govern Ukraine, he continued the purges. During the known great patriotic war in the union or the eastern front, Khrushchev, again a commissar, provided an intermediary with generals. Khrushchev took great dignity in fact of his presence at the bloody defense of Stalingrad throughout his life. After the war, he returned to Ukraine before people recalled him to Moscow as close adviser.

Death in 1953 triggered the power, and after several years, victorious Khrushchev emerged. On 25 February 1956 at the twentieth congress, he delivered the "Secret Speech" on purges and ushered in a less repressive era in the union. He aimed often ineffectively at bettering the domestic lives of ordinary citizens, especially in agriculture. Khrushchev expected eventually to rely on missiles for national defense and ordered major cuts in conventional forces. Despite the cuts, rule of Khrushchev saw the tensest years of the Cold War and culminated in the Cuban missile crisis.

Emerging rivals particularly saw somewhat erratic Khrushchev and quietly rose in strength in October 1964. He, however, suffered not the deadly fate of some previous losers of power struggles but received a pension, an apartment in Moscow, and a dacha in the side. People smuggled his lengthy memoirs and published part in 1970. Khrushchev died of heart disease.
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	Khrushchev Remembers by Nikita Khrushchev, Strobe Talbott (Translator), Edward Crankshaw (Introduction) 4.02 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 1970 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Khrushchev Remembers, Vol 2: Last Testament by Nikita Khrushchev, Strobe Talbott really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1971 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Khrushchev Remembers: The Glasnost Tapes by Nikita Khrushchev, Jerrold L. Schecter (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Speech Delivered to the Closed Session of the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 3.27 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1976 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences: The “Secret Speech” 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cult of the Individual really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1956	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kruşçev'in Anıları 1: Kömür Madenlerinden Kremlin'e by Nikita Khrushchev, Mehmet Harmancı (Translator) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kruşçev'in Anıları 2: Dış Dünya by Nikita Khrushchev, Mehmet Ali Kayabal (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Souvenirs -khrouchtchev by Nikita Khrushchev, Edward Crankshaw (Introduction), Strobe Talbott (Translator) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anatomy of Terror: Khrushchev's Revelations About Stalin's Regime 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1979 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ”
― Nikita Khrushchev

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“If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.”
― Nikita Khrushchev

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“Any fool can start a war, and once he's done so, even the wisest of men are helpless to stop it - especially if it's a nuclear war.”
― Nikita Khrushchev, Khrushchev Remembers

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