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Nikita Khrushchev

Soviet leader; Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1958–1964).

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Dates
15 Apr 1894 – 11 Sep 1971
Also known as
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
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  1. Life 15 Apr 1894 – 11 Sep 1971
  2. head of Communist Party of the Soviet Union (First Secretary) Sep 1953 – 14 Oct 1964
  3. head of Soviet government (Chairman of the Council of Ministers) 27 Mar 1958 – 14 Oct 1964
  4. head of Soviet Union (Chairman of the Council of Ministers; also First Secretary of the Communist Party) 27 Mar 1958 – 14 Oct 1964

Nikita Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis. As Chairman of the Council of Ministers he headed the Soviet government; in July 1962 he agreed with Fidel Castro to place Soviet missiles in Cuba.

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  1. 15 Apr 1894 – 11 Sep 1971 Nikita Khrushchev
  2. Sep 1953 – 14 Oct 1964 Nikita Khrushchev head of Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  3. 27 Mar 1958 – 14 Oct 1964 Nikita Khrushchev head of Soviet government
  4. 27 Mar 1958 – 14 Oct 1964 Nikita Khrushchev head of Soviet Union
Proof 4 sources
  1. Soviet Union: A Country Study, Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, 1991. Scholarship & press
    Malenkov found a formidable rival in Nikita S. Khrushchev, whom the Presidium elected first secretary
    Khrushchev became prime minister in March 1958 when Bulganin resigned, thus formally confirming his predominant position in the state as well as in the party.
    Khrushchev removed from power; Leonid I. Brezhnev becomes CPSU first secretary.
  2. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XIV, Soviet Union, October 1971–May 1972: list of persons, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
    Khrushchev, Nikita S., former First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party and Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers (1953–1964)
  3. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XI: list of persons, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
    Khrushchev, Nikita S., Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  4. The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962 (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
    in July 1962 Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev reached a secret agreement with Cuban premier Fidel Castro to place Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba to deter any future invasion attempt.
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