Nikita Khrushchev Biography
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was a Russian politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964. Khrushchev was responsible for the de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union, for backing the progress of the early Soviet space program, and for several relatively liberal reforms in areas of domestic policy. Khrushchev's party colleagues removed him from power in 1964, replacing him with Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary and Alexei Kosygin as Premier.
Khrushchev was born in the village of Kalinovka in 1894, close to the present-day border between Russia and Ukraine. He was employed as a metalworker in his youth, and during the Russian Civil War was a political commissar. With the help of Lazar Kaganovich, he worked his way up the Soviet hierarchy. He supported Joseph Stalin's purges, and approved thousands of arrests. In 1939, Stalin sent him to govern Ukraine, and he continued the purges there. Source: Wikipedia
Biography Snapshot
- Name:
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Nationality:
- Soviet Union
- Profession:
- Politician
- Religion:
- Atheism
- Date of Birth:
- April 15, 1894
- Astrological Sign:
- Aries
- Date of Death:
- September 11, 1971
- Age at Death:
- 77
- Cause of Death:
- Myocardial infarction
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