Nikita Khrushchev: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
Born April 17, 1894 • Ukraine
Died September 11, 1971 (aged 77) • Moscow • Russia
Title / Office prime minister (1958-1964), Soviet Union
Political Affiliation Bolshevik • Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Awards And Honors Order of Lenin (1935)
Role In Cuban missile crisis • Hungarian Revolution • Khrushchev’s secret speech • Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty • Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union • U-2 Incident • de-Stalinization

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