Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1894 – 11 September 1971) led the Soviet Union as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and as chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev stunned the communist world with his denunciation of Stalin's crimes and began de-Stalinization. He sponsored the early Soviet space program, and enactment of relatively liberal reforms in domestic policy. After some false starts, and a narrowly avoided nuclear war over Cuba, he conducted successful negotiations with the United States to reduce Cold War tensions. His proclivity toward recklessness led the Kremlin leadership to strip him of power, replacing him with Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary and Alexei Kosygin as Premier.

Никита Сергеевич Хрущёв родился в селе Калиновка, Дмитриевский уезд, Курская губерния, Российская империя - советский партийный и государственный деятель. Первый секретарь ЦК КПСС (1953-1964). Председатель Совета министров СССР (1958-1964). Председатель Бюро ЦК КПСС по РСФСР (1956-1964). Герой Советского Союза (1964), трижды Герой Социалистического Труда (1954, 1957, 1961), лауреат Международной Ленинской премии «За укрепление мира между народами» (1959) и Национальной премии Украины имени Тараса Шевченко (1964), кавалер семи орденов Ленина (1935, 1944, 1948, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1964). Герой Народной Республики Болгария. Участник Великой Отечественной войны.