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2 days ago · Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1894 – 11 September 1971) was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) from 1958 to 1964.
3 days ago · The shoe-banging incident occurred when Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, pounded his shoe on his delegate-desk in protest at a speech by Philippine delegate Lorenzo Sumulong during the 902nd Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York City on 12 October 1960.
Jul 23, 2024 · "Khrushchev's speech struck a blow at the totalitarian system" – Mikhail Gorbachev's commentary on the Secret Speech from The Guardian's supplement. A Stalinist rebuttal of Khrushchev's "Secret Speech", 1956. The day Khrushchev denounced Stalin: former Reuters correspondent John Rettie recounts how he reported Khrushchev's speech to the world.
Jul 17, 2024 · Who was Nikita Khrushchev? Nikita Khrushchev was a Ukrainian-born Soviet politician who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964. He succeeded Joseph Stalin and played a significant role in shaping Soviet policies during the Cold War.
Jul 19, 2024 · On May 5, 1960, the Soviet premier Nikita S. Khrushchev told the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. that an American spy plane had been shot down on May 1 over Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), referring to the flight as an “aggressive act” by the United States.
3 days ago · Before the end of summer, the post-Stalinist leadership under Nikita Khrushchev turned against the power-hungry Beria, and he was deposed and executed. A series of trials and executions continuing into 1956 eliminated a number of his senior associates.
Jul 21, 2024 · Space race rivals. President John F. Kennedy and Chairman of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, meet on June 3, 1961 at the US Embassy in Vienna, Austria.
