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Khrushchev

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Khru·shchev  (krshchf, -chôf, r-shchyôf), Nikita Sergeyevich 1894-1971.
Soviet politician. A Stalin loyalist in the 1930s, he was appointed first secretary of the Communist Party in 1953. As Soviet premier (1958-1964) he denounced Stalin (1956), thwarted the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and improved his country's image abroad. He was deposed (1964) for his failure to establish missiles in Cuba (1962) and improve the Soviet economy.
Khrushchev [kruːsˈtʃɒf ˈkrʊstʃɒf (Russian) xruˈʃtʃɔf]
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(Biographies / Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich (1894-1971) M, Russian, POLITICS: statesman) Nikita Sergeyevich (niˈkitə sɪrˈgjejɪvitʃ). 1894-1971, Soviet statesman; premier of the Soviet Union (1958-64). After Stalin's death he became first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party (1953-64) and initiated a policy to remove the influence of Stalin (1956). As premier, he pursued a policy of peaceful coexistence with the West, but alienated Communist China
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Noun1.Khrushchev - Soviet statesman and premier who denounced Stalin (1894-1971)
Nikita Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
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Fifty years after Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev first addressed the University of Pittsburgh, Medvedev gave a frank and endearing answer when one student asked him what he thought was the most important thing in life.
Russian leader Medvedev spreads the love in the US by AFP / AFP American Edition
Fifty years after Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev first addressed the University of Pittsburgh, Medvedev gave a frank and endearing answer when one student asked him what he thought was the most important thing in life.
Russian leader Medvedev spreads the love in the US by AFP / AFP Global Edition
RIDING OVER THEM ON MY WAY TO CHURCH that September Sunday in 1959, I looked down at the railroad tracks beneath my bike's tires, mindful that just a few miles down those tracks Nikita Khrushchev would soon be stopping at the Santa Barbara station, on his way from L.
To the Santa Barbara station by Pleszczynski, Wlady / The American Spectator
 
 
 
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