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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administration
Nikita Khrushchev
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administration

Nikita Khrushchev

Premier of the USSR 1958–64, Russian 1894-1971
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Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchyov (Khrushchev) was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. He was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964.