Historical FigureMale
Nikita Sergejevič Chruščov
1894 – 1971
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryNikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. As leader of the Soviet Union, he shocked the world by denouncing his predecessor Joseph Stalin, embarking on a campaign of de-Stalinization, and presiding over the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
April 3, 1894
Kalinovka
Date of death
September 11, 1971
Moscow
Citizenship
Russian Empire · Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic · Soviet Union
Occupations & fields
politicianmilitary personnelrevolutionary
Awards & honours
Order of LeninMedal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"Hero of Socialist LabourHero of the Soviet UnionOrder of the Patriotic War, 1st classOrder of Suvorov, 1st class
- Field and occupation
- prvý tajomník ÚV KSSZ v rokoch 1953 – 1964
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