The Soviet political leader Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev (1894-1971) was a major force in world politics in the post-Stalin period. Nikita Khrushchev was born in Kalinovka in southern Russia on April 17, 1894. At 15 he became an apprentice mechanic in...

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was the first overall leader of the Soviet Union to have risen entirely within the ranks of the organized party apparatus (see Communist Party of the Soviet Union), being of the generation after the original leaders who...

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Set on a knoll overlooking an oxbow bend in the Moscow River, the hallowed ground of the Novodevichy Cemetery holds the remains of scores of engineers, artists and politicians who helped shape Russia's tormented past century.They include the loved and the loathed, the tragic and...

Today is Tuesday, March 27, the 86th day of 2007. There are 279 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 27, 1977, 583 people were killed when a KLM Boeing 747, attempting to take off, crashed into a Pan Am 747 on the...

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 15, the 259th day of 2004. There are 107 days left in the year. The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, begins at sunset.Today's Highlight in History:On Sept. 15, 1963, four black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday...

Today is Tuesday, July 24, the 205th day of 2007. There are 160 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 24, 1959, during a visit to Moscow, Vice President Richard M. Nixon engaged in a "Kitchen Debate" with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev on...

Questions why a policy of de-Stalinisation was carried out by Khrushchev after he became leader of the Soviet Union. Describes how the policy caused even further problems in Hungary and Poland.