Characters from Khrushchev

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev - This person is the son of a weak father and a dominant mother who will always feel tied to the land, but will struggle to escape the peasant mindset that surrounded him for his first 14 years.

Nina Petrovna Kukharchuk Khrushcheva - This person is born to a prosperous peasant family and studies in Lublin and Kholm until the outbreak of World War I; then this character is evacuated to an elite girl's school.

Joseph Stalin - This person is the not well-trusted lieutenant of the first Soviet leader,...
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