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Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich
Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Russian politician. Leader of the USSR from 1956 to 1964.

Born: 1894-04-05. Died: 1971-09-11. Birth Place: Kalinovka.

Nikita S. Khrushchev was premier of the USSR from 1958 to 1964 and first secretary of the Communist party from 1953 to 1964. He was noted for an astonishing speech in 1956 denouncing the crimes and blunders of Joseph Stalin and for gestures of reconciliation with the West in 1959-1960, ending with the breakdown of a Paris summit with President Eisenhower and the leaders of France and Great Britain in the wake of Khrushchev's announcement that the Soviets had shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance aircraft over the Urals on 1 May 1960. Then in 1962 Khrushchev attempted to place Soviet medium range-missiles in Cuba. This led to an intense crisis in October, following which Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles if the U.S. promised to make no more attempts to overthrow Cuba's Communist government. Although he could be charming at times, Khrushchev was also given to bluster (extending even to shoe-pounding at the U.N). and was a tough negotiator, although he believed, unlike his predecessors, in the possibility of Communist victory over the West without war.



Country: Russia. Spacecraft: Vostok. Bibliography: 474, 535, 5616.

1894 April 5 - .
End of 1953 - . LV Family: R-12. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2.
1956 February 27 - . Launch Vehicle: R-7.
1958 March 8 - .
Summer 1958 - . Launch Vehicle: R-16.
1959 June 20 - . LV Family: R-12. Launch Vehicle: DF-2.
Summer 1959 - . Launch Vehicle: R-16.
1959 December 17 - .
1960 March 3 - .
April 1960 - . Launch Vehicle: UR-200.
1961 February 15 - .
1961 April 4 - .
1961 April 14 - .
1961 April 16 - .
1961 May 1 - .
1961 October 17 - .
1961 October 30 - .
During February 1962 - .
1962 July 13 - .
1962 August 11 - . 08:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8K72K.
1962 August 14 - .
1962 August 15 - .
1962 August 30 - .
1962 September 25 - . Launch Vehicle: N1.
1962 November 1 - . Launch Vehicle: N1.
February 1963 - . LV Family: UR-100. Launch Vehicle: R-26.
1963 June 14 - .
1963 June 16 - .
1963 June 22 - .
1963 November 3 - .
1963 November 5 - .
1964 March 21 - .
1964 April 4 - .
1964 May 7 - .
1964 July 21 - . Launch Vehicle: N1.
1964 September 16 - .
1964 September 24 - . Launch Vehicle: N1.
1964 September 24 - .
1964 October 13 - .
1964 October 13 - .
1964 October 15 - .
November 1964 - .
1966 May 11 - . Launch Vehicle: N1.
1968 December 22 - .
1971 July 7 - .
1971 September 11 - .
1973 December 12 - .

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