Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1894-04-15
Day of Death
1971-09-11
Place of Birth
Kalinovka, Dmitriyev Uyezd, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Khomutovka Raion, Kursk Oblast, Russia]
Nikita Khrushchev
Biography
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1894 – 11 September 1971) led the Soviet Union as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and as chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev stunned the communist world with his denunciation of Stalin's crimes and began de-Stalinization. He sponsored the early Soviet space program, and enactment of relatively liberal reforms in domestic policy. After some false starts, and a narrowly avoided nuclear war over Cuba, he conducted successful negotiations with the United States to reduce Cold War tensions. His proclivity toward recklessness led the Kremlin leadership to strip him of power, replacing him with Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary and Alexei Kosygin as Premier.
Filmography (55)
A State Film
2026
America at War
2025
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
In the Grip of Gazprom
2023
Rat Pack
2022
A History of an Assignment
2021
Congrès de Tours 1920: The Birth of the French Communist Party
2020
Stalin and the Katyn Massacre
2020
Camp Century: The Hidden City Beneath the Ice
2020
I Invite You to My Execution
2019
State Funeral
2019
1964: Brazil between weapons and books
2019
Korea: The Never-Ending War
2019
The Spy Who Fell to Earth
2019
