Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchof (Khrushchev) (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ?????? {{IPA |/nʲiˈki.ta sʲerˈge.jeˌviʧ ˈxru.ʃʧʲof/}} {{Audio|Ru Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev.ogg|listen}}, April 17, 1894 – September 11, 1971) was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. He was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964.

Books

• William Taubman: Khrushchev: the man and his era - London, Free Press, 2004
• Khrushchev remembers: the glasnost tapes - translated and edited by Jerrold L. Schecter, Boston, Little Brown, 1990
• Khrushchev remembers - edited by Strobe Talbott, 1970