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.

Early days

Nikita Khrushchev was born in the village of Kalinovka, Dmitriyev uezd, Kursk Guberniya of the Russian Empire (now Kursk Oblast of the Russian Federation). In 1908, his family moved to Yuzovka, Ukraine. Although he was apparently highly intelligent, he only received approximately two years of education as a child and probably only became fully literate in his late twenties or early thirties. He was trained for and worked as a joiner in various factories and mines. During World War I, Khrushchev became involved in trade union activities, and after the Bolshevik revolution in 1917 he fought in the Red Army. He became a Party member in 1918 and worked at various management and Party positions in Donbass and Kiev.

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Kalinovka - Uezd - Kursk - Guberniya - Russian Empire - Kursk Oblast - Russian Federation - 1908 - Yuzovka - Ukraine - World War I - Revolution - 1917 - Red Army - 1918 - Donbass - Kiev

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In 1931 Khrushchev was transferred to Moscow and in 1935 he became 1st Secretary of the Moscow City Committee (Moscow Gorkom) of VKP(b). In 1938 he became the 1st Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ukrainian Communist Party.

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1931 - 1935 - 1938

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Beginning in 1934 Khrushchev was a member of the Central Committee of the VKP(b)/CPSU, and he was a member of Politburo from 1939.

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1934 - VKP(b)/CPSU - Politburo - 1939

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