Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (1894 – 11 September 1971) was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He was responsible for the de-Stalinization of theSoviet Union, for backing the progress of the early Soviet space program, and for several relatively liberal reforms in areas of domestic policy. His popularity was eroded by flaws in his...