Khrushchev

American  

[kroosh-chef, -chawf, kroosh-, khroo-shchyawf] / ˈkrʊʃ tʃɛf, -tʃɔf, ˈkruʃ-, xruˈʃtʃyɔf /

noun

1. Nikita S(ergeyevich) 1894–1971, Russian political leader: premier of the U.S.S.R. 1958–64.

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Khrushchev British  

/ ˈkrʊstʃɒf, xruˈʃtʃɔf, kruːsˈtʃɒf /

noun

1. Nikita Sergeyevich (niˈkitə sɪrˈɡjejɪvitʃ). 1894–1971, Soviet statesman; premier of the Soviet Union (1958–64). After Stalin's death he became first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party (1953–64) and initiated a policy to remove the influence of Stalin (1956). As premier, he pursued a policy of peaceful coexistence with the West, but alienated Communist China

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Example Sentences

In October 1964 the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was deposed in a nonviolent coup.

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In the past, it was used by Soviet leaders Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev.

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He broke off relations with the Soviet Union after Nikita Khrushchev de-Stalinized Moscow.

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Observers of Soviet politics figured Khrushchev was about the fifth most powerful figure in Stalin’s inner circle.

From Literature

Mr. Plokhy quotes Nikita Khrushchev’s worry that Americans “would have discovered that we were in a relatively weak position, and that realization might have encouraged them to attack us.”

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