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1044600 - Nikita Khrushchev addressing a public rally as a new Moscow Metro line is commissioned, Moscow, 1952.
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev - surname more accurately romanized as Khrushchyov; April 17 [O.S. April 5] 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. He was removed from power by his party colleagues in 1964 and replaced by Leonid Brezhnev. He spent the last seven years of his life under the close supervision of the KGB.
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![Nikita Khrushchev addressing a public rally as a new Moscow Metro line is commissioned, Moscow, 1952.<br>Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev - surname more accurately romanized as Khrushchyov; April 17 [O.S. April 5] 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. He was removed from power by his party colleagues in 1964 and replaced by Leonid Brezhnev. He spent the last seven years of his life under the close supervision of the KGB.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto](../images/prevs/1044600.jpg "Nikita Khrushchev addressing a public rally as a new Moscow Metro line is commissioned, Moscow, 1952.<br>Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev - surname more accurately romanized as Khrushchyov; April 17 [O.S. April 5] 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. He was removed from power by his party colleagues in 1964 and replaced by Leonid Brezhnev. He spent the last seven years of his life under the close supervision of the KGB.<br>©RIA Novosti / TopFoto")