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KHRUSHCHEV (4)
KHRUSHCHEV (4)
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Nikita Sergeyevich
Khrushchev
(1894 - 1971), Soviet
leader
, first
secretary
of the
Communist Party
(1953 - 1964) and
premier
of the Soviet
Union
(1958 - 1964). He urged peaceful coexistence between his country and Western nations. Within the Soviet bloc, however,
Khrushchev
sent
troops into
Poland
and
Hungary
in 1956 against persons who resisted the
communist
government
.
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