KHRUSHCHEV, JACK

a humorous variation of the name Nikita Khrushchev, interchanged with the name John F. (Jack) Kennedy. Khrushchev (1894 - 1971) was a Soviet leader, first secretary of the Communist Party (1953 - 1964) and premier of 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. He also aided the government of Fidel Castro in Cuba and had Soviet military missiles installed there but removed them at the insistence of the United States. See also Kennedy, Nikita in this glossary. —SHSBC Binder 14 Approved Glossary

a combination of the names of former Unites States President John (Jack) F. Kennedy (1917-1963) and former Soviet Union political leader and premier, Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) who both held office in the early 1960s.a humorous variation of the name Nikita Khrushchev, interchanged with the name John F. (Jack) Kennedy. Khrushchev (1894 - 1971) was a Soviet leader, first secretary of the Communist Party (1953 - 1964) and premier of 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. He also aided the government of Fidel Castro in Cuba and had Soviet military missiles installed there but removed them at the insistence of the United States. See also Kennedy, Nikita in this glossary.