Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
* Born 1894, in Russian village of Kalinovka. * Fought in Red army during the civil war of 1922-23. * Then became a politician for the communist party in Moscow. Awarded the order of Lenin for his work building the Moscow underground railway. * 1949: appointed by the communist party to run soviet agriculture. * 1955: in power after Stalin’s death and in 1956 attacked Stalin’s reputation. Denouncing him as a wicked tyrant who kept all power to himself, and was an enemy to the people. * 1958: became Prime Minister * Closed Cominform. * Came close to nuclear war with the USA as of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. * 1964: forced retirement. * 1971: Death.
Khrushchev was more about having better relations with China and Yugoslavia, and it was thought he would bring a “Thaw” to the cold ‘icy’ war. He wanted peace with the west and planned to reduce arms. He released thousands of political prisoners. He agreed to pull soviet troops out of Austria as they had been there since the end of WWII. He showed all the sign of peace and allowed Eastern European countries more independence.
Khrushchev still believed in communism however he used his own methods to achieve the same aims as Stalin. He wanted to improve living standards of a normal citizen, to be equal to those of the Americans. Also, Khrushchev still believed that Eastern European countries should act as a buffer zone and when West Germany joined NATO and built up an army, Khrushchev became worried thus creating the Warsaw
* Born 1894, in Russian village of Kalinovka. * Fought in Red army during the civil war of 1922-23. * Then became a politician for the communist party in Moscow. Awarded the order of Lenin for his work building the Moscow underground railway. * 1949: appointed by the communist party to run soviet agriculture. * 1955: in power after Stalin’s death and in 1956 attacked Stalin’s reputation. Denouncing him as a wicked tyrant who kept all power to himself, and was an enemy to the people. * 1958: became Prime Minister * Closed Cominform. * Came close to nuclear war with the USA as of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. * 1964: forced retirement. * 1971: Death.
Khrushchev was more about having better relations with China and Yugoslavia, and it was thought he would bring a “Thaw” to the cold ‘icy’ war. He wanted peace with the west and planned to reduce arms. He released thousands of political prisoners. He agreed to pull soviet troops out of Austria as they had been there since the end of WWII. He showed all the sign of peace and allowed Eastern European countries more independence.
Khrushchev still believed in communism however he used his own methods to achieve the same aims as Stalin. He wanted to improve living standards of a normal citizen, to be equal to those of the Americans. Also, Khrushchev still believed that Eastern European countries should act as a buffer zone and when West Germany joined NATO and built up an army, Khrushchev became worried thus creating the Warsaw