Nikita Khrushchev

leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964

October 1962 confrontation between the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States

first artificial Earth satellite

the breaking of political relations between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

period from the early 1950s to the early 1960s when repression and censorship in the Soviet Union were relaxed

thumb|Panel khrushchevka in Tomsk

theory that the Socialist Bloc could peacefully coexist with the capitalist bloc

exchanges of views between Nikita Khrushchev and Richard Nixon at an exhibition in Moscow in July 1959

political campaign in the USSR

transfer of the Crimean Peninsula from the Russian SSR to the Ukrainian SSR

claimed October 1960 incident where Nikita Khrushchev was said to have banged his shoe into the desk in the United Nations General Assembly

diplomatic event between the Soviet Union and Albania

Cold War-era meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, held on July 18, 1955

Sovnarkhoz (, sovet narodnogo khozyaystva, "Council of National Economy"), usually translated as Regional Economic Soviet, was an organization of the Soviet Union to manage a separate economic region. Sovnarkhozes were subordinated to the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy.

summit meeting in Vienna, Austria

character in a Russian idiom describing punishment

political slogan

political incident involving Nikita Khruschev's review of an art exhibition

Pushinka () was a dog given by the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, in 1961. Pushinka was the daughter of Strelka, who had travelled into space aboard Korabl-Sputnik 2.

release of Romania from its Soviet satellite status

state visit of Nikita Khrushchev to the United States in 1959

American businessman and farmer (1898-1977)