Nikita Khrushchev led the USSR as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964.
This collection includes the famous "De-Stalinization Speech" and Khrushchev\'s correspondence to US President John Kennedy throughout the Cuban Missile Crisis..
After some false starts, and a narrowly avoided nuclear war over Cuba, he conducted successful negotiations with the United States to reduce Cold War tensions.
He sponsored the early Soviet space program, and enactment of relatively liberal reforms in domestic policy.
During his rule, Khrushchev stunned the world with his denunciation of Stalin\'s crimes and began de-Stalinization.
Nikita Khrushchev led the USSR as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964
