Nikita Khrushchev

1894–1971 · Soviet political leader

Nikita Khrushchev led the Soviet Communist Party from 1953 to 1964 and served as Soviet premier from 1958. His leadership combined the denunciation of Stalin’s abuses with Cold War confrontations, including the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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“Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you”

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“The living will envy the dead”

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“We cannot expect the Americans to jump from capitalism to communism, but we can aid their elected leaders in giving them small doses of socialism until suddenly they awake to find they have communism”

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“We will take America without firing a shot. We do not have to invade the U.S. We will destroy you from within”

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