The most liberating events–Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization campaign of 1956, or Boris Yeltsin’s privatization of 1991–generally end up in disillusion or disarray, suggesting that Russian ...

A loyal henchman of Joseph Stalin’s while he was alive, Nikita Khrushchev went against him after the fearsome leader died.

The most liberating events -- Khrushchev’s de-Stalinization campaign of 1956, or Boris Yeltsin’s privatization of 1991 -- generally end up in disillusion or disarray, suggesting that Russian ...

In 1956, Nikita Khrushchev delivered a shocking speech that exposed Stalin’s crimes. It triggered De-Stalinization and reshaped the Soviet Union forever.

For the great-granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev, the Kremlin today is taking the country back to the authoritarian nightmare of the past.

The rise to power Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was born on April 15, 1894, in the village of Kalinovka, near the Ukrainian border. His early years were marked by hardship and rural poverty.

PostEverything Why Nikita Khrushchev nicknamed me ‘Peter the Great’ And what I learned about the Soviet Union during one of its most tumultuous years.

Nikita Khrushchev News from United Press International.The European Union unveiled a new security mission in Moldova on Monday to assist the former Soviet republic with crisis management and ...

My great-grandfather, Nikita Khrushchev, would be turning in his grave. Khrushchev, the Soviet leader from 1953-1964, is being blamed for creating the current Crimea mess.

Khrushchev had been a henchman of Stalin, participating in his many crimes, but initiated de-Stalinization reforms when he succeeded to the top position. .