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Nikita Khruschev (1894 - 1971) became dictator over the [[Soviet Union]] when [[Joseph Stalin]] died in 1953. Khruschev denounced Stalin as soon as he died and tried to purge all memory of Stalin (“destalinization”). Khruschev repressed a freedom movement in [[Hungary]] in October 1956 and executed the Hungarian leader [[Imre Nagy]]. Khruschev replaced him with a pro-Soviet puppet. He also ordered the building of the [[Berlin Wall]] and the placement of missiles in [[Cuba]], which led to the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]. In 1960 Khruschev stopped sharing atomic bomb secrets with [[China]], and later there was a little violence along their long border. In 1964 a group led by [[Leonid Brezhnev]] arranged to strip him of power. The group persuaded the [[Politburo]], which governed the Communist Party, to replace Khruschev with Brezhnev. Khruschev then lived out the remainder of his life under the watch of the [[Soviet KGB]]. He managed to smuggle out his memoirs for publication in the West.

Nikita Khruschev (1894 - 1971) became dictator over the [[Soviet Union]] when [[Joseph Stalin]] died in 1953. Khruschev denounced Stalin as soon as he died and tried to purge all memory of Stalin (“destalinization”). Khruschev repressed a freedom movement in [[Hungary]] in October 1956 and executed the Hungarian leader [[Imre Nagy]]. Khruschev replaced him with a pro-Soviet puppet. He also ordered the building of the [[Berlin Wall]] and the placement of missiles in [[Cuba]], which led to the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]. In 1960 Khruschev stopped sharing atomic bomb secrets with [[China]], and later there was a little violence along their long border. In 1964 a group led by [[Leonid Brezhnev]] arranged to strip him of power. The group persuaded the [[Politburo]], which governed the Communist Party, to replace Khruschev with Brezhnev. Khruschev then lived out the remainder of his life under the watch of the Soviet secert police known as the [[KGB]]. He managed to smuggle out his memoirs for publication in the West.

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