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Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev. Kyle Gornick. Early Life. Born in Kalinovka , Ukraine on April 5, 1894 Brief formal education First World War- Involved in trade unions, joined Bolsheviks in October Revolution of 1917 Fought for the Red Army, finished technical education after Bolshevik victory.

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Nikita Khrushchev

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  1. Nikita Khrushchev Kyle Gornick

  2. Early Life • Born in Kalinovka, Ukraine on April 5, 1894 • Brief formal education • First World War- Involved in trade unions, joined Bolsheviks in October Revolution of 1917 • Fought for the Red Army, finished technical education after Bolshevik victory

  3. Progression in Communist Party • Became party secretary of the Petrovsko-Mariinsk in 1925 • Impressed Lazar Kaganovich- secretary-general of the Ukrainian Communist Division • Became the next secretary-general of Ukraine Communist Party in 1938 • Suppressed Ukrainian and Polish nationalists in WWII • Transferred Soviet Industry away from invading Germans • Appointed lieutenant general during wartime- led efficient guerrilla fighting against the Germans

  4. Post-war Duties • Placed in charge of rebuilding Ukraine • Famine struck Ukraine in 1946 • Stalin believed Khrushchev was only concerned of Ukrainian people, and forgetting of the rest of the Soviet Union

  5. Early Ruling Years • September 1953- Became first secretary of the Communist Party • Eliminated competitors (Beria, head of the secret police; Malenkov, Stalin’s successor as Premier of the Soviet Union) • Denounced Stalin’s reign at the 20th Party Congress in 1956 • Implemented De-Stalinization, the liberation of the Soviet Union • Resources transported from heavy industry to consumer goods • Controls over workers eased • Standard of living in Soviet Union rose substantially • Censorship relaxed, publication of One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich • Officially became Soviet Prime Minister in 1958, ensured total power

  6. International Relations • Hungary believed De-Stalinization would bring independence • Hungarian leader Imre Nagy began reforming his state (Removing media control, encouraging political and economic debate, free elections) • Khrushchev grew apprehensive; ordered the Red Army into Hungary in 1956, killing twenty thousand and replacing Nagy with Soviet loyalist

  7. 1960s Conflicts • Khrushchev planned on attending 1960 Paris Summit Conference; withdrew after U-2 American spy plane crashed in Soviet Union • September 1962- Soviets began building surface-to-air missiles launch sites on Cuban coast • Soviet ships also appeared on shore • Aroused American fear of nearby nuclear weapons • Soviet vessels stopped upon seeing American blockade (U.S. ready to attack if Soviets did not turn around or halt) • Khrushchev and Kennedy agreed to dismantle Soviet missiles if America would not invade Cuba

  8. Final Years • Communist Party tremendously upset over failed Cuban missile crisis • Agricultural failures • Khrushchev peacefully forced out of office in 1964 • Lived happily ever after until death in 1971

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