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  2. Nikita Khrushchev - Wikipedia

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    In 1925, Kaganovich became Party head in Ukraine [31] and Khrushchev, falling under his patronage, [32] was rapidly promoted. He was appointed second in command of Stalin's party apparatus in late 1926. Within nine months his superior, Konstantin Moiseyenko, was ousted, which, according to Taubman, was due to Khrushchev's instigation. [31]

  3. Transfer of Crimea to Ukraine - Wikipedia

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    He was ethnically Russian, but he really felt great affinity with Ukraine." [8] Sergei Khrushchev, Khrushchev's son, claimed that the decision was due to the building of a hydro-electric dam on the Dnieper River and the consequent desire for all the administration to be under one body. [20]

  4. Khrushchev: The Man and His Era - Wikipedia

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    Khrushchev: The Man and His Era was written by William Taubman, who serves as a professor of political science at Amherst College. [2] The book is the first in-depth biography of Khrushchev, [3] [4] [5] the publication of which was made possible by newly established access to archives in Russia and Ukraine, following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

  5. History of Ukraine - Wikipedia

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    A significant historical moment of this period was the transfer of powers from the President of the Ukrainian People's Republic Mykola Plaviuk to the newly elected President of independent Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk, during the solemn session of the Verkhovna Rada on August 22, 1992 in Kyiv. This transfer, while largely symbolic, marked a ...

  6. History of Russia - Wikipedia

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    In 1964, Khrushchev was impeached by the Communist Party's Central Committee, charging him with a host of errors that included Soviet setbacks such as the Cuban Missile Crisis. [253] After a period of collective leadership led by Leonid Brezhnev, Alexei Kosygin and Nikolai Podgorny, Brezhnev took Khrushchev's place as Soviet leader. [254]

  7. De-Stalinization - Wikipedia

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    De-Stalinization (Russian: десталинизация, romanized: destalinizatsiya) comprised a series of political reforms in the Soviet Union after the death of long-time leader Joseph Stalin in 1953, and the thaw brought about by ascension of Nikita Khrushchev to power, [1] and his 1956 secret speech "On the Cult of Personality and Its ...

  8. When did Russia invade Ukraine and how could the war end? - AOL

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  9. Albanian–Soviet split - Wikipedia

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    The Albanian–Soviet split was the gradual worsening of relations between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the People's Republic of Albania, which occurred in the 1956–1961 period as a result of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's rapprochement with Yugoslavia along with his "Secret Speech" and subsequent de-Stalinization, including efforts to extend these policies into ...