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Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) led the Soviet Union during the Cold War |
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He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964 |
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Khrushchev was responsible for the partial de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union, for backing the progress of the worlds early space program, and for several relatively liberal reforms in areas of domestic policy |
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