Khrushchev in a sentence

When Khrushchev condemned the United States U-2 flights, de Gaulle expressed to Khrushchev his disapproval of 18 near-simultaneous secret Soviet satellite overflights of French territory; Khrushchev denied knowledge of the satellite overflights.

In 1959, during his U.S. tour, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visited Wall Street, the Empire State Building and the grave of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly, Khrushchev called on all countries to disarm.

After Khrushchev attacked China in his speech to the congress, Chinese leader Peng Zhen mocked Khrushchev, stating that the premier's foreign policy was to blow hot and cold towards the West.

Both Kennedy and Khrushchev took a hard line, with Khrushchev demanding a treaty that would recognize the two German states and refusing to yield on the remaining issues obstructing a test-ban treaty.

Earlier in 1956, Dulles had warned Eisenhower that Khrushchev was "the most dangerous person to lead the Soviet Union since the October Revolution" as Khrushchev was "not a coldly calculating person, but rather one who reacted emotionally.

In this matter, Nikita Khrushchev chose Zhukov because the two had forged a good relationship, and, in addition, in the Great Patriotic War, Zhukov had twice saved Khrushchev from false accusations.

Khrushchev did not resist, and the hardliners' coup went off smoothly; Khrushchev felt betrayed by Semichastny, as he considered him a friend and ally until that very moment, not suspecting that he had joined his enemies within the Party.

Khrushchev did so, to applause, and was immediately reelected to his post.sfn Khrushchev related in his memoirs that he was also denounced by an arrested colleague.

Khrushchev feared that Stalin would remove him from office, but the leader mocked Khrushchev, then allowed the episode to pass.sfn On March 1, 1953, Stalin suffered a massive stroke, apparently on rising after sleep.

Khrushchev's attempt was generally successful, though his new towns and scientific centers tended to attract younger scientists, with older ones unwilling to leave Moscow or Leningrad.sfn Khrushchev also proposed to restructure Soviet high schools.

Khrushchev's fall from power two years later was in part because of the Politburo embarrassment at both Khrushchev's eventual concessions to the U.S. and his ineptitude in precipitating the crisis in the first place.

Leonid's daughter, Yulia, was raised by Nikita Khrushchev and his wife.sfn After Uranus forced the Germans into retreat, Khrushchev served in other fronts of the war.

Stalin used Khrushchev to keep commanders on a tight leash, while the commanders sought to have him influence Stalin.sfn As the Germans advanced, Khrushchev worked with the military in an attempt to defend and save Kiev.

The May 1955 proposal is now seen evidence of Khrushchev's "new approach" to foreign policy, as Khrushchev sought to mend relations with the West.

The transcript of a telephone call between Nikita Khrushchev and Ulbricht on 1 August in the same year, suggests that the initiative for the construction of the Wall came from Khrushchev.

When new housing was built, much of it was in the form of high rises rather than Khrushchev's low-rise structures, which lacked elevators or balconies.sfn Some of Khrushchev's agricultural projects were also easily overturned.

William Taubman, Khrushchev: The Man and His Era (2004) p. 579. Cuba perceived the outcome as a betrayal by the Soviets, given that decisions on how to resolve the crisis had been made exclusively by Kennedy and Khrushchev.

In 1956, Nikita Khrushchev denounced his predecessor’s excesses and rehabilitated the Red Army.

It makes Mississippi’s 15-week ban look relatively moderate in comparison, which is like praising Khrushchev because he wasn’t as bad as Stalin.

Well, Mister Putin, as formidable as he is, is a pragmatic man and may well respond as well or better than Mister Khrushchev.