Nikita Khrushchev, (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"]) also spelled as Khruschev, (PROSE: Loving the Alien [+]Loading...["Loving the Alien (novel)"]) Krushchev, (COMIC: The Piggybackers [+]Loading...["The Piggybackers (comic story)"]) or Kruschev, (PROSE: Time and Relative [+]Loading...["Time and Relative (novel)"], COMIC: Zodiac Makes An Arrest [+]Loading...["Zodiac Makes An Arrest (comic story)"]) served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from the 1950s to 1964. (PROSE: Loving the Alien [+]Loading...["Loving the Alien (novel)"], Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])
Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]
Early career in the party[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1951, Joseph Stalin held dinner parties at his dacha with high-ranking Politburo members which included Khrushchev, Malenkov, Bulganin, Beria, and Molotov. Khrushchev praised Stalin at these parties but in private he speculated that Stalin had dementia and was wary of attacking America. (PROSE: Endgame [+]Loading...["Endgame (novel)"])
Leading the U.S.S.R[[edit] | [edit source]]
Following Stalin's death in March 1953, much of his power had ceded to Nikita Khrushchev. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"])
Upon seeing a Tzun skiff in 1957, Marion Davison was "as shocked as if she had seen President Eisenhower kiss Nikita Khrushchev". (PROSE: First Frontier [+]Loading...["First Frontier (novel)"])
In September 1959, Khrushchev made a visit to the United States of America but was denied permission to visit Disneyland for security reasons. In November, Khrushchev denied shooting down the Waverider rocket and an attack of Russian forces on British soil. (PROSE: Loving the Alien [+]Loading...["Loving the Alien (novel)"])
In October 1962, Khrushchev was in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis. (COMIC: The Piggybackers [+]Loading...["The Piggybackers (comic story)"]) President John F. Kennedy successful negotiated with Khrushchev to end the crisis. (PROSE: The Showstoppers [+]Loading...["The Showstoppers (novel)"])
In a version of 1963 altered by Maestro having removed music from the world, a newspaper headline published in London on 11 February was about Khrushchev threatening Finland. The Fifteenth Doctor told Ruby Sunday that this had not happened in the normal history. (TV: The Devil's Chord [+]Loading...["The Devil's Chord (TV story)"])
By March 1963, he was said to be worried about a coup d'état, at least according to John Brent, who said his generals hadn't liked how he'd backed down over Cuba. (PROSE: Time and Relative [+]Loading...["Time and Relative (novel)"])
When Marinka Talanov was set to become the first human to orbit the Moon on 10 November 1963, Larisa Petrov considered it a propaganda victory for Khrushchev. (AUDIO: 1963: The Space Race [+]Loading...["1963: The Space Race (audio story)"])
Retirement and death[[edit] | [edit source]]
He was removed from office in 1964. Nevertheless, he continued to exercise considerable control over the Politburo until his health began to fail seven years later. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy [+]Loading...["Who Killed Kennedy (novel)"])
Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]
A Kruschev Avenue existed in Unity City, the world capital of Earth, by 2065. It had a common corner with Churchill Street. (COMIC: Zodiac Makes An Arrest [+]Loading...["Zodiac Makes An Arrest (comic story)"])
Appearance[[edit] | [edit source]]
Nikita Khrushchev was a small and tubby man. (PROSE: Endgame [+]Loading...["Endgame (novel)"])