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Nikita Khrushchev

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{{Infobox officeholder | name = Nikita Khrushchev | native_name = | native_name_lang = ru | image = Nikita Khruschev (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Khrushchev in 1961 | citizenship = Soviet | religion = | order = First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | term_start = 14 March 1953 | term_end = 14 October 1964 | predecessor = Joseph Stalin (as General Secretary) | successor = Leonid Brezhnev | order2 = 7th Premier of the Soviet Union | president2 = Kliment VoroshilovLeonid BrezhnevAnastas Mikoyan | 2blankname2 = First Deputies | 2namedata2 = | term_start2 = 27 March 1958 | term_end2 = 14 October 1964 | predecessor2 = Nikolai Bulganin | successor2 = Alexei Kosygin | order3 = First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Bolsheviks) | term_start3 = 26 December 1947 | term_end3 = 16 December 1949 | predecessor3 = Lazar Kaganovich | successor3 = Leonid Melnikov | term_start4 = 27 January 1938 | term_end4 = 3 March 1947 | predecessor4 = Stanislav Kosior | successor4 = Lazar Kaganovich | birth_name = Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev | birth_date = | birth_place = Kalinovka, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire | death_date = | death_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | resting_place = Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow | alma_mater = Industrial Academy | spouse = | children = | party = CPSU (1918–1964) | signature = Nikita Khrushchev Signature2.svg | signature_alt = A scrawled "Н Хрущёв" | allegiance = Soviet Union | branch = Red Army | serviceyears = 1941–45 | rank = Lieutenant General | commands = Soviet Armed Forces | battles = World War II | awards = {{collapsible list|title=| }} | footnotes = }}Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev' (– 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) from 1958 to 1964.

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“They say that the Soviet delegates smile. That smile is genuine. It is not artificial. We wish to live in peace, tranquility. But if anyone believes that our smiles involve abandonment of the teaching of Marx, Engels and Lenin he deceives himself poorly. Those who wait for that must wait until a shrimp learns to whistle.”
— Impromptu speech at a dinner for visiting East German dignitaries, Moscow (September 17, 1955), as reported by The New York Times (September 18, 1955), p. 19.
“Yes, today we have genuine Russian weather. Yesterday we had Swedish weather. I can't understand why your weather is so terrible. Maybe it is because you are immediate neighbours of NATO.”
— At a Swedish-Soviet summit which began on March 30, 1956, in Moscow. The stenographed discussion was later published by the Swedish Government, as quoted in Raoul Wallenberg (1985) by Eric Sjöquist, p. 119
“Finding a reason for an armed conflict now would be very easy, but finding a way to put an end to such a conflict would be very hard.”
— Quoted with regard to Poland in "Jan Svoboda’s Notes on the CPSU CC Presidium Meeting with Satellite Leaders", October 24, 1956
“If Adenauer were here with us in the sauna, we could see for ourselves that Germany is and will remain divided but also that Germany never will rise again.”
— Said during a late night visit to a sauna with Finland's president Kekkonen in June 1957. Translated from Våldets århundrade (2001) by Max Jakobson, p. 220
“I happened to read recently a remark by the American nuclear physicist W. Davidson, who noted that the explosion of one hydrogen bomb releases a greater amount of energy than all the explosions set off by all countries in all wars known in the entire history of mankind. And he, apparently, is right.”
— Address to the United Nations, New York City (September 18, 1959), as reported by The New York Times (September 19, 1959), p. 8. The physicist quoted was eventually found to be William Davidon, associate physicist at Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois.
“Berlin is the testicle of the West. When I want the West to scream, I squeeze on Berlin.”
— Aug. 24, 1963, speech in Yugoslavia

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{{Infobox officeholder | name = Nikita Khrushchev | native_name = | native_name_lang = ru | image = Nikita Khruschev (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Khrushchev in 1961 | citizenship = Soviet | religion = | order = First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | term_start = 14 March 1953 | term_end = 14 October 1964 | predecessor = Joseph Stalin (as General Secretary) | successor = Leonid Brezhnev | order2 = 7th Premier of the Soviet Union | president2 = Kliment VoroshilovLeonid BrezhnevAnastas Mikoyan | 2blankname2 = First Deputies | 2namedata2 = | term_start2 = 27 March 1958 | term_end2 = 14 October 1964 | predecessor2 = Nikolai Bulganin | successor2 = Alexei Kosygin | order3 = First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Bolsheviks) | term_start3 = 26 December 1947 | term_end3 = 16 December 1949 | predecessor3 = Lazar Kaganovich | successor3 = Leonid Melnikov | term_start4 = 27 January 1938 | term_end4 = 3 March 1947 | predecessor4 = Stanislav Kosior | successor4 = Lazar Kaganovich | birth_name = Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev | birth_date = | birth_place = Kalinovka, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire | death_date = | death_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | resting_place = Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow | alma_mater = Industrial Academy | spouse = | children = | party = CPSU (1918–1964) | signature = Nikita Khrushchev Signature2.svg | signature_alt = A scrawled "Н Хрущёв" | allegiance = Soviet Union | branch = Red Army | serviceyears = 1941–45 | rank = Lieutenant General | commands = Soviet Armed Forces | battles = World War II | awards = {{collapsible list|title=| }} | footnotes = }}Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev' (– 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) from 1958 to 1964.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“They say that the Soviet delegates smile. That smile is genuine. It is not artificial. We wish to live in peace, tranquility. But if anyone believes that our smiles involve abandonment of the teaching of Marx, Engels and Lenin he deceives himself poorly. Those who wait for that must wait until a shrimp learns to whistle.”
— Impromptu speech at a dinner for visiting East German dignitaries, Moscow (September 17, 1955), as reported by The New York Times (September 18, 1955), p. 19.
“Yes, today we have genuine Russian weather. Yesterday we had Swedish weather. I can't understand why your weather is so terrible. Maybe it is because you are immediate neighbours of NATO.”
— At a Swedish-Soviet summit which began on March 30, 1956, in Moscow. The stenographed discussion was later published by the Swedish Government, as quoted in Raoul Wallenberg (1985) by Eric Sjöquist, p. 119
“Finding a reason for an armed conflict now would be very easy, but finding a way to put an end to such a conflict would be very hard.”
— Quoted with regard to Poland in "Jan Svoboda’s Notes on the CPSU CC Presidium Meeting with Satellite Leaders", October 24, 1956
“If Adenauer were here with us in the sauna, we could see for ourselves that Germany is and will remain divided but also that Germany never will rise again.”
— Said during a late night visit to a sauna with Finland's president Kekkonen in June 1957. Translated from Våldets århundrade (2001) by Max Jakobson, p. 220
“I happened to read recently a remark by the American nuclear physicist W. Davidson, who noted that the explosion of one hydrogen bomb releases a greater amount of energy than all the explosions set off by all countries in all wars known in the entire history of mankind. And he, apparently, is right.”
— Address to the United Nations, New York City (September 18, 1959), as reported by The New York Times (September 19, 1959), p. 8. The physicist quoted was eventually found to be William Davidon, associate physicist at Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois.
“Berlin is the testicle of the West. When I want the West to scream, I squeeze on Berlin.”
— Aug. 24, 1963, speech in Yugoslavia

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.