# Nikita Khrushchev
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Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1894 – 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. As leader of the Soviet Union, he stunned the world by denouncing his predecessor Joseph Stalin, embarking on a campaign of de-Stalinization, and presiding over the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
nikita khrushchev was born in a village in western Russia on 15 April 1894.
The Death of Stalin
Steve Buscemi stars as Nikita Khrushchev in "The Death of Stalin," Armando Iannucci's dark satire about the scramble for power after the Soviet dictator's sudden death in 1953. Simon Russell Beale plays the ruthless secret police chief Lavrenti Beria, and Jason Isaacs steals scenes as the blusterin…
Two Days in Berlin 1961 - Cold War (Almost) Turns Hot
On October 27, 1961, ten American tanks and ten Soviet tanks faced each other across Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin—loaded, ready, and separated by barely 100 meters.
For sixteen hours, a single shot could have triggered a confrontation between two nuclear superpowers.
But behind the scenes, John F…
Bekhorot 9 and 10 - Are You Smarter Than 60 Greek Sages? Pt. 2
On today’s pages, Bekhorot 9 and 10, Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananya completes his astonishing mission against the 60 sages of Athens, proving that winning an argument sometimes requires considerably more than having the better argument. Presidential historian Tevi Troy joins us to explain why the stor…
Trailer: The Cuban Missile Crisis
Today, humanity is debating whether artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat in the future.
In October 1962, nuclear weapons posed an existential threat in the present.
For thirteen days during The Cuban Missile Crisis, the world stood on the brink of nuclear war.
American spy plane…
Trailer: The Cuban Missile Crisis
Today, humanity is debating whether artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat in the future.
In October 1962, nuclear weapons posed an existential threat in the present.
For thirteen days during The Cuban Missile Crisis, the world stood on the brink of nuclear war.
American spy plane…
IS COMMUNISM KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR - The Patriot Pulse Podcast
Unpacking the unsettling question of whether communism is making its way into America's political fabric, this episode delves into the striking parallels between contemporary movements and historically aggressive ideologies. The hosts discuss the Democrat Socialists of America and draw direct compa…
Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 9-30-26
This week on The Breggin Hour, Peter and I sat down with one of the more wonderful men we know: Sheriff Richard Mack, founder of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, the Arizona sheriff who took the federal government all the way to the Supreme Court over the Brady Bill—and w…
The Cuban Missile Crisis: 13 Days To Prevent Disaster
In October 1962, the United States discovered Soviet nuclear missile sites under construction in Cuba. What followed was a thirteen day confrontation in which decisions made in Washington, Moscow and Havana raised the possibility of nuclear war - and made the abstract Cold War doctrine of mutually …
The Cuban Missile Crisis: 13 Days To Prevent Disaster
In October 1962, the United States discovered Soviet nuclear missile sites under construction in Cuba. What followed was a thirteen day confrontation in which decisions made in Washington, Moscow and Havana raised the possibility of nuclear war - and made the abstract Cold War doctrine of mutually …
The Nixon v. Khrushchev Kitchen Debate
In July 1959, Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev stood inside a model American kitchen in Moscow and started arguing.
The subject? Washing machines, refrigerators, dishwashers, and the meaning of a good life.
Nixon was visiting the American National Exhibition, designed to showcase the consumer …
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