Khrushchev And The Cold War
Khrushchev and the cold war
The Cold War started in 1945 and was a hostile time between some of the major countries in the world. During the Cold War the leader of the Soviet Union was Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev. Khrushchev came to power in 1953 after the former dictator and gave a famous secret speech that denounced the previous leader, Joseph Stalin, for his crimes against the USSR. Khrushchev was a major player during the Cuban Missile Crises and directly, through letters, communicated with the US president, John F. Kennedy. Khrushchev was a communist leader, but his way of communism was different than Stalin's where Khrushchev formed a more open form of communism.
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was born on April 17, 1894 in …show more content…
Khrushchev began the construction of the berlin wall in 1961. People heard of the secret speech that Khrushchev gave and the people in poland and hungary revolted. While the polish revolver was peace the hungary was more violent and they hand to bring in tanks and troops.25,000 people died and 13,000 were injured in the revolt. Khrushchev them started the building of the berlin wall, which was meant to keep the people from fleeing to the west were the capitals where. Before that Khrushchev had a complicated relationship with the United States, but all peaceful relations were demolished when he shot down US U2 planes deep in the soviets territory. Khrushchev had made a deal with Cuban leader, Castro, to be able to put in Cuba, only 90 miles away from florida, nuclear missiles pointed at the United States. This started the cuban missile crises which may have only been a 13 day war but had a huge effect on the people in both countries knowing that they could die from and attack any minute. This war officially started in October of 1962. During this war neither countries made a move and thereforth they were at stand still. Khrushchev and John F. Kennedy started negotiations and came to the conclusion that the cuban missiles would be removed under US supervision and stop other weapons from being built and put in cuba. In response the US
The Cold War started in 1945 and was a hostile time between some of the major countries in the world. During the Cold War the leader of the Soviet Union was Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev. Khrushchev came to power in 1953 after the former dictator and gave a famous secret speech that denounced the previous leader, Joseph Stalin, for his crimes against the USSR. Khrushchev was a major player during the Cuban Missile Crises and directly, through letters, communicated with the US president, John F. Kennedy. Khrushchev was a communist leader, but his way of communism was different than Stalin's where Khrushchev formed a more open form of communism.
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was born on April 17, 1894 in …show more content…
Khrushchev began the construction of the berlin wall in 1961. People heard of the secret speech that Khrushchev gave and the people in poland and hungary revolted. While the polish revolver was peace the hungary was more violent and they hand to bring in tanks and troops.25,000 people died and 13,000 were injured in the revolt. Khrushchev them started the building of the berlin wall, which was meant to keep the people from fleeing to the west were the capitals where. Before that Khrushchev had a complicated relationship with the United States, but all peaceful relations were demolished when he shot down US U2 planes deep in the soviets territory. Khrushchev had made a deal with Cuban leader, Castro, to be able to put in Cuba, only 90 miles away from florida, nuclear missiles pointed at the United States. This started the cuban missile crises which may have only been a 13 day war but had a huge effect on the people in both countries knowing that they could die from and attack any minute. This war officially started in October of 1962. During this war neither countries made a move and thereforth they were at stand still. Khrushchev and John F. Kennedy started negotiations and came to the conclusion that the cuban missiles would be removed under US supervision and stop other weapons from being built and put in cuba. In response the US