KHRUSHCHEV (4)

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (1894–1971), Soviet leader, first secretary of the Communist Party (1953–1964) and premier of the Soviet Union (1958–1964). He urged peaceful coexistence between his country and Western nations. Within the Soviet bloc, however, Khrushchev sent troops into Poland and Hungary in 1956 against persons who resisted the communist government. —NED Approved Glossary