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Nikita Khrushchev
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Nikita Khrushchev was born April 15, 1894. He led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War and was also the first secretary of the Communist Party. Because of him the Soviet Union was de-Stalinized but he was removed from power in 1964.
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