Nikita Khrushchev Quotes


Everyone can err, but Stalin considered that he never erred, that he was always right. He never acknowledged to anyone that he made any mistake, large or small, despite the fact that he made not a few mistakes in the matter of theory and in his practical activity.


Citations

Khrushchev, Nikita. "On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences." 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 25 Feb. 1956, Moscow.

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Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
  • Born: April 15, 1894
  • Died: September 11, 1971
  • Nationality: Russian
  • Profession: Statesman

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev led the Soviet Union as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and as chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev stunned the communist world with his denunciation of Stalin's crimes and began De-Stalinization. He sponsored the early Soviet space program, and enactment of relatively liberal reforms in domestic policy. After some false starts, and a near-nuclear war over Cuba, he conducted successful negotiations with the United States to reduce Cold War tensions. His proclivity toward recklessness led the Kremlin leadership to strip him from power, replacing him with Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary and Alexei Kosygin as Premier.