Khrushchev

[ kroosh-chef, -chawf, kroosh-; Russian khroo-shchyawf ]

noun

1. Ni·ki·ta S(er·ge·ye·vich) [ni-, kee, -t, uh, sur-, gey, -, uh, -vich, nyi-, kyee, -t, uh, syi, r, -, gye, -y, uh, -vyich], 1894–1971, Russian political leader: premier of the U.S.S.R. 1958–64.

Khrushchev

/ ˈkrʊstʃɒf; xruˈʃtʃɔf; kruːsˈtʃɒf /

noun

1. KhrushchevNikita Sergeyevich18941971MRussianPOLITICS: statesman Nikita Sergeyevich (niˈkitə sɪrˈɡjejɪvitʃ). 1894–1971, Soviet statesman; premier of the Soviet Union (1958–64). After Stalin's death he became first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party (1953–64) and initiated a policy to remove the influence of Stalin (1956). As premier, he pursued a policy of peaceful coexistence with the West, but alienated Communist China

Example Sentences

The best example may be the reign of Trofim Lysenko, who gained power over the entire scientific establishment of Soviet Russia beginning with Stalin’s regime and continuing under Nikita Khrushchev.

From Los Angeles Times

Where, in words attributed to both Nikita Khrushchev and Winston Churchill, “the living would envy the dead.”

From Salon

But Putin's argument that, up to the time of Khrushchev, Crimea and much of eastern Ukraine was basically part of Russia and got folded into Ukraine under the Soviet Union, that's true, right?

From Salon

“He didn’t say anything new,” said Nina L. Khrushcheva, a professor of international affairs at the New School in New York and the great-granddaughter of the Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev.

From New York Times

Stalin enjoys greater popularity now than he did during Khrushchev's rule in the 1950s.

From Salon