Khrushchev was born on 15 April 1894, in Kalinovka, a village in what is now Russia's Kursk Oblast, near the present Ukrainian border. His parents, Sergei Khrushchev and … See more

Invasion of Poland and subsequent occupation
When Soviet troops, pursuant to the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, invaded the eastern portion of … See more

Domestic policies
Consolidation of power and "Secret Speech"
After the demotion of Malenkov, Khrushchev and Molotov initially worked together well. Molotov even proposed that Khrushchev, not … See more

Donbass years
Through the intervention of a friend, Khrushchev was assigned in 1921 as assistant director for political affairs for the Rutchenkovo mine in the Donbass region, where he had previously worked. There were as yet few … See more

Return to Ukraine
Almost all of Ukraine had been occupied by the Germans, and Khrushchev returned to his domain in … See more

Beginning in March 1964, Supreme Soviet presidium chairman and thus nominal head of state Leonid Brezhnev began plotting Khrushchev's … See more

Khrushchev was granted a pension of 500 rubles per month and was given a house, a dacha and a car. Following his removal, he fell into deep … See more