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Events on Sunday 15 April 1894 1
1894 – 1971Nikita KhrushchevDe-Stalinisation and the Cuban Missile CrisisNikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (April 15, 1894 – September 11, 1971) led the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964. He denounced Stalin's cult of personality, launched Sputnik, and navigated the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was removed in a coup by Politburo colleagues in 1964.