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Events on Thursday 27 March 1958 1
1958Khrushchev becomes Soviet PremierConsolidates power as head of government and partyNikita Khrushchev added the position of Chairman of the Council of Ministers to his role as Communist Party First Secretary, consolidating his control over the Soviet Union. He held both posts until his ouster in 1964.