Nikita Khrushchev

Acting Apr 15, 1894 Sep 11, 1971 (aged 77) Kalinovka, Dmitriyev Uyezd, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Khomutovka Raion, Kursk Oblast, Russia]

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1894 – 11 September 1971) 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 narrowly avoided 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 of power, replacing him with Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary and Alexei Kosygin as Premier.

76 Acting Credits

Nikita Khrushchev

Acting

The Fog of War

Naqoyqatsi

The Atomic Cafe

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

Cold Case Hammarskjöld

American Experience

Dark Side of the Moon

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

The Spy Who Fell to Earth

State Funeral

It Felt Like a Kiss

Palme

La Rabbia

Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States

The Seven Deadly Sins

Reagan

Bobby Kennedy for President

The End of a Beautiful Epoch

Korea: The Never-Ending War

Stalin and the Katyn Massacre

1964: Brazil between weapons and books

Race for the White House

El Che