My father was the leader of the Soviet Union - Part 1 (25)

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Ian Sanders

History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In part 1 of this interview we talk about Professor Khrushchev’s early years, his relationship with his father, his father’s rise to power, the 1956 Hungarian Uprising as well the first international visits accompanying his father to the UK, East Germany and the USA. Part 2 is here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode26/ Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Cold War Conversations, the home of real stories of the Cold War.
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1:10.3	Welcome to episode
1:12.4	of Cold War Conversations.com.
1:19.4	Now, it's not every day that I get to speak to the son of a Soviet premier on the podcast,
1:27.1	but today I'm delighted to speak with Professor
1:30.8	Sergei Khrushchev, the son of Nikita Khrushchev, who led the Soviet Union as the first
1:38.0	secretary of the Communist Party from 1953 to 1964, and as chairman of the Council of Ministers or Premier, from 1958 to 1964.
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