Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev Biography and Timeline — Page 5

Crisis

Khrushchev issues an ultimatum giving the Western powers 6 months to agree to withdraw from Berlin and make it a free, demilitarized city

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Reform of Government

The category "enemies of the people" is eliminated

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Removal of Enemies of the People Category

The Soviet legal system removes the Stalin-era category of enemies of the people.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Education Reform Programme

Promotes an education reform linking secondary schooling more closely with practical and industrial work.

Seven-Year Economic Plan Preparation

Directs preparation of the Seven-Year Plan intended to accelerate chemicals, energy and consumer production.

Chairman

Appointed Chairman of the Council of Minister's

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1958-1964

Suspends aid to the Chinese nuclear programme

Suspends aid to the Chinese nuclear programme

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Conference of Geneva

The West replies to Russias ultimatum & tries to negotiate but the time limit expires

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1958-1964

Crisis

The West replies to Russias ultimatum & negotiates in Geneva. Intends to sign a peace with East Germany ending Allied rights in west Berlin

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1958-1964

Prime Minister of Russia

Appointed Prime Minister of the Soviet Union

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1958-1964

Launch

1st unmanned space probe is launched, Luna I

Role range: 1953-1964

Luna 1 Mission

The Soviet Union launches Luna 1, the first spacecraft to escape Earth's gravity.

Role range: 1953-1964

Twenty-First Party Congress

Uses the Twenty-First Party Congress to launch the Seven-Year Plan and proclaim progress toward communism.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Kitchen Debate with Richard Nixon

Debates Vice President Richard Nixon at the American National Exhibition over consumer living standards and rival political systems.

Role range: 1958-1964

Luna 2 Moon Impact

Luna 2 becomes the first human-made object to reach the surface of the Moon.

Role range: 1958-1964

Arrival at Andrews Air Force Base

Arrives for his official American tour and is welcomed by President Eisenhower.

Role range: 1958-1964

Official Visit to United States

Begins the first visit to the United States by a Soviet leader, meeting President Dwight Eisenhower.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

United Nations General Assembly Address

Addresses the United Nations General Assembly during his visit to the United States.

Role range: 1958-1964

Hollywood Visit

Visits a Hollywood studio during his widely publicized tour of the United States.

Role range: 1958-1964

San Francisco Visit

Tours San Francisco during his American visit and meets civic and business representatives.

Role range: 1958-1964

Iowa Farm Visit

Visits an Iowa farm and studies American maize production during his agricultural tour.

Role range: 1958-1964

Pittsburgh Industrial Visit

Visits Pittsburgh to inspect American industrial facilities before continuing to Camp David.

Role range: 1958-1964

Camp David Talks with Eisenhower

Holds extensive private and formal talks with Eisenhower on Berlin, disarmament and bilateral relations.

Role range: 1958-1964

Camp David Joint Communique

Concludes talks with Eisenhower by affirming that international disputes should be settled through peaceful negotiations.

Role range: 1958-1964

Beijing Anniversary Visit

Visits Beijing for the tenth anniversary of the People's Republic amid worsening Sino-Soviet relations.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Arms Control Talks at Berlin

Khrushchev & Eisenhower stated jointly that the most important issue in the world was general disarmament & Berlin to be resolved by negotiation

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Camp David Understanding on Berlin

Agrees with President Eisenhower that negotiations on Berlin should continue without a fixed Soviet deadline.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Crisis

Khrushchev & Eisenhower stated jointly that the most important issue in the world was general disarmament & Berlin to be resolved by negotiation

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Visit to Beijing

Visits China for the 10th anniversary of the revolution

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Visit to To the US

Criticised in the press for a visit to the US

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Luna 3 Far Side Images

Luna 3 photographs the far side of the Moon for the first time.

Role range: 1958-1964

Conference of Nuclear Test Ban

Attends but a Treaty is not agreed due to US opposition, the "big hole" theory. Attends but a Treaty is not agreed due to US opposition, the "big hole" theory

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Congress of Communist Party, 21st

21st Party Congress

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Expansion of Maize Campaign

Promotes wider maize cultivation as part of his effort to increase livestock feed and agricultural output.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Maize Campaign Launched

Launches the maize campaign

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Sino-Soviet Dispute Becomes Public

Open disagreements with Mao Zedong deepen the emerging Sino-Soviet split.

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Sino-Soviet split becomes public

The Sino-Soviet split becomes public

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Crisis

Khrushchev & Eisenhower stated jointly that the most important issue in the world was general disarmament & Berlin to be resolved by negotiation. Russia withdraws its deadline & instead meets with the Western powers in a Big Four Foreign Minister's conference

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

Visit to Washington

Visits Eisenhower to discuss general foreign policy including Berlin

Role range: 1917-1991 – 1953-1964

U-2 Spy Plane Shot Down

Soviet air defenses shoot down Francis Gary Powers's U-2 reconnaissance aircraft over Soviet territory.

Role range: 1958-1964