Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev13 September 1953
Is elected First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Is elected First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Succeeds Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Communist Party.
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