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Khrushchev Collection

Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet politician who made a significant impact on world history, is captured in various moments throughout his life

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Khrushchev Speaking at the UN

Khrushchev Speaking at the UN
Russian statesman, secretary-general of the Communist Party and premier 1958-1964, Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), depicted addressing the assembly at the United Nations

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: (1894-1971). Soviet politician. Photographed c1960

(1894-1971). Soviet politician. Photographed c1960
NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV (1894-1971). Soviet politician. Photographed c1960

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Stalin and khrushchev on the shchelkovo airdrome in 1936-1937

Stalin and khrushchev on the shchelkovo airdrome in 1936-1937

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, 1962. This hurts me more than it hurts you

CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, 1962. This hurts me more than it hurts you. Cartoon comment on the Cuban Missile Crisis; Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev as a dentist

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Nikita Khrushchev with Tereshkova and Bykovsky

Nikita Khrushchev with Tereshkova and Bykovsky
The Russian Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev waving from an open-topped car between the cosmonaut heroes Valentina Tereshkova and Lieutenant Colonel Valery Bykovsky

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: John Ogdon, British concert pianist, with Nikita Khrushchev

John Ogdon, British concert pianist, with Nikita Khrushchev
John Ogdon (1937-1989), British concert pianist, shaking hands with the Soviet Russian premier Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971)

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Karl Marx monument, Moscow, Russia

Karl Marx monument, Moscow, Russia
The Karl Marx monument in Teatralnaya Square, Moscow, Russia, around the time of its unveiling in 1961. It was carved on the spot from a 200 ton block of granite

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan with Ernesto Che Guevara

Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan with Ernesto Che Guevara
Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan (1895-1978), Armenian Old Bolshevik and Soviet politician under Stalin and Khrushchev. He made key trips as an international diplomat to Communist Cuba and to the USA

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan, Russian Soviet politician

Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan, Russian Soviet politician
Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan (1895-1978), Armenian Old Bolshevik and Soviet politician under Stalin and Khrushchev. He made key trips as an international diplomat to Communist Cuba and to the USA

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Harold Macmillan on a state visit to Soviet Russia

Harold Macmillan on a state visit to Soviet Russia
Harold Macmillan (Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, 1894-1986), British Conservative politician, Prime Minister 1957-1963

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Nikita Khrushchev and Harold Wilson shaking hands

Nikita Khrushchev and Harold Wilson shaking hands
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), Russian Soviet leader, seen here shaking hands with Harold Wilson (James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, 1916-1995)

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Soviet leader

Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Soviet leader
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), Russian Soviet leader, seen here hugging a little boy who has just presented him with a bunch of flowers, surrounded by happy, smiling people. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Dwight D Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev

Dwight D Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev
The Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev ((1894-1971, right) with the American President Dwight D "Ike" Eisenhower (1890-1969, 34th US President 1953-1961), during a summit meeting in the USA

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Nikita Khrushchev with Mao Zedong

Nikita Khrushchev with Mao Zedong
Russian premier Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) and Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong (1893-1976) greet each other warmly. The USSR was giving substantial aid to China at the time. Date: 1950s

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev, May 1, 1932, 1932

Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev, May 1, 1932, 1932. Found in the collection of State Museum of the Political History of Russia, St. Petersburg

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Soviet leaders visit the flower-decked bier of Stalin in Moscows Hall of Columns. Behind the chief

Soviet leaders visit the flower-decked bier of Stalin in Moscows Hall of Columns. Behind the chief mourners were Molotov, Kruschev, Mikoyan, Bulganin, Zhukov, Voroshilov, Beria and Malenkov, . From

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Moscow. November 7, 1957, 1957

Moscow. November 7, 1957, 1957
Moscow. November 7, 1957

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Moscow. April 1962, 1962

Moscow. April 1962, 1962
Moscow. April 1962

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Portrait of the Politician Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, 1951. Artist: Ivan Semyonovich Sorokin

Portrait of the Politician Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, 1951. Artist: Ivan Semyonovich Sorokin
Portrait of the Politician Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, 1951. Khrushchev (1894-1971) joined the Communist Party in 1918, rising through the party ranks to become a member of the Politburo in 1939

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in New York, USA, September 1960

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in New York, USA, September 1960. Khrushchev (1894-1971) on the balcony of the Russian United Nations delegation headquarters

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: American National Exhibition, Moscow, USSR, 1959

American National Exhibition, Moscow, USSR, 1959. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) samples a cup of Pepsi-Cola watched by US Vice-President Ricard Nixon (1913-1994)

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: The signing ceremony of the Belgrade Declaration, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 2 July 1955

The signing ceremony of the Belgrade Declaration, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 2 July 1955. The signing of the Declaration by Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980)

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Arrival of the Soviet delegation in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 26 May 1955

Arrival of the Soviet delegation in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 26 May 1955. Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980) (saluting) stands alongside Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971)

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET. Viewing with concern

EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET. Viewing with concern. Cartoon comment on the growing prosperity of the European Common Market, viewed with concern by representations of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: CARTOON: WEST BERLIN, 1961. Don t start a fight

CARTOON: WEST BERLIN, 1961. Don t start a fight. I love you and I want to settle this thing peacefully. Cartoon comment on Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchevs aggressive posture towards West

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Mao Tse-Tung Cartoon, 1958

Mao Tse-Tung Cartoon, 1958
MAO TSE-TUNG CARTOON, 1958. Confuse us, he say... Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev (left) and Western leaders (left-to-right) Dwight Eisenhower of the United States, Charles de Gaulle of France

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Harold Macmillan and Nikita Khrushchev

Harold Macmillan and Nikita Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) (left), the first British Prime Minister to visit Soviet Russia in peacetime, is greeted by Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) (right)

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: KHRUSHCHEV & MACMILLAN. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and British Prime Minister

KHRUSHCHEV & MACMILLAN. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at the Soviet New York headquarters

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV (1894-1971). Soviet politician

NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV (1894-1971). Soviet politician. At a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, 22 September 1960. Photographed by Warren K. Leffler

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: NIXON AND KHRUSHCHEV, 1959. U. S. Vice President Richard Nixon (right, at microphone)

NIXON AND KHRUSHCHEV, 1959. U. S. Vice President Richard Nixon (right, at microphone)
NIXON AND KHRUSHCHEV, 1959. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon (right, at microphone) debating Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on the respective merits of capitalism

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Romanian communist leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (front row, left) seeing off Soviet

Romanian communist leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (front row, left) seeing off Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (front row, right)

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev in 1936. Stalin 1878 - 1953, was Soviet Russia s

Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev in 1936. Stalin 1878 - 1953, was Soviet Russia s
Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev in 1936. Stalin 1878 - 1953, was Soviet Russias leader from 1924-1953.Nikita Khrushchev 1894 - 1971, was leader of Soviet Russia from 1953-1964

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Mr Khrushchev and Vice President Nixon of T. V

Mr Khrushchev and Vice President Nixon of T. V
Mr Khrushchev and Vice President Nixon of T.V

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: N, s, khrushchev and mao tse-tung (zedong) chatting in an airport waiting room in peking, 1957

N, s, khrushchev and mao tse-tung (zedong) chatting in an airport waiting room in peking, 1957

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Nikita khrushchev and joseph stalin, may 1, 1932

Nikita khrushchev and joseph stalin, may 1, 1932

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: N, s, khrushchev receiving czechoslovak president a, zapotochi in the kremlin, feb, 1957

N, s, khrushchev receiving czechoslovak president a, zapotochi in the kremlin, feb, 1957

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Nikita s, khrushchev first secretary of the central committe of the cpsu

Nikita s, khrushchev first secretary of the central committe of the cpsu (communist party of soviet union) speaking at a rally in sofia, bulgaria in may 1962

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Nikita khrushchev, accompanied by a, mikoyan, suslov (behind khrushchev, left)

Nikita khrushchev, accompanied by a, mikoyan, suslov (behind khrushchev, left), and trofim lysenko (wearing cap)
Nikita khrushchev, accompanied by a, mikoyan, suslov (behind khrushchev, left), and trofim lysenko (wearing cap, left) on a visit to the scientific-experimental base lenin hills of the institute of

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Nikita khrushchev speaking with the press at the soviet mission in glen cove, new york, october 1960

Nikita khrushchev speaking with the press at the soviet mission in glen cove, new york, october 1960

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: While in moscow, josip broz tito and his wife visited the agricultural exhibit in june 1956

While in moscow, josip broz tito and his wife visited the agricultural exhibit in june 1956, riding on the grounds of the agricultural exhibit, from left to right: v, v, matskevich (near the driver)

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, analysis C016 / 4236

Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, analysis C016 / 4236
Cuban Missile Crisis. Strategic Air Command (SAC) photo interpreters using a magnifying and mapping machine to examine aerial reconnaissance images of Cuba, obtained in 1962

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, aerial view C016 / 4235

Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, aerial view C016 / 4235
Cuban Missile Crisis. Aerial photograph of one of the nuclear missile sites (San Cristobal launch site 2), constructed in Cuba by Soviet forces, that precipitated the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962

Background imageKhrushchev Collection: China and Taiwan, 1958

China and Taiwan, 1958
CHINA AND TAIWAN, 1958. You keep out! This is an argument between us Chinese... English cartoon, 1958, on American and Soviet involvement in disputes between Taiwan and the Peoples Republic of China


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Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet politician who made a significant impact on world history, is captured in various moments throughout his life. In this captivating photograph taken around 1960, we see Khrushchev speaking at the United Nations, showcasing his influential oratory skills that left an indelible mark on global politics. Born in 1894 and passing away in 1971, Khrushchev's tenure as a leader was marked by both controversy and progress. Another intriguing snapshot takes us back to the late 1930s when he stood alongside Stalin on the Shchelkovo Airdrome. This image offers a glimpse into their complex relationship during those tumultuous times. Moving forward in time, we witness Khrushchev with Valentina Tereshkova and Andriyan Nikolayev Bykovsky – two prominent figures of space exploration – highlighting his support for scientific advancements. The next photo portrays an unexpected encounter between Nikita Khrushchev and John Ogdon, a renowned British concert pianist. Their meeting bridges cultural divides amidst political tensions, reminding us of the power of art to transcend boundaries. In another striking image from Moscow stands a monument dedicated to Karl Marx - symbolizing the ideological foundations that shaped Soviet Russia under Khrushchev's leadership. Meanwhile, Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan is seen conversing with Ernesto Che Guevara; this unlikely pairing reflects international diplomacy efforts during that era. Harold Macmillan's state visit to Soviet Russia captures an important moment where diplomatic relations were being forged despite ideological differences. The subsequent handshake between Nikita Khrushchev and Harold Wilson further exemplifies attempts at fostering cooperation between nations. Lastly, we observe Dwight D Eisenhower engaging with Nikita Khrushchev - two powerful leaders navigating through Cold War tensions while striving for peaceful coexistence.