Nikita Khrushchev

Born on April 17th, 1894.
He was the son of a miner, his first job at the age of fifteen years as a pipe fitter exempted him from serving at the WWI, by 1918 he joined the Russian Communist party and served as a political worker.
Stalin demote him in 1947 but called him back to Moscow two years later to lead the Moscow City party, by 1955 he controlled the Soviet Union. He was part of the Cold War.

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