Nikita Khrushchev had become leader of the Soviet Union in 1956. In August 1961, he decided to build a wall around West Berlin to stop people escaping to there from East Germany. He gambled that ...

BERLIN, March 8--Premier Nikita Khrushchev pledged tonight to work for an end to the cold war if the Western powers agree to withdraw their troops from West Berlin. The Soviet leader told a ...

A veteran correspondent’s memoir reveals the humanity and misjudgment of the Soviet leader who sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Nikita Khrushchev is seen addressing the National ... Khrushchev authorized the construction of the Berlin Wall. This move, while controversial, solidified the division of Germany and underscored ...

It's with surprising ease that Robert Kee steps across the border from East to West Berlin as, before the erection of the wall ... In November 1958, Nikita Khrushchev issued an ultimatum to ...

Fifty summers ago President Dwight Eisenhower, hoping to resolve a mounting crisis over the fate of Berlin, invited Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to a summit meeting at Camp David. Ike had no ...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/jfk-red-threat/ Kennedy believed his first diplomatic meeting with Nikita Khrushchev would be a lesson in ...

The man who was dubbed “Hurricane Nikita” was a bundle ... Germans to the West through Berlin, Khrushchev authorized the construction of the Berlin Wall. This move, while controversial ...