November 10 – 1958: Nikita Khrushchev announces in a speech his intention (ultimatum) to end Allied presence in Berlin, since the 3 Western powers use West Berlin to de-stabilize the GDR. He defuses crisis during visit to the USA in Sept. 1959.

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'Corn - the source of plenty' — Soviet poster (1960) published during Khrushchev's 'corn crusade'. Design by Alexey Lavrov.

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In June 1961, John F Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev discussed a joined US-Soviet moon mission, working together and relaxing tensions between the two nations. But due to the building of the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s assassination in 1963 the lunar mission never went ahead.

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FROM RUSSIA: Ely Bielutin was one of the artists featured in the notorious 1962 Moscow Manezh exhibition that ran afoul of Nikita Khrushchev and the communist party: a Soviet avant-garde artists badge of honor of sorts.

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Khrushchev’s Meeting with American Workers by Dmitri Oboznenko & Yaroslav Serov (1961)

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A built-in remedy
For Khrushchev and Kennedy
At anytime an invitation
You can't decline

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April 12, 1961: The USSR allows the first live television broadcast from inside Russia showing Yuri Gagarin being greeted by Premier Khrushchev in Moscow. As the space age progresses alongside advances in telecommunications, news is presented to the world as never before.

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The Soviet Union threatened reprisals on Turkey if they invaded, with Khrushchev making a surprise visit to the Turkish embassy in Moscow, but the crisis was resolved by October once Turkey had agreed to cease its operations along the border.

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Chinese comments on Karl Marx anime: "Khrushchev joined the livestream, sends 20 corncobs as gift. Khrushchev has been kicked out of livestream chat by Lenin. Entire House of Romanov joined the livestream chat..." ok they are just screwing around with comments now

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If you're looking for a Marvel superhero story starring Nikita Khrushchev, we talk about it in our new episode!

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the Spirit of 76 is in color and on the rampage, Russian dictators take notice

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