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Nikita's birth
On april 15th, 1894, Nikita was born. Nikita's parents were Sergei, and Ksenia Khrushchev. Nikita was born in Kalinovka, Russia, which is only 11 kilometers from the Ukraine border. It is a fairly small, rural place, which is very cold. This event is very significant to history because a future leader is born. -
World War 1 begins
World War 1 began after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. The war lasted four years and was called the war to end all wars. This conflict was The central powers, fighting against the Allied Powers. This is an important event in history because it's a war including most countries in europe, Japan, and the United States. -
Khrushchev joins the Bolsheviks
Nikita Khrushchev joins the Bolsheviks in 1918. The Bolshevik party was a socialist party formed in 1898. The Bolshevik party attempted to unite all of Russia. This event is important to history because this is when Khrushchev started getting into politics and the Russian revolution, along with Lenin's teachings. -
First league of nations meeting
The league of nations took place in Geneva and was a platform too prevent the actions that took place during WW1. This even was significant to history because it was an attempt for the world to come together and end violence and prevent history from repeating himself. -
World War 2 begins.
This war involved more than 30 countries. World War 2 was the deadliest war of all time, with over 6 million of only one race dying. Hitler's Nazi Germany rose to power and dominated Europe, while the United States had been producing military power the whole time. Hitler's downfall started when he invaded Russia. -
Nikita Khrushchev's secret speech.
On February 25th 1956, Nikita Khrushchev gave a secret speech. The premise of this secret speech was to promote de-stalinization, and destroyer his reputation. In the speech, Nikita talks about Lenin's testament, which basically says that Lenin knew Stalin would abuse his power and become the way he was back then. This event is important to history because people started to dislike stalin and his ideas and more people started to stand behind Khrushchev in his journey to de-stalinization. -
First satellite in space
Sputnik 1 was the first satellite in space, which was launched by the Soviet Union. This marked the end of the space race, and the start of the race too the moon, which would be won by the United States. This is an important event in history because it marks the first object that was man-made to go into space. -
Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairmen of the Council of Ministers.
Nikita Krushchev had taken the position of Chairmen of the council of ministers. This council was the main executive and administration for the soviet union. This event is important in history because this is when Nikita Krushchev took control of the Soviet Union. -
Nikita Khrushchev attends the Vienna summit
Khrushchev and President Kennedy meet together and discuss their countries problems and their relationships. This proves to be useful in repairing the countries broken relationship, especially after the cold war era. This event is important to history because this is the first time they met face-to-face, and the first time they had a discussion over each-other's views. -
Khrushchev orders protestors to be killed.
On June second, 1962, Khrushchev authorized a massacre. 26 people were reported to be dead, hundreds more locked away in gulags or jail. This event is significant to Khrushchev's history, because although he did some good things like signing the nuclear ban treaty, Khrushchev had still been the leader of the Soviet Union. -
Khrushchev puts missiles in cuba
In october of '62, Nikita Khrushchev had missiles put in Cuba, which started the Cuban missile crisis. This was a 13 day skirmish between the United States and the Soviet Union. This event was important to history because the two world super-powers were on the brink of a nuclear war. This marks a point in time where people were scared to walk outside their houses or go to school, -
Khrushchev removes Missiles from Cuba
Khrushchev sends a letter to current USA President JFK, stating that the missiles from Cuba will be removed. This is a significant event in history because this is the first step in de-nuclearization, and will eventually lead to the nuclear ban treaty, which ends the cold war. -
Khrushchev signs the nuclear ban treaty
A nuclear ban treaty is signed by many countries' leaders, including the soviet union. Khrushchev signed this in support of banning nuclear weapons after the cold war. This is an extremely important event in history, because the Soviet Union, and many other countries that were on different sides during wars, had come together and signed a treaty banning nuclear warfare. -
"JFK gets assassinated"
John F Kennedy is assassinated, marking the end of an era. This is an extremely important significant event in world history because a super power's leader was killed, in front of the all the people who supported him. -
First man on the moon
The famous mission called 'Apollo 11' contained Niel Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Micheal Collins. Niel Armstrong was the first human too set foot on the moon, making history. The Astronauts had collected samples of the moon, left an American flag on the moon, and a sign stating "We come in peace for all of mankind" -
Nikita Krushchev's death
On september 11th of 1971, Nikita had passed away from a heart attack, in Moscow, Russia. Krushchev's death was important to history because it marked the end of a leader who had ties to world war 1, world war 2, the cold war(which he played an extremely large role in)and many other world events,
