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Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (Russian: Ники́та Серге́евич Хрущёв (help·info) , Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchyov; IPA: [nʲɪˈkʲitə sʲɪˈrgʲejɪvʲɪtɕ xruˈɕːof], in English, ['kruʃtʃɛv], ['krustʃɛv], ['krustʃof] or [krus'tʃof], occasionally ['kruʃof]); given name probably diminutive of Nikolai (Николай); surname more accurately romanized as Khrushchyov (April 17 [O.S. April 5] 1894 - September 11, 1971); served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, following the death of Joseph Stalin, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. Khrushchev's party colleagues removed him from power in 1964, replacing him with Leonid Brezhnev. He spent the last seven years of his life under the close supervision of the KGB.
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