As this picture suggests, Khrushchev was a very different figure from Stalin. He is most remembered for the Cuban Missile Crisis which ultimately brought him down. In the context of our domestic course he is usually portrayed as a failed reformer – we might like to ask is this enough ?
September marks the 40th anniversary of his death, and this article from Pravda reviews his period in government (1956 – 1964) from a modern Russian point of view. See what you think.
