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Nikita Khrushchev: And the Creation of a Superpower

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This highly readable and pithy account includes all the basic fact about the life of Nikita Khrushchev while at the same time giving us personable detail that brings him alive. It's short on political history and almost reads like a novel. You'll find yourself admiring this Soviet leader even though he was party to some of history's great crimes.

What a pleasure it was to read "Nikita Khrushchev!." The book flows smoothly and evenly (except for those long Russian names)without interruption. The authors make the subject become human and not just an obscure figure in a history book. Sergei Khrushchev's observations are worth the price of admission. Apparently he did not miss much as he attended many of his father's meetings. Luckily, if Sergei does not know something, he says so. But he does know a great deal and shares it with the reader, answering many questions and putting to bed many wild rumors in a way that will benefit historians for years to come.

But you do not have to be a historian to enjoy the book. It is not technical but folksy with a hint of a sense of humor. And all the time there is the authority of knowledge--Sergei watched his story unfold. He makes the reader his guest while great leaders of the past stroll by.

I recommend this book both for its insight and its wisdom.

I know of parts of the story that were left out and I intend to fill in some of the gaps in a future book, but the gaps are small and in no way could damage the cope of "Nikita Khrushchev."