When this man's grandson was asked by the school headmaster what this man was doing in retirement, the boy responded "Grandpa cries". This man found out that he had decided to retire when he read it in the newspaper, making him one of only two of his country's leaders to not die in office. This man wore many hats, including a black Homburg in Budapest and a panama hat in a certain debate in Sokolniki Park. This man's namesake "Thaw" came after he denounced his predecessor to his party's twentieth congress in what is called his "Secret Speech". For 10 points, name this Soviet leader who built the Berlin wall, instigated the Cuban Missile Crisis, and preceded Leonid Brezhnev.
When this man's grandson was asked by the school headmaster what this man was doing in retirement, the boy responded "Grandpa cries". This man found out that he had decided to retire when he read it in the newspaper, making him one of only two of his country's leaders to not die in office. This man wore many hats, including a black Homburg in Budapest and a panama hat in a certain debate in Sokolniki Park. This man's namesake "Thaw" came after he denounced his predecessor to his party's twentieth congress in what is called his "Secret Speech". For 10 points, name this Soviet leader who built the Berlin wall, instigated the Cuban Missile Crisis, and preceded Leonid Brezhnev.
When this man's grandson was asked by the school headmaster what this man was doing in retirement, the boy responded "Grandpa cries".