Before he was the target of a coup [koo] led by Lazar Kaganovich and Vyacheslav [VYA-cheh-slaf] Molotov, this premier oversaw a period of liberalization named for a novel by Ilya Ehrenburg, his "thaw." That period came after he gave a speech "On the Personality Cult and Its Consequences," denouncing
Before he was the target of a coup [koo] led by Lazar Kaganovich and Vyacheslav [VYA-cheh-slaf] Molotov, this premier oversaw a period of liberalization named for a novel by Ilya Ehrenburg, his "thaw." That period came after he gave a speech "On the Personality Cult and Its Consequences," denouncing the policies of his predecessor, which included the Great Purges. This leader was succeeded in his highest post by Leonid Brezhnev and was himself the successor to Josef Stalin as Russian Premier. Name this leader who is believed to have banged his shoe on a desk during a 1960 United Nations meeting.
Before he was the target of a coup [koo] led by Lazar Kaganovich and Vyacheslav [VYA-cheh-slaf]
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev