This man's decision to abolish the Machine Tractor Stations and transfer their power to the kolkhozes resulted in a severe food shortage.  
This man's decision to abolish the Machine Tractor Stations and transfer their power to the kolkhozes resulted in a severe food shortage.  Lazar Kaganovich was one of the leaders of the so-called Anti-Party group that attempted to replace him with his Prime Minister Nikolai Bulganin.  This leader attempted to boost agricultural productivity through the (*) Virgin Lands Campaign.  After coming to power, this man gave the "On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences" oration partially denouncing his predecessor; that oration is more commonly called the "Secret Speech".  He infamously banged his shoe on the table at a UN General Assembly Meeting and ruled during the Cuban Missile Crisis. For 10 points, name this Soviet leader who succeeded Stalin.
This man's decision to abolish the Machine Tractor Stations and transfer their power to the kolkhozes resulted in a severe food shortage.  
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev