Nikita Khrushchev WA the leader of Russia during Kennedy's presidential reign. He was most well known for being responsible for the Cuban missile Crisis, which was a very serious nuclear threat to the US. this event really hurt the USSR and the US's relationship.
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∙ 14y agoNikita Krushchev was the Soviet Premier from 1958 to 1964.
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∙ 13y agoNikita Khrushchev was the head of the Soviet Union when John F. Kennedy took office.
US President John F Kennedy negotiated with the Soviet Union to remove its missiles from Cuba. It was a serious incident that added to the Cold War.
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President Kennedy developed a program called "flexible response" to choose a course of action appropriate to a situation.
The leader of the United States was President John F. Kennedy & Soviet General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev was the USSR leader.
Alexei Kosygin followed Nikita Krushchev as Soviet Premier from 1964 to 1980.
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US President John F Kennedy negotiated with the Soviet Union to remove its missiles from Cuba. It was a serious incident that added to the Cold War.
United States (President John F. Kennedy), Soviet Union (Premier Nikita Khrushchev), and Cuba (Fidel Castro)
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US President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev were sobered by the Cuban missile crisis and sought to ease tensions between their countries.
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Brezhnec feared that a US alliance with China would isolate the Soviet Union.
the soviet union shipped weapons to cubaMost believe Soviet Premier Kruschev believed the young, newly-elected President Kennedy would not do anything about the Soviets' putting strategic weapons in Cuba. The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in October 1962. When the Soviet Union secretly put nuclear missiles on the island of Cuba, it nearly started a nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The missiles were discovered by routine spy-plane surveillance. The missiles were still in the process of being made launch-ready. However, President Kennedy had very little time to make a decision regarding what to do about it. His military advisers all but demanded a full-scale air strike, followed by an invasion of the island. Instead, President Kennedy ordered the U.S. Navy to "quarantine" the island by not allowing any Soviet ships to travel to Cuba. This, combined with diplomacy, forced Soviet Premier Kruschev's hand, and the missiles were withdrawn.Cuban President Fidel Castro wanted the Soviet Union to provide him strategic weapons to discourage the U.S. from attempting an attack on his country. Many believe the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred because Soviet Premier Kruschev did not believe the young, newly-elected President Kennedy would do anything if the Soviet Union placed strategic weapons in Cuba.The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in October 1962. When the Soviet Union secretly put nuclear missiles on the island of Cuba, it nearly started a nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The missiles were discovered by routine spy-plane surveillance. The missiles were still in the process of being made launch-ready. However, President Kennedy had very little time to make a decision regarding what to do about it. His military advisers all but demanded a full-scale air strike, followed by an invasion of the island. Instead, President Kennedy order the U.S. Navy to "quarantine" the island by not allowing any Soviet ships to travel to Cuba. This, combined with diplomacy, forced Soviet Premier Kruschev's hand, and the missiles were withdrawn.during the cold war there were lots of tensions between the u.s and the soviets. they had lots of compettion between themselves : the arms race was one of them. The soviets placed their missles in cuba pointing to the U.S.
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