Nikita Khrushchev's Rise To Power

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He was told by a soviet government official that he was one of the five men they chosen to the new office of secretariat of the communist party. Having Nikita Khrushchev be in the Secretariat of the communist party is a stepping stone in his rise to power in the Soviet Union. It was an advance that cumulated in him being a part of the secretariat of the Communist Party in September 1953, which led to him being in the premier in 1958. Khrushchev gained the power when Joseph Stalin died on March 5, 1953. When Stalin died on March 5, 1953, there was a need for leadership in the Soviet Union.

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