WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE COLD WAR ERA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis that John F. Kennedy stood against?
A
Joseph Stalin
B
Robert F. Kennedy
C
Nikita Krushchev
D
Mikhail Gorbachev
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The next morning, October 28, Khrushchev issued a public statement that Soviet missiles would be dismantled and removed from Cuba. The crisis was over but the naval quarantine continued until the Soviets agreed to remove their IL–28 bombers from Cuba and, on November 20, 1962, the United States ended its quarantine.

Detailed explanation-2: -In June 1961, Kennedy met with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Cuban missile crisis unfolded like a life-and-death poker game pitting a young American president, John F Kennedy, against the veteran Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and Cuba’s fiery revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro.

Detailed explanation-4: -John F. Kennedy, President of the United States (1961-1963) Nikita Khrushchev, Premier of the Soviet Union (1958-1964) Fidel Castro, Prime Minister of Cuba (1959-1976)

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