COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Joseph Stalin
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Mikhal Gorbachav
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Fidel Castro
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Sergei Fedorov
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hoping eventually to rely on missiles for national defense, Khrushchev ordered major cuts in conventional forces. Despite the cuts, Khrushchev’s time in office saw the tensest years of the Cold War, culminating in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Detailed explanation-2: -In response to these factors, Soviet First Secretary, Nikita Khrushchev, agreed with the Cuban Prime Minister, Fidel Castro, to place nuclear missiles on the island of Cuba to deter a future invasion.
Detailed explanation-3: -Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1960, Khrushchev had launched plans to install medium and intermediate range ballistic missiles in Cuba that would put the eastern United States within range of nuclear attack.