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__//**Nikita Khruschev**//__ Born: April 17, 1894 Died: September 11, 1971

Born in Kalinovka. Fought with the Red Army in WWI in 1917, and joined the Communist Party in 1918. Gained the Moscow city secretaryship in 1935, became First Secretary of the General Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, became a member of the Communist Central Committee in 1938 and a member of the Politburo in 1939. Served as a high-ranking political commissar during World War II, holding the equivalent political rank of a lieutenant general. Became General Secretary of the Communist Party in 1953 and Premier of the Soviet Union in 1958. Known for the de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union, his denunciation of Stalin, the initiation of the "Space Race", his placing of nuclear weapons in Cuba, the triggering of the Sino-Soviet split, and the redenomination of the ruble in 1961. Removed from power in 1964.  __//**Leonid Brezhnev**//__ Born: December 19, 1906 Died: Novemeber 10, 1982

Born in Kamenskoe. Joined Communist youth organization in 1921 and the Communist Party in 1931. Served as political commissar in a tank factory from 1935-1936 and became Party Secretary in Dnipropetrovsk following that. Eventually attained the rank of Brigade-Commissar following the Nazi invasion and left the Red Army with the rank of Major General. Became First Secretary of Soviet Moldavia in 1950 and a member of the Central Committee in 1952. Appointed First Secretary of the Communist Party in the peaceful coup on October 14, 1964 and served until his death in 1982. Known for the "re-Stalinization" of the USSR, the Brezhnev Doctrine, and the beginning of detente with the SALT I weapons treaty.  __//**Aleksey Kosygin**//__ Born: February 20, 1904 Died: December 18, 1980

Joined the Red Army in 1919 and fought in the Russian Civil War. Entered the Communist Party in 1927 and became mayor of Leningrad in 1938. Joined the Politburo in 1948 and served as minister of finance for a short period and minister of light industry until 1953. Took over the position of Premier after Khruschev's dismissal in 1964. Known for attempts to reform the Soviet economy, which were blocked by Brezhnev.  __//**Yuri Andropov**//__ Born: June 15, 1914 Died: February 9, 1984

Joined Komosol (Communist youth movement) in 1930 and the Communist Party in 1939, serving as First Secretary of Komosol from 1940-1944. Participated in partisan/guerilla activities during World War II. Appointed head of the KGB, Russia's secret police and intelligence agency, in 1967, serving until 1982. Elected head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union two days after Brezhnev's death. Known for his ruthless suppression and elimination of dissidence within the Soviet Union as head of the KGB.  __//**Konstantin Chernenko**//__ Born: September 24, 1911 Died: March 10, 1985  __//**Mikhail Gorbachev**//__ Born: March 2, 1931  __//**Andrei Gromyko**//__ Born: July 19, 1909 Died: July 2, 1989  __//**Boris Yeltsin**//__ Born: February 1, 1931 Died: April 23, 2007  __//**Vladimir Putin**//__ Born: October 7, 1952