Word: khrushchev
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...Soviet Union with an identical weapon. Ever a patriot, he had no political doubts or moral qualms about the weapon he would help to design. Those would come later, as he calculated the number of deaths and genetic mutations that could be expected over generations. Sakharov pleaded with Khrushchev to discontinue bomb testing, and wept in "unbearable bitterness, shame and humiliation" when his urgings to the leaders of the country he had helped to make a superpower were rebuffed. By the 1960s, Sakharov was both an oft-decorated Hero of the Soviet Union and an increasingly astute figure politically, moving...
...Khrushchev argued that superpowers like the United States should focus on winning allies rather than defeating enemies...
...Khrushchev also discussed his own political experience during the 1960s, when he participated in the Soviet missile and space programs...
Responding to a question about why he teaches at Brown, Khrushchev said that “Harvard never invited...
...Chechen conflict was costly for the Russians, Khrushchev reminded his audience...