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Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
(17 Apr 1894 - 11 Sep 1971)
Russian political leader who was the first secretary of the All Union Communist Party (1953-64)and premier of the Soviet Union (1958-64). He encouraged the policy of de-Stalinization, removing the worst practices of dictatorship. Pres. Kennedy to remove offensive missiles installed in Cuba in Oct 1962.
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Science Quotes by Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (1)
I happened to read recently a remark by American nuclear physicist W. Davidson, who noted that the explosion of one hydrogen bomb releases a greater amount of energy than the explosions set off by all countries in all wars known in the entire history of mankind. And he, apparently, is right.
[The quoted physicist was, in fact, William Davidon, Argonne National Laboratory.]
[The quoted physicist was, in fact, William Davidon, Argonne National Laboratory.]
— Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
Address to the United Nations, New York City, 18 Sep 1959. Quoted in 'Texts of Khrushchev's Address at United Nations and the Soviet Declaration', New York Times (19 Sep 1959), 8.
See also: | Hydrogen Bomb (3)
