Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev, (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy) also spelled as Khruschev, (PROSE: Loving the Alien)  Krushchev, (COMIC: The Piggybackers) or Kruschev by Susan in her diary, (PROSE: Time and Relative) served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the 1960s. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)

In October 1962, Khrushchev was in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis. (COMIC: The Piggybackers)

By March 1963, he was said to be worried about a coup d'état, at least according to John Brent, who said his generals hadn't liked how he'd backed down over Cuba. (PROSE: Time and Relative)

He was removed from office in 1964. Nevertheless, he continued to exercise considerable control over the Politburo until his health began to fail seven years later. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)