Nikita KhrushchevNikita Kruschev was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The premier of the USSR and leader of the Communist party was Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), who was in power from 1953 to 1964.
Nikita KhrushchevNikita Kruschev was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The Cuban leader was Fidel Castro, his supporter was the Soviet Nikita Khrushchev, the American leader was John Fritzgerald Kennedy.
He was unable to remedy the Cuban Missile Crisis in a way beneficial to the Soviet Union.
The Berlin Wall and the Cuban Missile Crisis were both situations that defined the presidency of John F. Kennedy. Chairman Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet was convinced that since Kennedy did nothing to stop the building of the wall that he would also do nothing about the placement of missiles in Cuba.
Nikita Kruschev was the Soviet leader who had missile sites built in Cuba.
That was Nikita Khrushchev.
Cuban Missile Crisis
US, Cuba, and Soviet Union
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union eventually dismantled the missile sites in Cuba.