15 Oct 2026, 09:50 AM
On This Day, Oct. 15: In 1964, Khrushchev was ousted in a coup.
In 1964, Soviet leaders announced that Nikita Khrushchev had been ousted from his top roles. In the bloodless coup, Leonid Brezhnev became the Communist Party chief, and Alexei Kosygin became the premier.
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