Who took over after Nikita Khrushchev?

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was the Communist Party of the Soviet Union’s First Secretary from 1953 to 1964, and the country’s Council of Ministers chairman from 1958 to 1964.

During his reign, He supported the early Soviet space programme and the implementation of relatively liberal domestic policy reforms.

Nikita Khrushchev also stunned the communist world by denouncing Stalin’s crimes and embarked on a de-Stalinization policy with his key ally Anastas Mikoyan.

Who took over after Nikita Khrushchev?

In 1964, the Kremlin deposed Nikita Khrushchev, appointing Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary and Alexei Kosygin as Premier in his place.

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev served as General Secretary of the Communist Party (1964–1982) and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Presidium.  His 18-year tenure as General Secretary was only second in length to Joseph Stalin’s.

Brezhnev’s rule was marked by political stability and significant foreign policy successes, it was also marked by corruption, inefficiency, economic stagnation, and rapidly growing technological gaps with the West.