尼基塔·赫鲁晓夫,原苏共中央第一书记。他从追随斯大林,到公开谴责其暴行,释放了数以百万计的受害者;他努力减缓冷战紧张气氛,却引发了柏林与古巴的两次危机。他的一生勾勒了苏联时代的整体画卷。20世纪30年代,苏联爆发了一场由斯大林领导的政治镇压和迫害运动,镇压对象包括苏联共产党内部人员和高级知识分子,这就是所谓的“大清洗”。 Nikita Khrushchov, former secretary of the CPSU Central Committee. From following Stalin, he publicly condemned the atrocities and released millions of victims; his efforts to ease the tension in the Cold War have triggered two crises in Berlin and Cuba. His life outlined the overall picture of the Soviet era. In the 1930s, a political repression and persecution led by Stalin broke out in the Soviet Union. Repression included the inside of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and senior intellectuals. This is what is called “grand cleaning.”