Podcast appearances and mentions of sergei khrushchev

Interview with Dr. Sergei Khrushchev, son of the Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev. Interesting perspectives on the Soviet / US Space race and the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jo Fidgen hears what was happening in the Pentagon and the Kremlin in the final days of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. The Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev finally offered to withdraw the missiles as the crisis came to a head. In 2012, his son Sergei remembered those fraught few days. (Photo: Nikita and Sergei Khrushchev. Credit: Sergei Khrushchev)

At the very height of the Cold War, in the late 1950s and early ‘60s, one of the most vilified man in the world – at least in the U.S. – was Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, For 11 years the USSR was led by this brash, arrogant, often angry man. You may have heard that he wants. Famously said the Soviet Union would “bury” the United States. That, however, was a mistranslation, and it was not something Khrushchev ever actually said. Khrushchev's second son, Sergei, was in his 20s, watching closely as his father guided the USSR. Sergei eventually became a highly educated, and well-respected, engineer in the Soviet Union. But finally, in 1991 -- the same year the Soviet Union crumbled apart -- Sergei Khrushchev emigrated to the United States, and became a naturalized US citizen in 1999.

The United States and The Soviet Union. Chris talks with Francis Gary Powers, Jr. and Sergei Khrushchev, sons of two iconic and historical figures of the Cold War. What was it like knowing the world was watching every move their dads made? In this historical podcast, Chris also opens up the discussion to today's students.

Chris talks with Francis Gary Powers Jr, and Sergei Khrushchev about being the sons of two iconic and historical figures and what was it like knowing the world was watching every move their dads made? Gary and Sergei tell their stories and share with Chris some very special moments. To add to this historical interview. Chris has also asked students of today, to ask their questions!

This memorable interview was done in the studios of WGTD back in 2000 when Sergei Khrushchev, the son of Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, visited the campus of Carthage College. Not long before his visit, he had written a book about his father titled "Nikita Khrushchev and the Creation of a Super Power." Sergei Khrushchev had a hand in the Soviet space program and knew many of its principal players. Sergei Khrushchev is a featured guest in the new American Experience documentary "Chasing The Moon."

This is part 2 of my conversation with Professor Sergei Khrushchev the son of Nikita Khrushchev who led the Soviet Union 1953 to 1964. Before we start I would again like to thank all those who are supporting the podcast with monthly pledges and donations. If you would like to support the podcast further and get access to some exclusive extras go to our web site at coldwarconversations.com and click on the “support the Podcast” menu option. In part 2 of this interview we gain insight into Soviet thinking around the Cuban Missile Crisis, we hear about the Soviet view of the building of the Berlin Wall along with the 1961 Berlin Crisis and his father’s fall from power. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coldwarpod)

In part 1 of this interview we talk about Professor Khrushchev’s early years, his relationship with his father, his father’s rise to power, the 1956 Hungarian Uprising as well the first international visits accompanying his father to the UK, East Germany and the USA. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/coldwarpod)

Before the availability of the tape recorder and during the 1950s, when vinyl was scarce, ingenious Russians began recording banned bootlegged jazz, boogie woogie and rock ‘n’ roll on exposed X-ray film salvaged from hospital waste bins and archives. “Usually it was the Western music they wanted to copy,” says Sergei Khrushchev, son of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. “Before the tape recorders they used the X-ray film of bones and recorded music on the bones, bone music.” “They would cut the X-ray into a crude circle with manicure scissors and use a cigarette to burn a hole,” says author Anya von Bremzen. “You’d have Elvis on the lungs, Duke Ellington on Aunt Masha’s brain scan — forbidden Western music captured on the interiors of Soviet citizens.” And we follow the making of X-ray recordings into the 21st century at Jack White’s Third Man Records in Nashville TN. Produced by The Kitchen Sisters and Roman Mars’ 99% Invisible

Fifty years ago, the USA and the Soviet Union were poised to go to war over nuclear weapons in Cuba. The Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev finally offered to withdraw the missiles as the crisis came to a head. His son Sergei remembers those fraught few days. Photo: Courtesy of Sergei Khrushchev.

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