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| Nikita Khrushchev Dies |
| 2007-02-23 |
| Nikita Khrushchev, the grandson and namesake of the late Soviet leader, died Thursday, his aunt said. He was 47. Khrushchev had been hospitalized after suffering a stroke Sunday, Rada Khrushcheva told The Associated Press. Khrushchev - one of six grandchildren of the Soviet leader - had worked as a journalist at the liberal weekly newspaper Moskovskiye Novosti from 1991 until his contract expired in December. The RIA-Novosti news agency said that, since leaving Moskovskiye Novosti, he had worked for a newspaper connected with the Union State - a proposed, on-again, off-again union between Russia and Belarus. Khrushchev had long worked to help his father, Sergei, gather material for his books in Russian archives and other institutions. Sergei - a former missile engineer turned writer and the Soviet leader's only remaining son - emigrated to the United States in the 1990s and now is a senior fellow in international studies at Brown University. In a 1999 newspaper column, he complained that once his father had applied for U.S. citizenship, the young Khrushchev found that doors previously open to him were shut in his face. Khrushchev, who lived with his mother, Galina, was not married and did not have any children, his aunt said. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #5 Hell, was it his uncle or dad who offed someone with what he thought was a cigarette lighter? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-02-23 19:31 |
| #4 Even drinking the water is a hazzard in the ole USSR. |
| Posted by: Capsu 78 2007-02-23 18:56 |
| #3 The life expectancy of males in Russia is shocking - many third world agricultural nations have better indicators. Must be all the vodka and unfiltered cigarettes... |
| Posted by: John Frum 2007-02-23 17:56 |
| #2 Bad history of "strokes" in the old USSR, wasn't there? |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-02-23 17:35 |
| #1 Hmmm, anyone check for Polonium? |
| Posted by: DanNY 2007-02-23 17:20 |