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Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev, 1963 Nikita Khrushchev died on this day, September 11, in 1971, aged 77. Karsh photographed Khrushchev on April 21, 1963 in Moscow, USSR. Mr. and Mrs. Karsh travelled…
Sergei Khrushchev, 1935-2020
Yousuf and Estrellita with Nikita and Nina Khrushchev at their dacha in Moscow, 1963 Sergei Khrushchev, son of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, has died. Khrushchev had been a rocket…
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev, 1963 On this day, March 27, in 1958, Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev replaced Nicolay Bulganin as Soviet premier. Karsh photographed Khrushchev in April, 1963, when the furs…
Yuri Gagarin
…USSR that would include photographing a variety of figures, including politicians Brezhnev and Khrushchev, and ballerinas such as Maya Plisetskaya. Karsh would go on to photograph several American astronauts in…