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| Chairman Council of Ministers Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich |  |
| Moscow Appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers |
| Conference of Geneva Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Geneva The West replies to Russia's ultimatum & tries to negotiate but the time limit expires |
| Crisis Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Berlin Intends to sign a peace with East Germany ending Allied rights in west Berlin |
| Berlin The West replies to Russia's ultimatum & negotiates in Geneva |
| Nov Berlin Khrushchev issues an ultimatum giving the Western powers 6 months to agree to withdraw from Berlin and make it a free, demilitarized city |
| Diplomacy Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Suspends aid to the ChineseNuclear programme |
| Dismissal Bulganin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich | |
| Moscow Dismissed after the defeat of the "Anti-Party" group |
| First Deputy Prime Minister Kozlov Kozlov, Frol Romanovich | |
| Mar Moscow Appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of the USSR |
| Head KGB Shelepin Shelepin, Aleksandr Nikolaevich | |
| Appointed Head of the KGB |
| Manager of Power Station Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilanovich | |
| Siberia Appointed Manager of a hydroelectric station |
| Nobel Prize Cherenkov, Pavel | |
| Moscow Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics, for work with radiation |
| Nobel Prize Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, for "Dr Zhivago" |
| Nuclear Warfare Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Announces aNuclear test ban for 1 year |
| Politburo Podgorny, Nikolai Viktorovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Politburo, Candidate Member |
| Prime Minister Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Appointed Prime Minister of the Soviet Union |
| Reform of Penal Code Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Dec Moscow The category "enemies of the people" is eliminated |
| Second Secretary Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 25th April Stavropol Appointed 2nd Secretary of the Komsomol Krai Committee |
