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the construction of a communist society would be completed 'in the main' by 1980

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Nikita Khrushchev
Age: 77 †
Born: 1894
Born: April 3
Died: 1971
Died: September 11
Former General Secretary Of The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union
Military Personnel
Politician
Statesperson
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
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