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Nikita Khrushchev assumed leadership of the Soviet Union during the period following after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953. Khrushchev served as a General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as a Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. Remarkably in 1964, Nikita Khrushchev was forced to leave his post. The Party leadership comprised of a special “troika” representatives, (Alexey Kosygin, Leonid Brezhnev, and Anastas Mikoyan) deposed Khrushchev. Eventually, Brezhnev assumed the central role among the three and under his rule the Soviet Union expanded its sphere of influence to include much of Southeast Asia, Africa, parts of Central America and the Caribbean.

In 1964, Nikita Why was Khrushchev was forced to leave his post, and deposed? How had he alienated the Communist Party leadership, ? Khrushchev was seen as enough of a special “troika” representatives, consisting of Alexey Kosygin, Leonid Brezhnev, and Anastas Mikoyan initially replaced him. Brezhnev eventually assumed the central role among the three and under Brezhnev’s rule the Soviet Union expanded its sphere of influence to include much of Southeast Asia, Africa, parts of Central America and the Caribbean. Until concern that until his death, in 1971, the Soviet government closely monitored him. This article will explore how Khrushchevlost the confidence of the Soviet Communist Party.