Timewatch

Season 13, Episode 11

Episode Title: Khrushchev - The Peasant Premier

Air Date: 1994-12-04

Overview:

In the centenary year of his birth, and using previously unseen home movies, this film explores the contradictions of the Ukrainian peasant's son. He contributed to the crises in Berlin and Cuba, yet he hated the arms race. As Stalin's henchman he had plenty of blood on his hands, yet he denounced his former master and ensured that the terror would never return.