History UsefulNotes / EinarGerhardsen

Although a number of men close to him were pretty hardlined on the surveillance and the internal dissent, Gerhardsen managed to balance his attitude towards the SovietUnion with remarkable ease. Thus, he made a state visit to the Soviets in 1957, and Chruschev himself returned the favor in 1964. His fellow party members scowled him in silence for this (and later criticized him more openly). The state visit of 1964 resulted in a couple of embarassing situations for the Russians courtesy of Chruschev himself, as well as a CrowningMomentOfFunny - memorized in a famous snapshot of Chruschev during a folk dance session, standing between Gerhardsen and his wife, holding hands with both of them and clearly having the time of his life. A point of note here: Gerhardsen had been to Moscow during the Comintern sessions in 1921, and had actually met with UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin, among others. In 1957, he managed to embarass his Russian hosts by commenting on this: "Last time I was in this room, Lenin sat over there". As this was after ThePurge of Stalin, many of the Russian officials who ''had'' been present in 1921, were gone forever (either ReassignedToAntarctica, living lives as refugees in the west, or plainly executed). It is commented, from the more critical leftists, that Gerhardsen and his friends in the party actually took some points of Lenin´s teachings to heart and ran the party accordingly later on.

Although a number of men close to him were pretty hardlined on the surveillance and the internal dissent, Gerhardsen managed to balance his attitude towards the SovietUnion with remarkable ease. Thus, he made a state visit to the Soviets in 1957, and Chruschev himself returned the favor in 1964. His fellow party members scowled him in silence for this (and later criticized him more openly). The state visit of 1964 resulted in a couple of embarassing situations for the Russians courtesy of Chruschev himself, as well as a CrowningMomentOfFunny - memorized in a famous snapshot of Chruschev during a folk dance session, standing between Gerhardsen and his wife, holding hands with both of them and clearly having the time of his life. A point of note here: Gerhardsen had been to Moscow during the Comintern sessions in 1921, and had actually met with VladimirLenin, among others. In 1957, he managed to embarass his Russian hosts by commenting on this: "Last time I was in this room, Lenin sat over there". As this was after ThePurge of Stalin, many of the Russian officials who ''had'' been present in 1921, were gone forever (either ReassignedToAntarctica, living lives as refugees in the west, or plainly executed). It is commented, from the more critical leftists, that Gerhardsen and his friends in the party actually took some points of Lenin´s teachings to heart and ran the party accordingly later on.

Although a number of men close to him were pretty hardlined on the surveillance and the internal dissent, Gerhardsen managed to balance his attitude towards the SovietUnion with remarkable ease. Thus, he made a state visit to the Soviets in 1957, and Chruschev himself returned the favor in 1964. His fellow party members scowled him in silence for this (and later criticized him more openly). The state visit of 1964 resulted in a couple of embarassing situations for the Russians courtesy of Chruschev himself, as well as a CrowningMomentOfFunny - memorized in a famous snapshot of Chruschev during a folk dance session, standing between Gerhardsen and his wife, holding hands with both of them and clearly having the time of his life. A point of note here: Gerhardsen had been to Moscow during the Comintern sessions in 1921, and had actually met with VladimirLenin, among others. In 1957, he managed to embarass his Russian hosts by commenting on this: "Last time I was in this room, Lenin sat over there". As this was after ThePurge of Stalin, many of the Russian officials who ''had'' been present in 1921, were gone forever (either ReassignedToAntarctica, living lives as refugees in the west, or plainly executed).

Although a number of men close to him were pretty hardlined on the surveillance and the internal dissent, Gerhardsen managed to balance his attitude towards the SovietUnion with remarkable ease. Thus, he made a state visit to the Soviets in 1957, and Chruschev himself returned the favor in 1964. His fellow party members scowled him in silence for this (and later criticized him more openly). The state visit of 1964 resulted in a couple of embarassing situations for the Russians courtesy of Chruschev himself, as well as a CrowningMomentOfFunny - memorized in a famous snapshot of Chruschev during a folk dance session, standing between Gerhardsen and his wife, holding hands with both of them and clearly having the time of his life. A point of note here: Gerhardsen had been to Moscow during the Comintern sessions in 1921, and had actually met with VladimirLenin, among others. In 1957, he managed to embarass his Russian hosts by commenting on this: "Last time I was in this room, Lenin sat over there". As this was after ThePurge of Stalin, many Russian officials who ''had'' been present in 1921, was gone forever (either ReassignedToAntarctica, living lives as refugees in the west, or plainly executed).

Although a number of men close to him were pretty hardlined on the surveillance and the internal dissent, Gerhardsen managed to balance his attitude towards the SovietUnion with remarkable ease. Thus, he made a state visit to the Soviets in 1957, and Chruschev himself returned the favor in 1964. His fellow party members scowled him in silence for this (and later criticized him more openly). The state visit of 1964 resulted in a couple of embarassing situations for the Russians courtesy of Chruschev himself, as well as a CrowningMomentOfFunny - memorized in a famous snapshot of Chruschev during a folk dance session, standing between Gerhardsen and his wife, holding hands with both of them and clearly having the time of his life.

As the fifties marched on, internal dissent in the party made the right wing break out, to found a new party, based on the anti-NATO statement. Gerhardsen also had to cope with pressure from two sides: The US government, who wished for Norway to store up nuclear weapons for them, and the Norwegian public, who sure as heck didn´t want this at all. Great demonstrations took place, the newspapers had debates on the case, and the government decided that, for the sake of public opinion, the US had to be disappointed. Gerhardsen manoevred wisely, and then came the CubanMissileCrisis, actually giving Gerhardsen a point.

'''Einar Gerhardsen''' (1897-1987) was the longest serving prime minister of UsefulNotes/{{Norway}} (post UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Prime minister Frederik Stang taking the helm in 1863, actually served even longer), and founder of the post war social democracy in that country. His longevity in office, and afterwards, gained him the label ''father of the nation'', an epithet he bore with pride to his death. Born and raised in humble conditions, he joined the labor party in his youth, and gradually climbed the ranks, becoming party leader, and later mayor of the capital of Oslo, until he turned out to be the logical choice for the position of Prime Minister in post war Norway. He held the office for ''eighteen years'', until a mine disaster made him resign in 1963. To a whole generation of Norwegians, he was ''the'' prime minister.

'''Einar Gerhardsen''' (1897-1987) was the longest serving prime minister of UsefulNotes/{{Norway}} (post WorldWarII. Prime minister Frederik Stang taking the helm in 1863, actually served even longer), and founder of the post war social democracy in that country. His longevity in office, and afterwards, gained him the label ''father of the nation'', an epithet he bore with pride to his death. Born and raised in humble conditions, he joined the labor party in his youth, and gradually climbed the ranks, becoming party leader, and later mayor of the capital of Oslo, until he turned out to be the logical choice for the position of Prime Minister in post war Norway. He held the office for ''eighteen years'', until a mine disaster made him resign in 1963. To a whole generation of Norwegians, he was ''the'' prime minister.

The parliamental situation changed dramatically after the coup in Prague in February 1948. Some months prior to this, Norway had been asked to formally join the new North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, and Gerhardsen considered this against a Swedish offer of a Neutrality zone in the Nordics. After considering alone for three days in his cabin, he landed on the NATO offer, and Norway joined the Western Bloc. At the same time, Czechoslovakia had a coup d´etat, and Gerhardsen made the communist hunt a top priority. Surveillance and infiltration soon followed, and Norway in TheFifties, although a quiet place where the UsefulNotes/NorwegianLanguageStruggle and a ''very'' explicit novel (when considering CrapPastTheRadar) was the only things making headlines, the communists were systhematically crushed, giving the Labour Party even more public support. On a negative note, his government also worked on repression, surveillance, and a close connection to the american government (which was heavily criticized afterwards). Gerhardsen still was the amicable guy he had always been, leaving the nastier business to others (among them his brother).

Less than a week ''after'' the missile crisis was solved, a mine exploded on Svalbard, and several miners lost their lives. The aftermath of this incident put the blame all the way up to the government itself, arguing that the men in charge had been sloppy. Gerhardsen suddenly had to be a collective ButtMonkey, until the vote was cast and the government had to resign. The new Socialist Party, broken off the Labour Party only a few years before this, secured two weeks of conservative rule before Gerhardsen was back in charge. He was again prime minister until the election of 1965, which marked the final end of his long reign. He never got in position again, but remained a popular and respected retired politician for the rest of his life. He died at the age of ninety.

%%!!Tropes as portrayed in fiction:

It is also to be noted that Gerhardsen probably is the only Norwegian prime minister to have been arrested. In the 1920s he was jailed for insubordination, seven times. When the Labor Party first gained position, he was in prison again, but the new minister of Justice had him pardoned, and Gerhardsen walked from prison to parliament, just like that. He was later arrested ''again'', this time by UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, and sent to a consentration camp. It has been rumored that he and other politicians encamped there laid the groundwork for post war rule while still imprisoned. Thus, he gained a reputation for awesomeness by having been arrested ''eight times'' (and the last of them was acknowledged to be ''really bad'').

As prime minister, he (on the positive side) secured the welfare state, secured pensions, and was known for an affability that made almost everybody love him. In later years, he gained a position as a national father figure (alongside the King), and became something of an old wise man, whose opinions were never questioned. On a more negative note, his government also worked on repression, surveillance, and a close connection to the american government (which was heavily criticized afterwards). Gerhardsen still was the amicable guy he had always been, leaving the nastier business to others (among them his brother).

!! Tropes connected to the life of Gerhardsen:

* AFatherToHisMen: On many levels. First as party leader, and as a leader of government, and then taken UpToEleven as a father of the entire nation.
* BaldOfAwesome. A neat example, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einar_Gerhardsen as seen here]]. He lost his hair rather early in life.
* {{Badass}}: He gained a reputation for this early on, and surviving a German concentration camp certainly helped. He was interned for three and a half years, experiencing rather harsh interrogations on the way.
* ColdBloodedTorture: When you are a prisoner in a German concentration camp, it is inevitable. Gerhardsen got a couple of rounds, and ''never'' spoke of it afterwards. He clearly had some aftershocks, like having trouble sleeping. It increased his {{badass}} status.
* UsefulNotes/ColdWar: Gerhardsen was a cold war prime minister all the way, although the Norwegian communist party had strong support immidiately after the ending of the Second World War (this because of their strong resistance block). Then, in 1947, the Norwegian government decided to join the Nato alliance (after extensive pondering from Gerhardsen`s side - he hid in his cabin for days before making a decision). In 1948, after the coup in Czhekhoslovakia, Gerhardsen held his famous speech (the Kråkerøy address) where he proclaimed the communists to be the main enemy of the state. From then on, surveillance and infiltration escalated, and the Norwegian Communist Party was broken completely. The internal dissent in the Labor Party itself resulted in a new left wing party (the Socialists), which in turn helped pushing Gerhardsen from power.
* CoolOldGuy: In his later years, he certainly was.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The way he handled the russians. Justified by the fact that he had been in Russia as early as 1921 on the worker`s conference (Comintern), and actually met UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin. When he made a state visit to SovietRussia during his time as prime minister, he seems to have humiliated his Russian hosts, by telling them exactly where Lenin had been in a certain room some 35 years before. Even more {{awesome}} when considering that none of the Russians present actually could remember it (because of ThePurge made by UsefulNotes/JosephStalin).
** Another CrowningMomentOfAwesome occured when he turned down the US on their proposal to place nuclear weapons in Norway. Here, he followed a popular anti-nuclear movement, and had to turn down [[UsefulNotes/DwightEisenhower President Eisenhower]] himself. When considering this was 1957, at the height of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar (with the Russian sputnik being launched and the Soviet attack on UsefulNotes/{{Hungary}} the year before), this was a daring move. To this day, ''no'' nuclear weapons have been placed in Norway.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Having UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev on a state visit. The most hilarious moment of them all seems to have been when Gerhardsen actually made the two of them make a social call to a housewife on the east side of town. She opened the door while being in the middle of washing, to have ''two state leaders'' on her doorstep.
---> '''Gerhardsen''': Hi. I thought I would stop by for a spell. I brought Khrushchev with me...
* DownerEnding: The parliamentary defeat in 1963, which caused Gerhardsen to resign. The incident came about because of the Kings Bay mining disaster in Svalbard, which caused a number of lives. The coal mine was state property, and therefore, responsibility was tracked right up to the government itself (the responsible minister of industry was the first to resign, at christmas 1962). The Norwegian parliament voted the government out, with the support of a newly formed socialist party (broken off from the Labor party only three years before). A right wing government took the helm for 14 days, before a new Labor government was formed. But for good or bad, the Labor rule was broken after this incident. Cue the painful party assembly of 1967, where much guilt was split on several party members, and some of them never spoke again for the rest of their lives.
** From a certain point of view, the Labor party itself never recovered after Gerhardsen, and none of the party leaders have experienced that amount of public trust.
* EnemyWithin: TheFifties had them all over the place. Some of his agressive co-workers were so hard on internal party dissent they unwittingly lay the ground work for a new radical party, which in turn was instrumental in overthrowing Gerhardsen`s government. From [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar a cold war]] perspective, these co-workers were a little wary of his wife Werna and her friendly connections to the Soviet ambassador.
* FireForgedFriends: Many of those he shared the consentration camp life with, and also people from the early days of strike and resistance (both during the twenties and the war). Sadly, he had a fall-out with some of them.
* GoodIsNotNice: Gerhardsen had a reputation for taking harsh decisions when neccesary. It was said that "if someone had to die, he pulled the trigger" (metaphorically speaking).
* HumbleHero: In many respects, Gerhardsen ''was'' this trope. He governed Norway, while living in a small flat at the eastern (working class) part of Oslo, having the living conditions of a commoner.
* ICantDance: Damn Straight. He allegedly danced once, at the folk museum in Oslo, with UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev. Hilarity ensued.
* LandslideElection: The first post war election gained the Labor Party, ''with support from the communists'', total majority in the Norwegian parliament. It secured a stable Labor government for eighteen years. Three years later, the UsefulNotes/ColdWar began.
* MeaningfulFuneral: Gerhardsen earned a state funeral with full procession through the Norwegian capital.
* TheMole: According to some newly opened Russian KGB archives, one of his ministers was forced into informing the Soviet intelligence on Norwegian affairs. This becomes even more eerie when we consider that this was his last government, formed in 1960. At the same time, people close to him had ties to the CIA. The whole Kings Bay affair in 1962, who eventually made Gerhardsen resign in 1963, may have been a YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness situation, as far as the Americans are concerned. In this case, people close to him were instrumental in forcing him from power.
** The minister in question had actually been in a German concentration camp along with Gerhardsen, a fact that made them FireForgedFriends. The fact that this man, ''who actually sympathized with the communist fraction'' early on, was made an informant by the Soviets, may have been particularly harsh on Gerhardsen.
* MoralDissonance: The Gerhardsen government also cracked down on communists, had heavy support from the american [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay-behind Stay-behind]] group and rounded up internal dissidents. To be fair, a number of his co-workers were a lot more hawkish than Gerhardsen himself (some of them being ruthless EagleLand supporters of the first degree).
** One particular case seems to be extremely harsh, when a communist leader was found dead in 1947, at the bottom of a staircase in Oslo. Nobody was ever brought to justice for it.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: More a case for his minister of defence, WarHero Jens Christian Hauge, who was responsible for handing the state of UsefulNotes/{{Israel}} sufficient amounts of heavy water (produced in Norway), for development of nuclear plants. Whether the entire government (and Gerhardsen himself) knew about this, or that Israel effectively proceeded to develop ''nuclear weapons'', is a moot point.
* NoExceptYes: Sometimes, he decided not to decide (like in the EU question, where he reluctantly gave in to the "yes" point of view. Also in the question of NATO membership).
* NoodleIncident: Gerhardsen became party leader and then prime minister after the ousting of former prime minister [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Nygaardsvold Johan Nygaardsvold]], who actually had been in power for ten years (prolonged because of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII). Nygaardsvold resigned without incident in the summer/early autumn of 1945, paving the way for Gerhardsen and his men. ''How'' this actually happened is a moot point on Norwegian history.
* {{Prison}}: No less than seven times during TheTwenties, usually for shorter time spans. He was locked up for insubordination, not leaving when asked to, supporting strikers, and once [[DisproportionateRetribution for holding a speech outside the offices of a conservative newspaper]].
** DeniedFoodAsPunishment: usually, when given bread and water (and nothing else), the prison time was reduced. You had to share your food with the cockroaches, though. Gerhardsen was sentenced to bread and water for ''75 days straight'' in one particular case.
* ThePawn: during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar era, it was a mixed blessing to rule a small country with strategic values. Gerhardsen knew this, and maneuvred accordingly. But from the bottom of his heart:
---> The worst part, is the constant NeckLift from the greater powers.
* RagsToRoyalty: As far as politicians go. He began as a road worker, and ended up a prime minister.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He seldom sounded unreasonable, and nobody dared question his autority - which he also was good at showing from the affable side.
* ReluctantWarrior / OddManOut: The Norwegian role in the early phase of UsefulNotes/ColdWar Europe. The country still relied on the TechnicalPacifist trope, and the oddness comes into play when considering an (almost) One-party state ruled by an (almost) socialist government, fitting for Eastern Europe, but conveniently placed inside the Western zone of political interests, and a member of the NATO alliance almost from the start.
* ShadowArchetype: Haakon Lie, party secretary, is (by some, DependingOnTheWriter), reckoned as the Shadow to Gerhardsen`s affability as a political leader. Lie was a hardliner, tough and unrelenting, and routed the communists and left-wingers mercilessly (He was also a flavor 1 EagleLand supporter after 1945, and hawkish to boot). Gerhardsen didn`t publicly take a stand against him until the party assembly of 1967, when Lie was re-elected as a secretary for the last time (allegedly because half of the party members present were too scared to vote against him). This meeting resulted in a dramatic fall-out which Lie never forgave.
** Haakon Lie also had a fall-out with Rolf, Gerhardsen`s brother, who had worked with him on the intelligence side in TheFifties. The two of them never spoke a word after that, unless there was an insulting remark, until Rolf Gerhardsen died.
* TheTeetotaler: Gerhardsen never drank alcohol as a matter of principle. This led to another hilarious moment when visiting UsefulNotes/SovietRussia (actually Ukraine), because a Soviet official didn`t know this, and promptly started a drinking contest with him. Gerhardsen won, and got a reputation in Russia for being an incredibly hard drinker (courtesy of the beverage: Vodka looks almost like water).

'''Einar Gerhardsen''' (1897-1987) was the longest serving prime minister of UsefulNotes/{{Norway}}, and founder of the post war social democracy in that country. His longevity in office, and afterwards, gained him the label ''father of the nation'', an epithet he bore with pride to his death. Born and raised in humble conditions, he joined the labor party in his youth, and gradually climbed the ranks, becoming party leader, and later mayor of the capital of Oslo, until he turned out to be the logical choice for the position of Prime Minister in post war Norway. He held the office for ''eighteen years'', until a mine disaster made him resign in 1963. To a whole generation of Norwegians, he was ''the'' prime minister.

* ColdWar: Gerhardsen was a cold war prime minister all the way, although the Norwegian communist party had strong support immidiately after the ending of the Second World War (this because of their strong resistance block). Then, in 1947, the Norwegian government decided to join the Nato alliance (after extensive pondering from Gerhardsen`s side - he hid in his cabin for days before making a decision). In 1948, after the coup in Czhekhoslovakia, Gerhardsen held his famous speech (the Kråkerøy address) where he proclaimed the communists to be the main enemy of the state. From then on, surveillance and infiltration escalated, and the Norwegian Communist Party was broken completely. The internal dissent in the Labor Party itself resulted in a new left wing party (the Socialists), which in turn helped pushing Gerhardsen from power.

** Another CrowningMomentOfAwesome occured when he turned down the US on their proposal to place nuclear weapons in Norway. Here, he followed a popular anti-nuclear movement, and had to turn down [[UsefulNotes/DwightEisenhower President Eisenhower]] himself. When considering this was 1957, at the height of the ColdWar (with the Russian sputnik being launched and the Soviet attack on UsefulNotes/{{Hungary}} the year before), this was a daring move. To this day, ''no'' nuclear weapons have been placed in Norway.

* LandslideElection: The first post war election gained the Labor Party, ''with support from the communists'', total majority in the Norwegian parliament. It secured a stable Labor government for eighteen years. Three years later, the ColdWar began.

* NoodleIncident: Gerhardsen became party leader and then prime minister after the ousting of former prime minister [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Nygaardsvold Johan Nygaardsvold]], who actually had been in power for ten years (prolonged because of WorldWarII). Nygaardsvold resigned without incident in the summer/early autumn of 1945, paving the way for Gerhardsen and his men. ''How'' this actually happened is a moot point on Norwegian history.

* ReluctantWarrior / OddManOut: The Norwegian role in the early phase of ColdWar Europe. The country still relied on the TechnicalPacifist trope, and the oddness comes into play when considering an (almost) One-party state ruled by an (almost) socialist government, fitting for Eastern Europe, but conveniently placed inside the Western zone of political interests, and a member of the NATO alliance almost from the start.

* ColdBloodedTorture: When you are in a German consentration camp, you have to experience some. Gerhardsen did. He ''never'' spoke of it afterwards. He clearly had some aftershocks, like having trouble sleeping. It increased his {{badass}} status.

* TheMole: According to some newly opened Russian KGB archives, one of his ministers was forced into informing the Soviet intelligence on Norwegian affairs. This becomes even more eerie when we consider that this was his last government, formed in 1960. At the same time, people close to him had ties to the CIA. The whole Kings Bay affair in 1962, who eventually made Gerhardsen resign in 1963, may have been a YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness situation, as far as the Americans are concerned. In this case, people close to him were instrumental in forcing him from power.

* NoodleIncident: Gerhardsen became party leader and then prime minister after the ousting of former prime minister [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Nygaardsvold Johan Nygaardsvold]], who actually had been in power for ten years (prolonged because of WorldWarII). Nygaardsvold retreated without incident in the summer/early autumn of 1945, paving the way for Gerhardsen and his men. ''How'' this actually happened is a moot point on Norwegian history.

** DeniedFoodAsPunishment: usually, when given bread and water (and nothing else), the prison time was reduced. You had to share your food with the cockroaches, though. Gerhardsen actually suffered under this for ''75 days straight''.

** DeniedFoodAsPunishment: usually, when given bread and water (and nothing else), the prison time was reduced. You had to share your food with the cockroaches, though.

* NoodleIncident: Gerhardsen became party leader and then prime minister after the ousting of war prime minister Johan Nygaardsvold, who actually had been in power for ten years (prolonged because of WorldWarII). Nygaardsvold retreated without incident in the summer/early autumn of 1945, paving the way for Gerhardsen and his men. ''How'' this actually happened is a moot point on Norwegian history.

* LandslideElection: The first post war election gained the Labor Party, ''with support from the communists'', total majority in the Norwegian parliament. It secured a stable Labor government for eighteen years. Three years later, the ColdWar began...

* ThePawn: during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar era, it was a mixed blessing to rule a litte country with strategic values. Gerhardsen knew this, and maneuvred accordingly. But from the bottom of his heart:

** Another CrowningMomentOfAwesome occured when he turned down the US on their proposal to place nuclear weapons in Norway. Here, he followed a popular anti-nuclear movement, and had to turn down [[UsefulNotes/DwightEisenhower President Eisenhower]] himself. When considering this was 1957, at the height of the ColdWar (with the Russian sputnik being launched and the attack of UsefulNotes/{{Hungary}} the year before), this was a daring move. To this day, ''no'' nuclear weapons have been placed in Norway.

** Another CrowningMomentOfAwesome occured when he turned down the US on their proposal to place nuclear weapons in Norway. Here, he followed a popular anti-nuclear movement, and had to turn down [[UsefulNotes/DwightEisenhower President Eisenhower]] himself. When considering this was 1957, at the height of the ColdWar (with the Russian sputnik being launched and the attack of UsefulNotes/Hungary), this was a daring move. To this day, ''no'' nuclear weapons have been placed in Norway.

* ICantDance: Damn Straight. He allegedly danced once, at the folk museum in Oslo, with UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushChev. Hilarity ensued.