It was announced that Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev had been removed from office. He was succeeded as premier by Alexei N. Kosygin and Communist Party Secretary by Leonid I. Brezhnev.
It was announced that Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev had been removed from office. He was succeeded as premier by Alexei N. Kosygin and Communist Party Secretary by Leonid I. Brezhnev.