Nikita Khrushchev was the Soviet leader who authorized the building of the Berlin Wall to prevent East Germans from defecting to the West, and also approved the placement of nuclear weapons in Cuba, leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Nikita Khrushchev

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Nikita Khrushchev

A) was the Soviet leader who built the Berlin Wall and put nuclear missiles in Cuba.
B) greatly admired John F. Kennedy and personally attended Kennedy's funeral.
C) refused to meet with any U.S. leaders and cut off diplomatic relations with the United States.
D) was the first Russian leader to be educated in the West and to be fluent in English.
E) launched the Korean War.

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