Oct. 15, 1964 | Newsreel on Khrushchev Resignation

Oct. 15, 1964 - Premier Nikita Krushchev has lost political power in the Soviet Union. He was replaced today by Leonid Brezhnev, 57, as first secretary of the Communist party, and by Alexei Kosygin, 60, as premier. He even lost his seat in the Presidium of the Central Committee of the party, the third and last position he held in the leadership. This indicated that he had fallen into total disgrace.

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