What is Sergei Khrushchev?
[[File:Sergei Chruschtschow 2010.jpg|right|200px]] '''Sergei Nikitich Khrushchev''' ({{lang-ru|Серге́й Ники́тич Хрущёв}}, July 2, 1935 &ndash; June 18, 2020) was a [[Russian people|Russian]]-American [[Mechanical engineer|engineer]]. He was the son of former [[List of Premiers of the Soviet Union|Soviet Premier]] [[Nikita Khrushchev]]. Khrushchev worked in many high-level [[engineering]] positions. From 1968 to 1991, he worked at the Control Computer Institute in [[Moscow]]. From the years 1958 to 1968, Khrushchev worked as an [[engineer]], then later as a deputy section head in charge of [[guidance system]]s for [[missile]] and [[space]] [[design]]. He was an advisor to the [[Cold War Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.coldwar.org/ |title=Cold War Museum website |access-date=2020-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630084058/http://www.coldwar.org/ |archive-date=2014-06-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at [[Brown University]]. In July 1999, he became a naturalized American citizen.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kerlin|first1=Janet|title=Sergei Khrushchev will take oath of U.S. citizenship on July 12|url=https://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/1999-00/99-002.html|website=Brown University News|publisher=Brown University|access-date=15 June 2015}}</ref> Khrushchev [[suicide|shot himself]] on June 18, 2020 at his [[Cranston, Rhode Island]] home at the age of 84.<ref>[https://tass.com/society/1169413 Ex-Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s son dies in US]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Khrushchev, Sergei}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Suicides by firearm in the United States]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:American computer engineers]] [[Category:Russian engineers]] {{US-bio-stub}}