Khrushchev (surname) explained

Khrushchev is one of numerous transliterations of the Russian male surname Хрущёв. Its feminine counterpart is Khrushcheva (Хрущёва). Notable people with the surname include:

• Leonid Khrushchev (1917–1943), missing aviator
• Lyudmila Khrushcheva (born 1955), Russian racewalker
• Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971), leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964
• Nikita Khrushchev (journalist) (1959–2007), grandson of Nikita Khrushchev Sr.
• Nina Kukharchuk (1900–1984), wife of Nikita Khrushchev Sr.
• Nina L. Khrushcheva (born 1964), great-granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev Sr.
• Sergei Khrushchev (1935-2020), engineer and son of Nikita Khrushchev Sr.

See also

• , a 2003 biography of Nikita Khrushchev
• Kid Kruschev, a 2017 album by Sleigh Bells
• Smash (wrestler) (born 1959), who also used the stage name Krusher Khruschev