Anatoly Dobrynin was Soviet Ambassador to the United States, serving from 1962 to 1986 and most notably during the Cuban Missile Crisis; he was appointed by Nikita Khrushchev. Soviet redirects here. ... The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States over the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba. ... Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchyov (Khrushchev) (Russian: ÐикиÌÑа СеÑгеÌÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ Ð¥ÑÑÑÑв listen?, April 17, 1894 â September 11, 1971) was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. ...
After his long term as ambassador, he returned to Moscow, leading the international department of the Communist Party's Secretariat for two years. Saint Basils Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower of Moscow Kremlin at Red Square. ...