Khrushchev first joined the communist party in 1918 becoming a member of its central committee in 1934. In 1935 he supervised the completion of the Moscow Subway, for which he received the Order of Lenin in 1935. That year he became the first secretary of the Moscow city and regional party organization another words the governor of Moscow. In 1936, at the 17th Part y Congress, he had been elected a full time member of the 70-man central Committee of …showed first 75 words of 719 total…

…showed last 75 words of 719 total…regional party organization another words the governor of Moscow. In 1936, at the 17th Part y Congress, he had been elected a full time member of the 70-man central Committee of the Communist Part y of the Soviet Union. This is what began him on his way to eventually gain leadership of the Soviet Union. In 1953 after the death of Joseph Stalin and the execution of the powerful state security chief, Lavrenty Beria, which Khrushchev engineered