Nixon vs. Khrushchev - The Kitchen Debate (1959)

[@pontifixmax]

Gotta love this. People think of politics being so progressive today but here was a time when the U.S. and the USSR were sworn enemies and had missiles at the ready pointed at each other yet each country's leaders had the courage to meet face to face and debate unscripted, in front of the media no less. Not something we will ever see today.

[@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917]

Everyone likes to act like today the world is burning when they were born in the year 2000 and don't know any better.

[@georgedise1768]

Nixon was Vice President under Dwight Eisenhower during this. Kruschev was famous for shooting off at the mout any time he could and it got him in a lot of trouble. He also said "we will bury you" about the United States and was genuinely confused that Americans took it as a threat. Apparently phrase has a more benign slang definition in Russian.

[@teogonzalez7957]

George Dise “we will bury you” was a mistranslation. What he meant was more along the lines of “we will be there to see you buried” basically he just meant the USSR would outlast the US, not that they would cause it’s demise.

[@georgedise1768]

@@teogonzalez7957 I know what he meant. Its not a mistranslation if people understand your literal meaning as different from your figurative meaning. The real problem with him using this expression is that people told Kruschev it translates into a threat in English but he kept using it internationally anyway. Not the actions of a clever diplomat.

[@dreamdiction]

Russia and America have never been enemies, they have always been alies. The so-called "Cold War" was fake. The Bolshevik revolution was funded from New York because Communism was always dependent on Corporate Capitalism. America never had anything to fear from the Soviets because there was never a time the Soviets could feed themselves. From 1923 to 1988 America kept Communism alive with multi-million ton annual grain and industrial shipments which the USSR never paid for. The Soviets only source of foreign currency was selling things they received as free aid from America, so all Communist aid to Cuba, Angola, China, N.Korea and N.Vietnam was paid for by US Taxpayers. The Americans and the Cubans were working together all along, that's why the Marines always had a Military base in Cuba called Guantanamo Bay. Communism has all along been a project of American Imperialism. Globalism is the communist utilization of capitalism to destroy nation states and collectivize the whole world under a One World Government. Marxists know that nationalism can protect us against communism, that's why Marxists spread the lie that nationalism is the same as racism.

[@Baurles]

5:38-5:59 Is such an interesting moment. Nixon’s interpreter minsinterprets, unintentionally, what Khruschcev is saying to make it sound like a huge insult ”You do not know anything”, but Nixon doesn’t believe that that could be true and so Khrushchevs interpeter steps in and corrects him, and Nixon follows along. He could have just taken his own interpreters words to be true and felt extremely offended by Khrushchev’s words, but he didn’t believe it and instead tried to really understand. Beautiful moment.

[@АдамБреннан]

I noticed that too! The Cold War wasn’t pleasant by any means, but you can’t deny that it wasn’t a modern renaissance. A lot of very unique characters and smart people battling it out to outdo one another. So much of what we take for granted now began as Cold War tech. Oh, if only we could go back in time to this moment and tell these two gentlemen how in the future, it will become clear that despite them being enemies, they were the best thing for the two nations. Life is funny.

[@westsidesmitty1]

Well said!

[@zekaifan4544]

Are you sure it’s not the other way around? Simultaneous interpreters today usually translate their own clients’ speech for other parties. If this was the case, the one making the mistake was Khrushchev’s interpreter translating his boss’ comments to English.

[@HECKAKYH-ADEKBATEH]

@@АдамБреннан Cold war was started by Churchil and supported by Truman, it started by US breaking all agreements and guarantees it has achieved with USSR.

[@HECKAKYH-ADEKBATEH]

Thats a lie, the guy has supported keeping ideological ex-Axis in the state machine to finish off USSR. You can't offend someone, who is insane.

[@garyedward209]

Khruschev never heard of subtitles until this debate

[@Tuning_Spork]

Your last statement is confused. It was reading the text, as the conversation happened, that helped Norwegians to learn the English language. To " watch American and English movies rather than reading the texts" would only make things harder! *nit*pick*nit*pick* ;-)

[@jeansimard6944]

Subtitled started to appear in news paper in early 1900's. It never stopped since. Of course he knew about it.

@Christian Beck Thank you, this helped my long day dealing with the CCP Virus. It is nice not to be called racist. haha.

[@fanaanefelibata5067]

@ Great comment! Very informative you seem like a very intelli...."CCP Virus"....wait never mind

[@DmitriFilms]

Nixon is acting like a proper diplomat whilst Khruschev is more like a Russian grandpa who's had a few and is trying to lay down his wisdom.

[@trespasser121]

The fool was Ukrainian.

[@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917]

There is a reason he was ousted and Brezhnev stepped in.

[@3zyPL]

It's what populists do - look at Trump, for example.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

That’s how he endeared himself to Stalin, the Central Committee, and the Soviet people. Khruschev was funny and always spoke what was on his mind.

[@chochopav]

Just like when you conversate with a russian or a us-american! You will have a normal real conversation with the russian and a superficial, empty confersation with the us-american!

[@EricEric2004]

Tons of misinterpretations in subtitles and verbal translation. When Khrushchev says - "Let's compete", subtitles go - "Let's Kiss". WTF?

[@brandonproductions8401]

Brezhnev?

[@EricEric2004]

KoivuTheHab 4:50 he clearly says let’s compete when he talks about competition between Communism and Capitalism.

[@EricEric2004]

KoivuTheHab he goes- you are an advocate(lawyer) for capitalism, I’m the advocate for communism. “tak davayte posorivnuemsya”. Meaning - Let’s compete.

[@РичмондБалконский]

@@EricEric2004 Yeah, the translation is way off in this sentence. Maybe because "posorevnuyemsa" and "potseluyemsa (kiss) " sound similar.. but why would somebody think that he said "kiss"? That would be random af

[@СтепанБеркутов]

@KoivuTheHab Давайте посоревнуемся in cyrillic))

[@Bylov6812]

Listening to this, knowing russian extensively, it's funny how straight forward and simple man was Khrushchev

[@mistersquare7327]

He wasn`t that simple. He was a shrewd politician, otherwise he wouldn`t have become the general secretary of the party after Stalin.

[@Bylov6812]

@@mistersquare7327 Which makes him terrifying in some sense. Also, it's been 4 years. I was illegal then! No idea what I was spewing.

[@jeffdalrymple1634]

Krushchev wasn't an educated man but he possessed morals and logic. He wanted to be an engineer. But only got as far as being a machinist. Too bad he got caught up with the civil war.

[@Anonymous-qj3sf]

Он как колхозник разговаривает

[@KellyKelly-qd7my]

Life was 💩living under him. In 1964 when my dear Mother was pregnant with my older brother Cruschev gave away the surplus of Soviet grain to some "brotherly" county that SU was trying to win over. The long story short, that year crops didn't come up and whole year was year of nearly famine. My Mother craved bread so badly and remembered how calcium on her teeth dissolved down to dentine layer. Her body decided (and rightfully so) that her baby needed it more. Every time you see a funny politician know there is trouble.

[@chalkwarrior5542]

My history teacher told us about this and said that it's surreal, watching two world leaders having a petty argument in two different languages in the middle of what was supposed to be a kitchenware showcase.

[@arsnakehert]

Perhaps your history teacher wouldn't be as shocked by this after witnessing the kinds of things that unfold on Twitter

[@Emery_Pallas]

@@arsnakehert Twitter is where you go to watch people have a political brawl over who gets to say a mediocre cartoon is bad. This is much more fun

[@無題-iz2l]

Mine too.

[@valyrias1625]

Nixon wasn't one of the world leaders in 1959, he was a vice president of Eisenhower back then.

[@patrickthomas8890]

@@valyrias1625That makes him a world leader. He was also the heir apparent to the presidency

[@sellers737]

well I can definitely see how Khrushchev survived Stalin

[@aa898246]

OK STALIN, I KNOW YOU'RE DOING PURGES BUT IM GONNA WALK AWAY AND WAVE BYE-BYE YOU CANT CATCH ME

[@Rus-bw2oq]

Stalin himself did not survive Khrushchev. The supressed fact is Stalin was poisoned and the criminal Khrushchev was responsible with some others for killing Stalin.

[@carval51]

Because kruschev act like clown of stalin, by no mean im offending him buy he actually really smart which make stalin keep him until he do power grab and purge all shittyness in gov.

[@docmalthus]

@@Rus-bw2oq It was the criminal Beria who poisoned Stalin. Uncle Joe even pointed at Beria as he was dying.

[@eldo5023]

Lol

[@pukalo]

Khrushchev's hat is pretty sharp, I'll give him that.

[@nosferatuoddz7974]

8=============================D

[@nsms1297]

@@nosferatuoddz7974 so chinese like Soviet union

[@vincegalila7211]

@@nsms1297 more like China became Soviet-ish.

[@derekklever3110]

This is OG shit both mafia gangster type niggas running country with balls. Being Cuban we were trapped in the middle of all this shit. The game of these two superpowers.

[@G1CAAAAEO]

Mother Russia's pimp lol

[@GeoPol01]

Krushev seemed like a funny guy

[@kallubhaskar]

Obsolutely right

[@isaactaleb2981]

You mean extremely rude?

[@alexc3504]

@@isaactaleb2981 More like proud.

[@alexandrvasilev2865]

@@isaactaleb2981 he was a miner and war veteran

[@liammcdougall7483]

@@kai2k5 afraid that's propaganda

[@marko1263]

Khruschev is hilarious. Absolute madman right there.

[@CrazyLeiFeng]

Stalin did not kill him like others because he was hilarious and danced village dances.

[@mikkokivisto4414]

@@CrazyLeiFeng Sad, but pretty much the truth.

[@starguy321]

If you consider how far that Russia had come that century, from a backwards economy to defeating Nazi Germany and putting the first object and man in space, it doesn’t seem so insane to think they’d soon be making more TVs

[@isaactaleb2981]

You mean very disrespectful and rude? A tyrant basically.

[@vladvladislav4335]

Russian native speaker here. Khrushchev is just trolling, this is a normal soviet humor. It might be hard for western people to get it because of the language and culture barrier, but to me his speech sounds 100% like those silly jokes of my grandpa. Seems like Khrushchov didn't care about his image in the west and allowed himself to joke just so that only the russians will understand.

[@AABB-zb6dv]

Around 5:40 it's impressive how Nixon knew the translation was wrong. The translator left out one important part and then the other guy corrected him.

[@armaanjoseph3941]

West always spreading propoganda

[@Ulexcool]

@@armaanjoseph3941 ???

[@armaanjoseph3941]

@@Ulexcool triggered snowflake

[@duffharris3172]

lol your envy is showing@@armaanjoseph3941

[@BrandonHanson]

Over 60 years later and this is something I wish we could see on Television in modern times. When two countries have high tensions but return laughs, handshakes, and so on to each other during a War. How times have changed...

[@clarkcochran6881]

That's such a neat thing, I wish more free debates like this could be held in the world.

[@TheBanjoShowOfficial]

Well this is quite the idiotic and tone deaf comment

[@myman8336]

@@TheBanjoShowOfficial How..? What are you scared of conversation..?

[@maplemaple1439]

@Central Intelligence Agency we did have like a few lines of Xi and Trump talking about how cool and long lasting Chinese civilization was, and comparing it to some others like Egypt. Probably the one time when Xi wasn't saying something that had hours of preparation and propaganda scripting behind it, and the one time Trump wasn't saying things that made people want to facepalm. And we'll probably never see something like that again from either of those people.

[@mayena]

I have to admit Nikita Khruschchev does posess a sort of charisteric charisma.

[@isaactaleb2981]

He does not, he's extremely rude and disrespectful.

[@dukeofdepressed3980]

Isaac Taleb Well you’re right, but also wrong. Khrushchev could be rude sometimes, but he did have a sort of charm

[@woodonfire7406]

He used to be like Stalin's private jester so that explains his “Charisma"

[@renovatio93]

Dude im just laughing at the fucking anticom retards who dont the first thing about the substance of the debate. ignorant fucking subhuman westerners. typical.

[@TheSeanoops]

renovatio93 Dude, calm down.

[@mechanicism8060]

Bro Imagine Khrushchev and Trump Debating😂😂😂

[@Небезпека]

imagine their handshake

[@rinapup9396]

On 6:11 Khrushchev did't say anything about science, he said "in your ear". in Russian the phrase "in your ear" can be heard as "about science". So what he actually said was "What I say to you in your ear won't be translated". Maybe someone already said about that in the comments but just in case

[@helosoribadinglish1071]

4:55 Khrushchev: Let's compete Subtitles: Let's kiss!

[@ab9819]

🤣🤣🤣

[@babarazamsucks]

😂😂😂Now I can’t stop laughing after finding out about this!🤣🤣🤣

[@stasgl92]

Khrushchev was respected by the Soviet people for his good deeds such as mass housing, the first human flight into space, and others, and at the same time hated for some bad reforms. I would not call him a clown, he was a true patriot of our country.

[@karsten9895]

Most importantly, he denounced Stalin's crimes!

[@devinthierault]

Staunch pragmatist I'd say

[@karsten9895]

​@Uni BlackSister Alexander Solzhenitsyn - if you have any idea, who that was (I doubt it) - at the funeral of poet and publisher Twardowski (read a book about those times to understand who those persons were) took a flower from his wreath and put it on Khruchev's grave. The great Russian writer and dissident who personally suffered in the Gulag and who really finally revealed the truth about the terrible crimes of the Soviet regime, was probably much more qualified than we both (and I have ancestors who suffered in the Gulag too!) to judge a man like General Secretary Khruchev. Historical figures like him are beyond the simplistic moral standards of KZbin keyboard warriors. Those were horrific times and Khruchev certainly had blood on his hands. But his actions as party boss also led to a relief of the inhumane pressure and fear which millions of Soviet citizens had to endure every night during Stalin's regime, even if he didn't break with communism. Really: read some serious books. Educate yourself before you reveal yourself as ignorant with such misplaced comparisons.

[@karsten9895]

To call him a patriot 'of our country' is ironic though, since he was a patriot of a country that doesn't exist anymore.

[@karsten9895]

@Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин you're as sick a piece of shit as the evil dictator whose image and name you use as an avatar.

[@gorbachev-1986]

'As we pass you by, we'll wave "hi" to you.' Oh dear.... That certainly did not happen.

[@ArttuH5N1]

Well they certainly waved "hi" to everyone from outer space, with Sputnik and Gagarin. But it didn't last and they were left behind.

[@gorbachev-1986]

Sergej Baskirov Oh dear... Was it all Gorbachev's fault? Perhaps you should read into the Brezhnev era.

[@impwendel]

LOL

[@aferguson850]

Nicholas Boyd kruschev - the ultimate meme

[@MrPvtmartin]

Nicholas Boyd to be fair, during Khrushchev's era the country was growing very rapidly

[@javamola4771]

That short and friendly phrase by Khrushchew "as we pass you by , we'll wave hi to you" and long gesture of waving his hand , had the capability of reducing the tension between the two super-powers tens of times better than thousands of summit if it had been understood properly at the time

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

It was a condescending and mocking boast about his own claimed superiority. What more is there to properly understand?

[@JJVernig]

It took the Chinese a few decades, but it almost is on this point..

[@nick56677]

Narrator: "In fact, the Soviet Union would wave Bye Bye to the United States in 1991, but not in the way Khruschev boasts about"

[@KingCharles3]

Both nations were meant to be bitter enemies yet they act so openly and jokingly together. Amazing bit of footage

[@MCO18]

I love the part at 1:56 when he puts on his hat and playfully gestures to someone off camera until someone nudges him closer to Nixon. lol

[@kimjongil9611]

This is far funnier than any stand up comedy

[@arthurp19]

Its great how Nixon stays composed and continues to try and develop an equal agreement throughout the conversation, even when Kruschchev has pretty obnoxious comments.

[@dnickaroo3574]

Khrushchev starts by rubbishing the US exhibit, and bragging about Soviet rockets. Nixon remains polite, but makes the point that he had got up early to go to the City Markets. There he met and talked to Russian workers and farmers. One immediately wonders if Khrushchev ever did anything similar; Nixon can then say that Russians do want to see the US exhibit. Khrushchev demolished politely but completely. What an embarrassment he must have been after Stalin.

[@kencoleman5007]

While he wasn't great at electoral process, the man was stellar at diplomacy and policy.

[@sumtingwong5248]

I wouldn't be surprised if this performance here was part of the reason he was canned by the Politburo 5 years later. He was seen as an embarrassment by much of the Soviet leadership

[@dukeofdepressed3980]

NORCAL OFFROAD Just based on how he’s speaking, it kinda seems like Nixon is talking for the camera. If it was an offscreen debate, they honestly probably would’ve had a nice conversation.

[@eXTreemator]

@@dnickaroo3574 nixon is boring that appeals to your boring "composed" anglosaxon shmucks

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

I like the pimp hat.

[@TheDazzler420]

You are pimp, that was legendary.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

@@TheDazzler420 ha ha.

[@paudsmcmack3117]

I love his comparison of being a miner to a lawyer. How charismatic are they both!

[@douglasjames1943]

And yet they were both common men from poor backgrounds.

[@spandexballet2724]

I think this debate really shows something that is lost in most instances of political competition and Cold War relations. Both Nixon and Khrushchev are actually trying to both be entertaining to an audience and most importantly both are promoting an idealised utopian future. The latter in this instance I think is sadly missed in this multipolar world, It has less become about trying to aspire to greatness but more so to bring others down to your level. Neither party attempts to say that we will annihilate the other but rather instead they attempt to show that each attempt to compete in a way which ideally will promote a better world. Regardless of what evantually happened to the Soviet Union, I think Khrushchev is one of the few leaders during the Cold War that should be applauded for this, unlike Brezhnev or Stalin, he attempts to promote soviet idealism and attempts to try to bring the Soviet Union back to what Lenin had better envisioned.

[@TheBanjoShowOfficial]

eeeh. seeems like some commie bullshit you just said. I don't think the US has ever, since its conception, ever, proposed a utopia.

[@nikobrenic8444]

TheBanjoShow the Free market is the utopian society.... might not be as poetic but it’s true.

[@TheBanjoShowOfficial]

yeah, almost cosmologically. But that isn't the definition of utopia for most people. Most people use the fantastical idea of utopia, where no one works, and everyone is happy all the time. Something that hasn't, and will never exist. I understand what you say though.

[@MaxRideWizardLord]

+nik obrenic I'm 100% sure that none politicians were tried to enforce the free market. Slowly and painfully work toward it without radical measures and massacres like Ron Paul would do? Maybe, but that's not an utopian, but practical way of achieving it, and neither radical. Then again, tea party is one of the most underrated party, while it's still ruled and dominated by parlamentian goverment, which is anything but "free market".

[@ohwell6422]

I mean, he still brutally repressed the members of the Eastern Bloc so we shouldn't applaud him too hard.

[@CapitanoGUC-gf6el]

Respect for both of them

[@P7777-u7r]

props to the two translators working hard in the background to make sure they both understand what the other is saying

[@kateis1]

Such a wonderful, meaningful, equally respectful communication! Khruschev is very fast-thinking, witty, refuting the image of evil, nasty communist. He says one important thing: 'You want capitalism, this is your internal question'. And if my country is different, it doesnt mean it should be disrespected or blamed continuously. I'm proud to see the ruler of my country, interacting in such a lively manner! And Nixon is good, too. Great video, thank you)

[@MohamedShahbain-b7p]

I find this so entertaining I thought they would be at each other's throats, but they look like a couple of guys just having a fun debate and expressing their opinions in a positive manner. If only politics today can be the same.

[@TrueLifeAdventures]

I wish it would've been Krushchev and LBJ....a clash of true ego and personality.

[@jackguinn4837]

Yes, much more similar men in temperament.

[@pretzelstick320]

@@jackguinn4837 lbj would have insisted on a penis measuring contest by the urinals.

[@mauricioochoa4179]

That would have been something

[@trueqiuhan]

By LBJ do you mean LeBron James? I hope so, that would have been hilarious.

[@babarazamsucks]

@@trueqiuhan Um no. Not really. Not at all. Lyndon Baines Johnson.

[@TheBINIBALL]

Nikita Kruschev has got to be one of the most vivacious leaders of the 20th Century. More than 65 years have passed and I can still feel his infectious energy from the screen. Imagine having him as a grandpa

[@ubernoobslayer]

Why would the Soviets overthrow this guy? He was funnier than Reagan!

[@vasiliymedvedev1532]

Brezhnev's speech when Khruschev was ousted: "You, Comrade Khrushchev, behave yourself outrageously and allow yourself to insult and humiliate like-minded people... Dividing the regional committees into industrial and agricultural, is your big mistake, it is simply unacceptable. We tried to prevent you from such stupidity, but you did not want to listen to anyone. Moreover, to all who opposed your undertaking, you hung the label of conservatives or Stalinists. The end result of this reform is the loss of party authority and the deterioration of the moral climate... The liquidation of branch ministries and the creation of economic councils are a crushing blow to the economy. Almost all members of the presidium opposed this reform, but their opinion meant nothing to you. You did everything that comes to your mind. The result of this "creativity" is a decrease in the pace of production, an increase in the bureaucratic apparatus, a decrease in the standard of living of people... Your last note on improving agricultural management is confusing. It is impossible to understand anything there. For some reason, everyone thought that you, Nikita Sergeevich, are an expert in agriculture. But the facts speak otherwise. You just bankrupted villagers. As a result of your reforms, 139 thousand, as you say, "unpromising villages" disappeared. They disappeared at a speed of 13 villages per day. This is something scary. People abandon their places in which they lived for years and flee to the city, fleeing from your good deeds..."

[@richardyoung1890]

Vasiliy Medvedev Brezhnev was a tough bird and more refined than Kruschev! Your statement mirrors his ideas that Kruschev was a unsophisticated bully that almost started WW 3 and caused widespread starvation amongst the Russian people!

[@madwolf0966]

Richard Young it's not like Kruscehv was the only in for the cause of famine's :/

[@paulhill2366]

@@madwolf0966 before the Soviets, in the tsarist times, Russia was always blighted by famines

[@kenetickups6146]

Because he was against stalinism

[@garypaul1033]

This was quite interesting. I would enjoy seeing more of these "Kitchen Debate" interactions!

[@mizukami999]

Let's compete translated as Let's kiss. Advocate of capitalism translated as Lawyer of capitalism...

[@dedops]

Advocate, in russian, IS lawyer

[@mizukami999]

dedops but lawyer and advocate is not the same in this case

[@DeltaFlyer0]

mizukami999 адвокат капитализма = lawyer of capitalism, advocate of capitalism would be сторонник капитализма, no?

[@mizukami999]

DeltaFlyer0 In Russian, lawyer = advocate, but advocate also = protector of. So Khrushev probably said "You're the advocate of capitalism, I'm the advocate of communism. So let's compete"

[@MaxRideWizardLord]

By the word "адвокат" in this very context, he literally meant the lawyer, dolboeb. Not "advocating" something.

[@charlietallman9583]

Look at how physical this debate is. Shoulder nudges, a little shoving, hard shoulder slapping, and a super weird long hand shake.The body language is pre fist fight. Khrushchev is trying to physically intimidate Nixon. Nixon's body language screams "I'm laughing at you little loud man, and I'm not afraid"

[@marshmallowbudgie]

"shut UP little man!"

[@arkybaldknobber8062]

Juan...shut up greaser, and go make me a taco

[@dnickaroo3574]

Khrushchev comes across as a bully... or an uneducated peasant! Nixon knows that K. Is hanging himself.

[@e.s.g.5997]

Hahahaha, I guess a puppy like you too got intimidated by Nikita!

[@Mister_Belvidere]

@@bloanta at this time the US would have annihilated the Soviet Union. The Soviets actually had military parity in the late 70s, but in the late 50s is when the disparity was the greatest.

[@AlanMannion100]

Yes, very funny scene; Khrushchev takes it all in stride; I cannot imagine any official nudging Stalin ( lol); ; Khrushchev may come across as something of the clown in this so-called debate but he was far from any clown; his memoirs reveal a thoughtful and wise man, far-sighted and always willing to learn;

[@realleft8588]

David Delaney

[@jackieblewett641]

Nonsense. he proved here he is a fool.

[@alexp8785]

People respected Stalin. Nobody respected Khrushchev

[@jackieblewett641]

@@alexp8785 After Stalin Soviet Union declined and finally died in 1992 or so

[@livethefuture2492]

he WAS stalin's jester. and by creating this comedic image of himself he survived the purges.

[@capmr2021]

Fun Fact : When Stalin was asked why did he keep khrushchev in his inner circle (because he was just an ordinary and typical Soviet politician at the time) , His answer was : Because he makes me laugh

[@Beyonder1987]

Khrushchev VS Donald Trump would have ended badly. I mean really bad. Khrushchev would have allot to say, especially about his Trumps hair.

[@Fantomas24ARM]

lol, hair part is very true xD

[@allthewarsintheworld1823]

Trump would have just commented on the fact that Khrushchev doesn't have any hair and that would be that

[@MrDonboston]

I swear I have the strangest feeling that Trump is Krushchev reincarnated

[@wilsonfisk6626]

Don Smajlovic Give Khrushchev some credit, Trump wouldn't build thousands of apartment buildings across the U.S..

[@LiveForPanda]

That would end up in a nuclear war

[@ParadoxycOnline]

was the debate shown in USSR with english subtitles like Khruschev agreed?

[@yohannes6369]

I doubt it.

[@ricarleite]

+ParadoxycOnline You're seeing it. Was it broadcast uncut in the soviet union?

[@Atilla_the_Fun]

I think you mean Russian subtitles.

[@JohnDoe-rw4hl]

The audio here is spliced dishonestly and even misaligned with the footage, apparently to cast Nixon in a more impolite light and to give the impression of calculated smoothness. Or was this an American broadcast and edited like that simply for time? kzbin.info/www/bejne/emirooKodsaemdE

[@JohnnyWoodard]

They most certainly did at the time of this recording.

[@Валерий-х5ш4я]

Спасибо Никите Сергеевичу Хрущёву за наше счастливое детство...

[@robertpolityka8464]

I thought it was ironic how Nixon in 1957 agreed that everything that's on tape should be presented for the world to see.

[@N_Newman]

Very funny... I laughed a lot. Thanks for posting it.

[@shojogrl]

I just finished reading an assignment on Khrushchev called, "The Fall of Nikita Khrushchev" by William J. Tompson. Wanted to see what kind of person Khrushchev was, and stumbled across this video. It breaks my heart that this jolly loving soul, was betrayed by friends, who secretly plotted against him. To make matters worse, they insulted him in front of the whole USSR Presidium. It even got real petty, like talking about the man’s family and stuff. That was just beyond cruel. Khrushchev had a good attitude about it though, and stepped down peacefully. However I read on Wikipedia, that Khrushchev went into a deep depression after the betrayal, and never really recovered from it. Broke my heart reading that. He seemed like such a sweet person. Anyway, with all that being said……Thanks for uploading this video!!! This may be weird to some, but this was like closure for me. I was able to view in the window of Khrushchev’s soul. I hope some joy was restored, in his life ❤️

[@shojogrl]

Also Leonid Brezhnev was an ole punk coward!!! Wish Khrushchev would have jumped him in a dark alleyway, just once. Put them farmer hands to use 😤💪🤛

[@dnickaroo3574]

Agricultural and industrial development had done poorly under Khrushchev, leading to demonstrations and open protests. Khrushchev ordered the use of machine-guns against protesters, and many children were killed. That sealed his fate.

[@amarsta]

You can get a better look into his thoughts by reading his memoirs. The book is titled Krushchev Remembers. He had a very interesting life, from working the mines of Donetsk, to fighting in WWII, through the terror of the Stalin years, and the recovery afterward

[@avibakh]

"What did I agree on"? (did I?!!)

[@ricarleite]

"The debate was broadcast on Moscow television on July 27, albeit late at night and with Nixon's remarks only partially translated."Yeah well, no shit. He didn't keep his promise.

[@nick56677]

I believe in this time period ppl took Kruschev too serious. Yet here u can tell he is obviously joking and having fun lol

[@radziwill7193]

4:55 He said "let's compete" (давайте посоревнуемся)

[@essessessesq]

yes, a soviet marxist praising competition? hahahaha

[@radziwill7193]

@@essessessesq Khrushchev understood nothing about Marxism. This is normal, you need a lot of free time to read Marx. And most importantly, to understand it, which is rarely the case with bookworms.

[@essessessesq]

@@radziwill7193 true, and that was true of most Soviet leaders.....i had a teacher in that era who said "The USSR is not marxist. it is simply a brutal dictatorship with "state capitalism" as its economic system."

[@MrMunashii]

So you guys like the us propaganda a lot dont you

[@radziwill7193]

@@MrMunashii What do you mean?

[@mikeor-]

My great-grandfather said that "Khrushchev was my favorite leader, because... well, he was ridiculous." He later told me that because of Khrushchev's sense of humor, he was stunned at how the Soviet Leader was able to crack jokes at America's expense. He was a member of the CPSU from 1956 until 1992, so he was in the party during the entirety of Khrushchev's tenure.

[@diwanumam1507]

Nixon was much more respectful and sounded more like a leader. Khrushchev was being a comedian.

[@kelvyquayo]

Reminds me of an internet troll without the internet.. (I guess that would just be troll... or in the historical vernacular.. a goofball.)

[@bigeddiespaghetti5618]

Probably cause Nixon is playing an away game

[@myman8336]

I'd rather crack a cold one with my leader and have an honest conversation than him selling me fake promises.. A good leader rides with their men..

[@docmalthus]

Khruschchev was Trump before Trump (except Nikita was much more of a statesman than Donald could ever be).

[@livethefuture2492]

that's how he survived Stalin and was able to maneuver around the others to take power.

[@DoubleMrE]

This happened on the day I was born.

[@dannypenaloza4160]

That means you are 55 years old

[@DoubleMrE]

Daniel Penaloza Really??? OMG! Hehe! Yeah. 55 seemingly very short years. Ironically, it was exactly 15 years later (July 24, 1974) that the last nail was driven into Nixon's coffin when the Supreme Court handed down the United States v. Richard Nixon decision.

[@dannypenaloza4160]

DoubleMrE That means that you were exactly 15 years old when unanimous ruling was decided haha. Yeah very interesting fact though in all seriousness. I did not know that is ironic.

[@emil3884]

Ok, boomer

[@Sycokay]

So refreshingly unlike politicians of today.

[@harley092355]

Also the Russia’s prediction unfortunately is coming true--“you will bury yourselves without us firing a shot”.

[@gattostrafatto8076]

It became true for them first

[@TheVaughan5]

@@gattostrafatto8076 That’s true but strangely at the time of Communist rule ending in Russia I predicted that the West would decline and the freedoms enjoyed would be eroded. Seems I might have been right 😬

[@djwaltoaram7052]

@@TheVaughan5 Define freedom for me please.

[@doctorferdinand1003]

I understand what you're getting at, but for the most part the future actually played out the exact opposite of how Khrushchev predicited. The U.S would go on to outpace the USSR's consumer spending by multitudes. The USSR would fall behind in technological development across all fronts. The USSR also collapsed 4 decades ago due to an inability to intelligently enact reforms, like Nixon hinted at. The U.S went on to continued growth and international power. Yes, times are pretty shitty at this moment, but the country is nowhere near collapse.

[@djwaltoaram7052]

@@doctorferdinand1003 Not to speak of the corruption. My grandfather worked in the Kremlin, he has stories to say the least.

[@remmoze]

As a Russian, the subtitles are totally off. Just in first 20 seconds the meaning of sentences are completely flipped on their sides

[@luxborealis]

Lol, this was the case with both sides in this debate. Both broadcast it but the Soviets "forgot" subtitles on certain thing the Americans said while the Americans mangled the translation on much of what the Russians said.

[@anwarshome]

At least back then, they spoke in-front of the common folk without a twisted tongue. No lies, no manipulation, just straight up talk. Now a days, leaders meet and its like their talking in Morse code among themselves.

[@thatahkabdul]

FACTS!! a key to a great politician is their brutal honesty

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

You say this about a man who imprisoned political dissidents and a man who conspired to undermine democracy.

[@AMStationEngineer]

While my dad was NOT a card carrying "John Bircher", and his automobiles always appeared to have problems making 'left' turns, I remember him joking about "Khrushchev not being here to visit with Eisenhower, or Nixon for that matter, he was here to audition for Lawrence Welk"...

[@DrJones20]

He certainly was much better than Stalin. Things improveed greatly for the russian people in terms of living standards and liberties. Of course that didn't take much since life under Stalin was worse than hell.

[@urmo345]

Stalin was smart and cruel, Nikita quite opposite

[@TALCOLMINTHEMIDDLE]

askjiir Yes, despite being the scene of years of some of the most brutal combat in the entire war, the Soviet economy kept pace with the USA's and even outclassed it in some ways, like rocket technology as my man Nikita points out several times in this debate, well into the 60s. They even scored a lot of early victories like stealing nuclear secrets, Sputnik, swatting down a U2. But, being boxed out of the world economy took its toll, and there was only so much they could strip away from Eastern Europe before that caught up with Russia itself.

[@TALCOLMINTHEMIDDLE]

Hello, Johnny Blaze, I'm an American. I don't think you really understood my comment. It was not a pro-Russian or Anti-American statement, but a statement of facts. And its ironic you should mention Afghanistan...cause it's middle eastern wars that may drive the US over the cliff as well. But all this "American Exceptionalism" really comes down to is geography. The USA has fertile farmlands, natural resources and not to mention some of the largest coastlines in both of the major oceans on the planet. The USA is naturally going to have interests in and be able to extend power to the entire planet. 80% of all the really bad shit that happens on earth happens on the other side of it. It's a pretty sweet spot to be in.

[@spasibo3006]

askjiir but most of the Russian people now have more respect for Stalin than Khruschev. Strange, huh?

[@DrJones20]

spasibo3006 Yes. Very strange.

[@GeneralissimusStalin17]

"You are an advocate for Capitalism and I'm an advocate for Communism. Let's kiss!" LMFAO NIKITA HAD ME THERE

[@baristha]

Mr Nikita kruschev sounds like an Italian mafia boss. His accent definitely resembles that of an Italian mafia Boss.

[@richardyoung1890]

I still remember as a kid Kruschev banging his shoe on the table at the U.N. in anger but what I later found out that was a shoe he had in his briefcase because they showed pics of his feet with both shoes on!Very crafty Ukrainian planed it in advance but made it look like it was spontaneous!

[@StephenLuke]

RIP Nikita Khruschev (1894-1971) and Richard Nixon (1913-1994)

[@ajdndjfhakrhrbrign4435]

“What I’m saying to you” Every slavs worst fear as a kid there baba or grandma would say to them as they are in trouble. Then the finger in the chest... the most pain I’ve endured

[@crimony3054]

Once you study what the USSR sacrificed in WW2, you come to a realization that the potential losses a nuclear exchange were not beyond their experience.

[@cbliddell]

Good to see one of the Three Stooges had a second career managing the Soviet Union.

[@amarsta]

😂

[@anonymousmobster2444]

Very good quality footage for 1959.

[@foxmacnamara8809]

They were legit having a good time though

[@martydrooo]

As a Russian-born American (ie, someone with dual perspectives), I would say you are somewhat right. Khrushchev is very dismissive of any possibility that the US or anyone could do anything better than the USSR, which is indeed an ignorant view point, BUT, but yourself in his shoes. He almost has to be that way for "the party's" sake. He is however, VERY witty and articulate, though in a somewhat bombastic way -- so his country roots do show. Wittier than Obama, and more articulate than bush

[@DonDon45-i5h]

you arent russian

[@martydrooo]

@@DonDon45-i5h remind me where I asked you

[@yvyeeg6254]

​@@martydroooхуя 11 лет прошло а ты ещё на этом аккаунте

[@simonpeter5032]

"I want your word that my words will be taped in english" "Certainly it will!" *Someone's never heard of Bismarck's Ems Dispatch, lmfao*

[@stasgl92]

For example on 4:55 Khrushchev said: 'Let's compete!", not "let's kiss!"

[@stasgl92]

KoivuTheHab I listened Russian speech carefully)

[@stasgl92]

KoivuTheHab he said “давайте соревноваться».

[@danogranovich250]

The guy translating for Nixon isn't giving full translations. You can see towards the end some of Nixon's responses don't fully address what Kruschev is saying. With the thing about mining, the translator told Nixon that "miners in Russia were on the level of lawyers" when in fact Kruschev was saying something closer to "I am the advocate of miners".

[@irishdogclock]

Nikita Khrushchev had such a lovely state funeral. The rain came down, the umbrellas went up, tears flowed, the band played Chopin and then he was no more forever.

[@Bustamamgendut]

So that was Steve Buscemi roasting Mr. Nixon.

[@michaelsmith3901]

Loved how Khrushchev got his drawers in a wad when Nixon needled him about Color TV.

[@omersohail95]

WATCHING THIS EXCHANGE MADE ME ANXIOUS

[@ivillasenor2829]

This is censored, it is missing the KITCHEN DEBATE..lol

[@mikeor-]

The funniest part of this debate is where Khrushchev tells Nixon: "You are a lawyer for Capitalism, and I'm a lawyer for Communism. So let's kiss!" And then Nixon replies: "From the way you speak and the way you dominate the conversation, you would have made a good lawyer yourself." I wonder why Khrushchev never really kissed anyone, and Brezhnev kissed Jimmy Carter. This makes Brezhnev even more ridiculous than Khrushchev.

[@milo6829]

man Khrushchev is a good sport

[@mwrspetsnaz5977]

Dude, Khrushchev is a roasting legend! Time to make the savage compilations.

[@mwilliams1330]

he would have been great on Dean Martin's roasts, him and Rickles would have bought the house down.

[@pingpong1138]

These are the two most powerful leaders of their day, two completely different systems and yet they are so respectful of eachother and can trust the media. Now we can't even get two potential leaders of the USA to actually hold a conversation without shouting let alone end it with a firm and friendly handshake...

[@magmasunburst9331]

Are you saying all these women in politics haven't made it a more humane situation? Didn't they have tens of thousands of years of experience ruling the world?

[@Emery_Pallas]

Isn’t one of the main points of this that Khrushchev doesn’t trust the US to translate his words into English, which isn’t very trusting. And that Khrushchev constantly shouting insults about Nixon and America as a whole, which isn’t very respectful. Nixon wasn’t even president at the time. I’ve never stepped foot on American Soil and I know this. What even is this.

[@Emery_Pallas]

@@magmasunburst9331 oh I didn’t know people of the different Sexes acquire political experience intergenerationally. Do all women have the desire to set fire to a towns entire dove supply and use them as a tool to burn the city of the guy who was trying to marry them after killing their husband to the ground?

[@NapalmSabbathChains]

Great piece of history right here

[@brendanjrice7307]

this was pry as friendly as the Cold War had got until the 80s

[@rKhael53]

Even if this surely contains a load hypocrisis, that put a smile on face seeing two ideologicaly antithesis leaders friendly speaking to each other like this, engaging in a "sane" competition

[@TheGamingParadise22]

Lmao it’s like watching a comedy sitcom

[@BlocksNinja]

Suprisingly wholesome.

[@lordofsales77]

"Мух ноздрями бьем" - золото.

[@boriskhaykin6827]

Самоварное.

[@Senecka]

@@boriskhaykin6827 👍👏👏

[@gsifun9917]

На смітнику історії, мухами покриті)))

[@fwd5614]

What an incredible video. Two men who left huge marks on the 20th century.

[@trupoed12]

translation is fake.for example at the beginning, Khrushchev doesnt talk about Nixon and his profession, but about Voroshilov (standing right in hat) and the fact that he had been a cavalryman sometime. After that there are many mistakes too

[@ChihuahuaXxX]

Dersu Uzala your the first of the commentators to even mention voroshilov in the video who was the USSR’S actual head of state at this time NOT khrushchev

[@florentz3518]

Wow I never knew Krushchev was that funny lol

[@graphicsRat]

Wow, I cannot believe this video makes me think highly of Nixon.

[@sohamachrekar8779]

I really love Nikita for entertaining and having Fun . Nixon Thumbs up to you for staying so cool

[@athodyd]

i am losing my shit watching Niki enjoying the hell out of his big white cowboy hat

[@Tsagia]

Where's the part where he says "I must break you"?

[@kelvyquayo]

This is absolutely amazing.

[@Ashfielder]

Apparently they did show Nixon’s performance in the Soviet Union, but untranslated and during the very early hours of the morning.

[@joseflenin5232]

Khrushchev invented the roast. 🍗

[@radityaananda9457]

I know this from On This Day section on Wikipedia. I never thought that two countries that were hostile to each other were once had this little debate.

[@rickjones257]

Khrushchev seems to be definitely more human than Stalin but he was still a Ruthless Dictator who almost caused World War 3 with the Cuban Missile Crisis.

[@amarsta]

He didn't really want war. He was just trying to prevent another invasion of Cuba. Remember, that was shortly after the Bay of Pigs debacle. Once he got a verbal guarantee of no invasion from JFK, they left.

[@douangsavanhphimmasone6911]

I miss the time when two world power just stand here and tell each other joke and have a good time