Khrushchev UN shoe-banging incident

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The Khrushchev UN shoe-banging incident was a dramatic 1960 episode in which Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev angrily pounded his shoe on his desk during a United Nations debate, symbolizing the intense confrontational style of Cold War diplomacy.


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