Editing Nikita Khrushchev (section)

==Death==
Khrushchev died of a heart attack around noon in the [[Moscow Central Clinical Hospital]] on 11 September 1971, at the age of 77. He was denied a [[state funeral]] with interment in the [[Kremlin Wall Necropolis|Kremlin Wall]] and was instead buried in the [[Novodevichy Cemetery]] in Moscow. Fearing demonstrations, the authorities did not announce Khrushchev's death until the hour of his wake, held in a morgue in the southern suburbs of Moscow,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/honour-or-disgrace-how-russia-has-buried-its-past-leaders-2022-09-02/|title=Factbox: Honour or disgrace – how Russia has buried its past leaders|first=Mark|last=Trevelyan|publisher=Reuter|date=2 September 2022|accessdate=1 May 2023}}</ref> and surrounded the cemetery with troops. Even so, some artists and writers joined the family for the interment.{{sfn|Tompson|1995|pp=282–283}}

''Pravda'' ran a one-sentence announcement of the former premier's death; Western newspapers contained considerable coverage.{{sfn|Carlson|2009|p=299}} ''New York Times'' Moscow correspondent [[Harry Schwartz (journalist)|Harry Schwartz]] wrote of Khrushchev, "Mr. Khrushchev opened the doors and windows of a petrified structure. He let in fresh air and fresh ideas, producing changes which time already has shown are irreversible and fundamental."{{sfn|Schwartz|1971}}