“Reformer” is how S.N. called his work. Khrushchev, it talks about the internal politics of the Soviet Union in the period 1953–1956, the transition from Stalin’s dictatorship to civilized governance of the country, from ruin to relative prosperity, from preparations for war to peaceful coexistence. At the center of the study is the personality of the author’s father, Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev .The book uses extensive archival materials, memories of participants in the events of those years, including the author, as well as the results of other researchers, both Russian and foreign.