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Sergei Khrushchev and his wife will now be sworn in as U-S citizens next month, pledging loyalty...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eRussian/Eng/Nat\u003cbr/\u003eThe son of former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev has passed his U-S citizenship test - missing only one out of 20 questions. \u003cbr/\u003eSergei Khrushchev and his wife will now be sworn in as U-S citizens next month, pledging loyalty to a way of life the old Khrushchev vowed to bury when he was Soviet leader.\u003cbr/\u003eHailing his test result, Khrushchev said \"the world had changed\" since the times when his father was in power and promised to be a good citizen.\u003cbr/\u003eHistorically, Providence, Rhode Island is known for embracing those who think differently and those fleeing religious or political persecution. \u003cbr/\u003eNot surprising, then, that the son of a former Soviet leader should feel at home here.\u003cbr/\u003eWhat's more, Sergei Khrushchev likes the United States so much that he wishes to become a citizen.\u003cbr/\u003eIs this historical irony or just another footnote of the post-Cold War era?\u003cbr/\u003eKhrushchev - son of Nikita S. Khrushchev who led the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1964 - says his decision was personal - not motivated by any kind of ideology.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Russian)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Of course you can live without citizenship but it depends on you yourself. Some people hurry and give it up while others never give it up. But I don't see today, after the cold war any political or any other kind of problem with this.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Sergei Khrushchev, son of Nikita S. Khrushchev and Senior Research Scholar at Brown University\u003cbr/\u003eDuring the Cold War, when Nikita Khrushchev was in power, his son's decision to become an American would probably have been seen as an act of treason. \u003cbr/\u003eSo is Nikita Khrushchev spinning in his grave?\u003cbr/\u003eSergei Khrushchev doesn't think so.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"During the Cold War, it was the political decision. It was the decision of the betraying your country.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Sergei Khrushchev, son of Nikita S. Khrushchev and Senior Research Scholar at Brown University\u003cbr/\u003eKhrushchev argued there was no irony in him becoming an American citizen - because his country of birth and the United States are no longer enemies.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Now you can go here and there, so I think it's part of this life we have. Different people living in different countries.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Sergei Khrushchev, son of Nikita S. Khrushchev and Senior Research Scholar at Brown University\u003cbr/\u003eSergei Khrushchev came to the United States as a visiting professor in 1991. \u003cbr/\u003eHe obtained his green card in 1993. \u003cbr/\u003eBy law, he had to wait another five years before he could apply for citizenship. \u003cbr/\u003eInitially, Khrushchev was a rocket engineer and computer scientist who once headed the Soviet Missile Design Bureau.\u003cbr/\u003eNow he is a research scholar and lecturer at Brown University specialising in the Cold War and contemporary Russian politics.\u003cbr/\u003eHe has also edited and published his father's memoirs and has written four books on the life and times of his rule.\u003cbr/\u003eStudents at Brown University feel that Khrushchev gives them a more balanced perspective on political issues. \u003cbr/\u003eThey say his communist links should in no way hinder his quest for U-S citizenship.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I don't know, I don't think that his communistic side of him should be taken into account, or that our country is in danger by having someone who was part of that regime a citizen of this country.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Laura Cyr, student at Brown University\u003cbr/\u003eKhrushchev enjoys a kind of celebrity status at the Ivy League school. \u003cbr/\u003eThose who work with him emphasise the vital  that he provides when it comes to things both Soviet and Russian.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"But Sergei is the real thing. And it's a little bit like, as somebody said, as if a fish started talking to an . I mean we're , we study fish. Sergei is himself a fish.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Tom Gleason, Professor of Russian History, Brown University\u003cbr/\u003eSergei Khrushchev and his wife, Valentine , breezed through the U-S citizenship test on Wednesday.\u003cbr/\u003eNext month, they will swear loyalty to a country and way of life that Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev promised to bury.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm very happy that we passed the test. And now we have to wait for ceremony when we will become citizens - I think we will be good citizens.\"\u003cbr/\u003e(Khrushchev's wife)\"I hope!\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Sergei Khrushchev, son of Nikita Khrushchev \u003cbr/\u003eKhrushchev missed only one out of 20 questions on the citizenship test - What kind of\u003cbr/\u003egovernment does the United States have?\u003cbr/\u003eThe correct answer: a democracy. \u003cbr/\u003eKhrushchev, blaming language problems, chose \"executive.\" \u003cbr/\u003eHe told reporters he had been thinking of the president and his Cabinet.\u003cbr/\u003eProvidence, Rhode Island, USA , June 23 1999 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Cityscape Providence\u003cbr/\u003e2. Khrushchev house in Cranston (suburb of Providence) \u003cbr/\u003e3. Lacquered box with portrait of Nikita Khrushchev, pan to Sergei\u003cbr/\u003e4. Photos \u003cbr/\u003e5. Photos, pan to close-up of Sergei\u003cbr/\u003e6. Sergei leafing through immigration test book\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergei Khrushchev, son of Nikita S. Khrushchev and Senior Research Scholar at Brown University\u003cbr/\u003e8. Interview\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergei Khrushchev\u003cbr/\u003e10. Hands\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergei Khrushchev\u003cbr/\u003e12. Brown University\u003cbr/\u003e13. Woman on lawn studying\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (English) Laura Cyr, Economics Student, Brown University\u003cbr/\u003e15. Watson Institute, zoom in to sign\u003cbr/\u003e16. Khrushchev's door, open to wide shot of office\u003cbr/\u003e17. Nikita Khrushchev on wall, zoom-in\u003cbr/\u003e18. Pictures on bookshelf, tilt down to Russian books\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Gleason, Professor of Russian History, Brown University\u003cbr/\u003e20. Sign of INS office in Providence\u003cbr/\u003e21. Khrushchev walking out of INS building after test\u003cbr/\u003e22. Khrushchev with press\u003cbr/\u003e23. 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