On this day, 67 years ago, on March 27, 1958 (February 8, 1958), Khrushchev took over as Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, and Bulganin stepped down. The current Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, Khrushchev, on March 27, 1958, succeeded the resigned Nikolai Bulganin as Prime Minister of the Soviet Union of 200 million people, while continuing to serve as First Secretary of the Communist Party. "We must defeat capitalism with a high standard of work and a higher standard of living." This was the promise Nikita Khrushchev made when he took over the leadership of the Soviet Union. No Soviet leader since Joseph Stalin has held both important positions at the same time. It is unclear whether most Soviets approve of the concentration of these two powers in one.