Who commissioned the building of the Berlin Wall?

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David P
Aug 4, 2016

The Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.

Explanation:

Although seen as a reformer compared to his predecessor Stalin, Khrushchev was a committed communist and had no intention of relaxing Soviet control in Eastern Europe. This had already been seen in the brutal suppression of the uprising in Hungary in 1956.

The constant flow of East Germans into West Germany through crossing from East to West Berlin led to the construction of the Wall in 1961. Its destruction in 1989 was one of the most potent symbols of the fall of communism.

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