Xenia of Russia (Alexander the Liberator)

Xenia (Russian: Ксения Александровна Романова; 6 April [O.S. 25 March] 1875 – 20 April 1960) was the elder daughter and fourth child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia (née Princess Dagmar of Denmark) and the Empress Regnant of Russia since Catherine the Great. During her reign, Nikita Khrushchev was appointed as Prime Minister of Russia. Khrushchev was responsible for backing the progress of the early Soviet space program, and for several relatively liberal reforms in areas of domestic policy. He was the Empress' closest advisor and friend. Xenia died in 1960.