Georgi M. Malenkov
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Communism, Communists
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
Article abstract: Malenkov was a close associate of Joseph Stalin in his bloody terror against the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Soviet society in general. In 1953, he was Stalin’s immediate successor as prime minister of the government and first secretary of the Communist Party, positions that he soon lost in the power struggle with Nikita S. Khrushchev.
Early Life
Georgi Maksimilianovich Malenkov was born in the Ural Mountains region of southeastern European Russia traditionally inhabited by Cossacks. The city of his birth is now called...
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