Georgy Malenkov
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Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov was a Soviet politician who succeeded Joseph Stalin as Premier and the overall leader of the Soviet Union in March 1953. Shortly thereafter, Malenkov entered into a pow
Official portrait, 1950
Mikhail Kalinin, Georgy Malenkov, Joseph Stalin and Aleksandr Shcherbakov at the commemoration of the 18th anniversary of Lenins death.
Malenkov on the cover of Time magazine, 23 March 1953
Malenkov and Khrushchev speaking with West German chancellor Konrad Adenauer alongside other members of the Soviet leadership in 1955
Nikita Khrushchev
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Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. As leader of the Sovi
Official portrait, 1954
Khrushchev and his first wife Euphrasinia (Yefrosinia) in 1916
Khrushchev's second wife (though they only officially married in 1965) was Ukrainian-born Nina Petrovna Kukharchuk, whom he met in 1922. Photo taken in 1924
Lazar Kaganovich, one of the chief enforcers of Stalin's dictatorship and Khrushchev's main patron.