Kliment Voroshilov
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Kliment Yefremovich "Klim" Voroshilov, was a prominent Soviet military officer and politician during the Stalin era. He was one of the original five Marshals of the Soviet Union, the second highest mi
Voroshilov c. 1945–1948
Voroshilov with his teacher Semyon Ryzhkov c. 1898–1901
Voroshilov with Grigory Petrovsky in 1913
Voroshilov with Lenin among delegates of the 10th Congress of the Russian Communist Party in Moscow, 1921
Leonid Brezhnev
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Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982. He also held office as Chairman of the Pres
Kliment Voroshilov
…party, Voroshilov's career began to fade. On 7 May 1960, the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union granted Voroshilov's request for retirement and elected Leonid Brezhnev chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council (the head of state). The Central Committee also relieved him of duties as a member of the Party Presidium…
Official portrait, 1972
Brezhnev (right) speaks with Nikita Khrushchev, 23 April 1943
Brezhnev in 1950
Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and Brezhnev's main patron