Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov was a Soviet politician, diplomat, and revolutionary. He was one of Joseph Stalin's closest allies and one of the most prominent figures in the Soviet government during
Molotov c. 1947
Molotov's birth house in Sovetsk, Kirov Oblast.
Molotov and the OGPU's first chief Felix Dzerzhinsky, 1924
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