biography
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Malenkov, Georgiy Maksimilianovich
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pronunciation:
[malyenkof]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1902–88)
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| biography:
| Soviet statesman and prime minister (1953–5), born in Orenburg, W Russia. He joined the Communist Party in 1920 and was involved in the collectivization of agriculture and the purges of the 1930s under Stalin. He became a member of the Politburo and deputy prime minister in 1946, succeeding Stalin as Party first secretary and prime minister in 1953. He resigned in 1955, admitting responsibility for the failure of Soviet agricultural policy, and in 1957 was sent to Kazakhstan as manager of a hydroelectric plant. |
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