STALINISM TO NEO-STALINISM
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[1]
RULER
Secretary General of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolshevik)
Josif V. STALIN (1929-March 1953)
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Head of Secret Police / Security Services (NKVD):
Nikolai I. YEZHOV (1936-1938 shot); Lavrenty P. BERIA (1938-June 1953 shot)
NOTE: Beria remained in overall control while Merkulov (1941, 1943-1946; shot 1953), Abakumov (1946-1951; shot 1954) and Ignatyev (1951-1953) dealt specifically with security issues.
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People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs / Foreign Minister:
Maxim LITVINOV (1930-1939), Vyachelav MOLOTOV (1939-1949), Andrei Ya. VYSHINSKY (1949-1953).
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DOCUMENTS
1930s — 10 entries; 1940s — 3 entries; 1950s — 1 entry
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INTERLUDE.
RULER (1953-1964)
First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1958-1964) — Nikita S. KHRUSHCHEV (14 September 1953 to 14 October 1964; d. 1971)
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Head of KGB (Chairman of the Committee for State Security):
Ivan A. Serov (1954-1958), Alexander N. Shelepin (1958-1961), Vladimir Ye. Semichastny (1961-1967);
Foreign Minister — Shepilov (), Andrei A. Gromyko (1957-1985)
Central Committee International Department — Boris N. Ponomaryov (1957-1986)
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DOCUMENTS
1950s — 13 entries; 1960s — 9 entries
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NEO-STALINISM
Leader: Leonid I. BREZHNEV (1964-1982)
DOCUMENTS
1960s — 59 entries
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[b] 1970-1975 …
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