List of members of the Politburo of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) in the 1940s
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The following is a list of members of the Politburo of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) in the 1940s.
List of members
| Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office (Voting) |
Term of office (non-Voting) |
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| Andreyev, Andrey (30 October 1985–5 December 1971) |
4 February 1932 |
16 October 1952 |
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| Beria, Lavrentiy Lavrentiy Beria Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria was a Georgian Soviet politician and state security administrator, chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus under Joseph Stalin during World War II, and Deputy Premier in the postwar years .... (29 March 1899–23 December 1953) |
18 March 1946 |
7 July 1953 |
22 March 1939 |
18 March 1946 |
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| Bulganin, Nikolai Nikolai Bulganin Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin was a prominent Soviet politician, who served as Minister of Defense and Premier of the Soviet Union . The Bulganin beard is named after him.-Early career:... (19 January 1903–28 October 1966) |
18 February 1948 |
5 September 1958 |
18 March 1946 |
18 February 1948 |
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| Kaganovich, Lazar Lazar Kaganovich Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich was a Soviet politician and administrator and one of the main associates of Joseph Stalin.-Early life:Kaganovich was born in 1893 to Jewish parents in the village of Kabany, Radomyshl uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire... (22 November 1893–25 July 1991) |
30 July 1930 |
29 June 1957 |
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| Kalinin, Mikhail Mikhail Kalinin Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin , known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych," was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the nominal head of state of Russia and later of the Soviet Union, from 1919 to 1946... (19 November 1875–3 June 1946) |
1 January 1926 |
3 June 1946 |
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| Khrushchev, Nikita Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964... (15 April 1894–11 September 1971) |
22 March 1939 |
14 October 1964 |
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| Kosygin, Alexei (20 February 1904–18 December 1980) |
4 September 1948 |
16 October 1952 |
18 March 1946 |
4 September 1948 |
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| Malenkov, Georgy Georgy Malenkov Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov was a Soviet politician, Communist Party leader and close collaborator of Joseph Stalin. After Stalin's death, he became Premier of the Soviet Union and was in 1953 briefly considered the most powerful Soviet politician before being overshadowed by Nikita... (8 January 1902–14 January 1988) |
18 March 1946 |
29 June 1957 |
21 February 1941 |
18 March 1946 |
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| Mikoyan, Anastas Anastas Mikoyan Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan was an Armenian Old Bolshevik and Soviet statesman during the rules of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, and Leonid Brezhnev.... (13 November 1895–21 October 1978) |
1 February 1935 |
8 April 1966 |
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| Molotov, Vyacheslav Vyacheslav Molotov Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov was a Soviet politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s, when he rose to power as a protégé of Joseph Stalin, to 1957, when he was dismissed from the Presidium of the Central Committee by Nikita Khrushchev... (9 March 1890–8 November 1986) |
1 January 1926 |
29 June 1957 |
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| Shcherbakov, Alexander (1901–10 May 1945) |
— | — | — | 21 February 1941 |
10 May 1945 |
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| Shvernik, Nikolay Nikolay Shvernik Nikolay Mikhailovich Shvernik was a Russian politician, who was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from March 19, 1946 until March 15, 1953... (19 May 1888–24 December 1970) |
— | — | — | 22 March 1939 |
16 October 1952 |
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| Stalin, Joseph Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee... (18 December 1878–5 March 1953) |
25 March 1919 |
5 March 1953 |
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| Voroshilov, Kliment Kliment Voroshilov Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov , popularly known as Klim Voroshilov was a Soviet military officer, politician, and statesman... (23 January 1881–2 December 1969) |
1 January 1926 |
16 July 1960 |
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| Voznesensky, Nikolai Nikolai Voznesensky Nikolai Alekseevich Voznesensky was the Soviet economic planner who oversaw the running of Gosplan during the German-Soviet War. A protégé of Andrei Zhdanov, Voznesensky was appointed Deputy Premier in May 1940 at the age of thirty-eight. He was directly involved in the recovery of production... (1903–1 October 1950) |
28 February 1947 |
7 March 1949 |
21 February 1941 |
28 February 1947 |
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| Zhdanov, Andrei Andrei Zhdanov Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov was a Soviet politician.-Life:Zhdanov enlisted with the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1915 and was promoted through the party ranks, becoming the All-Union Communist Party manager in Leningrad after the assassination of Sergei Kirov in 1934... (26 February 1896–31 August 1946) |
22 March 1939 |
31 August 1948 |
1 February 1935 |
22 March 1939 |
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