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| Battle of the International Space Station | |||||||
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| Part of the Third World War | |||||||
The International Space Station in 2018 | |||||||
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| 7 Astronauts | 4 Cosmonauts | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 presumed dead, 2 injured | 4 captured | ||||||
List of leaders
| Portrait | Name (lifespan) |
Period | Duration | Congress(es) | Political office | Premier(s) | President(s) | Policies |
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| Georgy Malenkov (1902–1988) |
5 March 1953 ↓ 22 January 1955 |
1 year, 323 days | — | Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Himself | Nikolay Shvernik Kliment Voroshilov |
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| After Stalin's death, Malenkov ruled as part of a troika alongside Lavrentiy Beria and Vyacheslav Molotov. Despite initially succeeding Stalin in all his titles and positions, he was forced to relinquish most of them within a month by the Politburo The troika would ultimately break down when Beria was arrested later that year. Shortly thereafter, he found himself locked in a power struggle against Nikita Khrushchev that led to his removal as Premier in 1955. | ||||||||
| Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971) |
22 January 1955 ↓ 18 June 1957 |
2 years, 116 days | First Secretary of the Communist Party | Georgy Malenkov Nikolai Bulganin |
Kliment Voroshilov | Khrushchev Thaw • De-Stalinization (1956–57) | ||
| Khrushchev emerged as first among equals in the party leadership after Malenkov's removal from the Secretariat. The ensuing power struggle ended in January 1955, when Malenkov was removed as Premier of the Soviet Union. In 1957, Khrushchev was removed from office by the "Soviet Unity Group", which led a takeover of the Secretariat, and replaced him with Premier Nikolai Bulganin. | ||||||||
| Nikolai Bulganin (1895–1975) |
18 June 1957 ↓ 11 June 1962 |
4 years, 358 days | First Secretary of the Communist Party | Himself |
Kliment Voroshilov | Bulganinism • Justice Reform (1958–62) • Anti-religious campaign (1958–62) • Bulganin Economic Reform (1961-2) | ||
| In 1957, the "Soviet Unity Group" pushed a takeover of the Soviet Secretariat, removing Nikita Khrushchev from office, placing Nikolai Bulganin as the new First Secretary of the Communist Party. During Bulganin's entire time in office, there was a troika between himself, Georgy Malenkov and Georgy Zhukov. Although Bulganin would attempt to lead counter-reforms against Khrushchev's De-Stalinization policies, much of Khrushchev's policy would remain intact. In 1962, Georgy Zhukov and Chief of the General Staff Vasily Sokolovsky would lead a coup d'état against Bulganin's government. | ||||||||
| Georgy Zhukov (1896–1968) |
11 June 1962 ↓ 20 August 1968 |
6 years, 98 days | First Secretary of the Communist Party | Lazar Kaganovich | Mikhail Pervukhin | Military Rule • Re-Militarization (1962–65) • Second Baltic Guerrilla War (1966–73) • Armed Foreign Policy | ||
| Zhukov emerged as the First Secretary upon a military coup, in which the Red army forced Nikolai Bulganin's resignation during his 1962 birthday celebration. In 1968, during the 23rd Congress, Zhukov would be killed during a terrorist attack. Admiral Semyon Lobov would assume office as Interim Chairman of the Council of Ministers. | ||||||||
| Semyon Lobov (1913–1977) |
20 August 1968 ↓ 7 July 1969 |
321 days | Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Interim) | Himself | Mikhail Pervukhin | |||
| Admiral Lobov would be elected as the Interim Chairman upon the unexpected death of Zhukov during a 1968 terrorist attack by the New Forest Brothers. He was selected for his military expertise and to take out the Baltic rebels. | ||||||||
List of troikas
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Tenure | Duration | Notes | ||
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| June 1957 ↓
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4 years, 358 days | When the "Soviet Unity Group" seized power from Khrushchev in 1957, a troika assumed power, which consisted of First Secretary Nikolai Bulganin, Premier Georgy Malenkov and Minister of Defence Georgy Zhukov. It dissolved upon the 1962 Soviet Coup d'état, led by Zhukov. | |||
| Nikolai Bulganin (1883–1936) |
Georgy Malenkov (1902–1988) |
Georgy Zhukov (1896–1974) | |||