Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov (1902-1988) emerged briefly after the death of Joseph Stalin in March 1953 as the head of the Soviet government and leader of its Communist Party. A quintessential apparatchik whose claim to power rested largely on his...

Georgi M. Malenkov, 86, a close aide to Joseph Stalin who served as prime minister for two years after the Soviet dictator's death in 1953 and who later was sent into obscurity in Central Asia, died Jan. 14, a spokesman for the Soviet Foreign...

MOSCOW - Georgi M. Malenkov, the right-hand man to Josef Stalin during the purges of the 1930s who was pushed aside by Nikita S. Khrushchev in a Kremlin power struggle, has died at age 86, the government said Monday. Foreign Ministry spokesman announced...

The Soviet leadership undertook a hasty shakeup of top government and Communist Party posts following the death of Josef Stalin in March 1953 to head off possible "panic and disarray" among the country's long-repressed population, newly released CIA documents show.The reorganization was completed in advance...

The Soviet leadership undertook a hasty shakeup of top government and Communist Party posts following the death of Joseph Stalin in March 1953 to head off possible "panic and disarray" among the countrys long-repressed population, newly released CIA documents show. The reorganization was...