The Boston Globe, February 2nd, 1988
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 death. According to Reuters, Gerasimov said Mr. Malenkov died 10 days ago and was buried in Moscow. Mr. Malenkov had briefly appeared to be Stalin's heir apparent. He served as premier for two years after Stalin's death in 1953, but lost out to Khrushchev. Mr. Malenkov was removed from his top posts as premier and first secretary of the Com...
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