Word: kulakov
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DIED. Fyodor Kulakov, 60, Soviet Politburo member and former National Party Secretary for Agriculture; of a heart attack; in Moscow. The youngest man to serve simultaneously on the 14-member Politburo and the Secretariat, Kulakov rode out the disastrous grain harvest of 1975 and was reportedly being groomed to succeed Brezhnev. Named Party Secretary for Agriculture in 1965 and Politburo member in 1971. Kulakov resigned his Secretariat post in 1976 to broaden his expertise. That year he delivered the keynote address at the traditional celebration of the Bolshevik Revolution, and his attendance at Yugoslavia's congress last month confirmed...
...would be reasonable to look for Brezhnev's heir among leaders now in their middle or late 50s. In this age group, though, the Kremlin's cupboard is nearly bare. Only three of the 15 Politburo members are under 60; only one of these. Fyodor Kulakov, 58, appears to be correctly positioned for a run at the top job. Kulakov, an agronomist and highly visible Brezhnev protege, delivered the keynote speech at this year's traditional observation of the Bolshevik Revolution...
...Politburo Member Andrei Kirilenko, 69, an old Brezhnev crony, who has acted for Brezhnev during his recent illnesses. Kiril Mazurov, 61, at present Kosygin's standin, is expected to inherit the premiership. Potential second-stage succes sors to Brezhnev's job include such relative youngsters as Fyodor Kulakov, 58, who supervises agriculture for the par ty, and Konstantin Katushev, 48, the Party Secretary in charge of keeping East European parties in line...
...Brezhnev will remain firmly in power until well after the Communist Party Congress meets next February. Indeed, Brezhnev reportedly delivered a secret speech to the Supreme Soviet attacking people who might be held accountable for the agriculture catastrophe. The most obvious targets were Agriculture Minister Dimitri Polyansky and Fyodor Kulakov, chief of the party's agricultural department. Both men have been touted as possible successors to Brezhnev, but it is now possible that their careers have been as badly blighted as the grain crop they supervised this year...
...elected to an enlarged Politburo were Viktor Grishin, 57, Moscow party chief; Dinmukhamed Kunayev, 59, Kazakhstan party chief; Vladimir Shcherbitsky, 53, chairman of the council of ministers of the Ukraine, and Fedor Kulakov, 53, a party secretary and specialist in agriculture. All are Brezhnev protégés. By packing the Politburo, just as Stalin did in 1952, Brezhnev henceforth will be able to dominate it more easily. The collective leadership, which last year had begun to show signs of strain, appeared to be yielding ground to Brezhnev's drive toward undisputed preeminence...