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...notable as Chernenko's rise was the political eclipse of Kiril Mazurov, 64, a Politburo member and First Deputy Premier since 1965. He was ousted from both jobs last week "for reasons of health and at his own request." Mazurov's backer was Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin, 74, who is not in the best of health, and whose influence has long been on the decline...
...Mazurov's downfall had much to do with his lackluster performance as the Politburo member with specific responsibility for Soviet industry. Since the tenth Five-Year Plan began three years ago, the Soviets have placed special stress on increasing industrial productivity and technological modernization. At a plenum session of the party's Central Committee last week, Brezhnev complained about continuing industrial snags and bottle' necks. He singled out "central economic bodies, ministries and departments" as particularly responsible for the inefficiency...
...Nonetheless, they predict a possibly lengthy power struggle under cover of a caretaker "collective leadership." If Brezhnev were to retire in the near future, his titular successor would probably be 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...
...device that would enable him to favor his backers. All present Politburo members retained their seats, but their order of seniority was changed, except for Brezhnev and Party Ideologue Mikhail Suslov, who remained No. 4. Dmitry Poliansky (TIME cover, March 29) rose from ninth to eighth position behind Kirill Mazurov, who advanced one step to No. 7. Gennady Voronov, Premier of the Russian Republic, dropped from fifth to tenth place. Aleksandr Shelepin, former head of the KGB secret police, slipped from the seventh to the eleventh spot, a clear-cut downgrading for a man who used...
...young enough to be considered serious contenders for leadership are concerned, no one can predict exactly how they would behave once the power was finally in their hands. Alexander Dub?ek, for example, had no reputation for liberalism before he came to power in Prague. By training and temperament, Mazurov, Shelepin and the others appear no more inventive or flexible than Brezhnev...