Word: molotovs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...When Molotov arrived, Ribbentrop led him to Hitler, who began by saying that since Britain would soon admit defeat, it was high time the Big Four (Germany, Russia, Italy, Japan) divided the British Empire. Hitler added that as Germany and Russia had already settled their spheres of interest in eastern Europe "without friction," they should have no trouble settling bigger problems. For example, would Russia like an exit to the free, warm...
Southward Ho! After this auspicious start, Ribbentrop and Molotov quickly drafted a plan to make Russia a fourth major member of the Axis. They also agreed that the agreement confirming this should have two super-secret protocols...
...Molotov took these drafts back to Moscow. The Kremlin apparently decided that the deal was not good enough. On Nov. 25 Molotov called in Count Friedrich Schulenburg, the German Ambassador, and said that Russia would not sign the Axis agreement unless...
...proposed the following: Premier, Molotov; First Vice Premier, Beria; Foreign Minister, Mikoyan; First Secretary of the Party [Stalin's own original post of power], Zhdanov; Second Secretary, Malenkov; Minister of Defense, Voroshilov; First Vice Minister of Defense, Bu-denny; President of the Council of the Union, Andreyev; President of the Council of Nationalities, Bulganin; President of the Supreme U.S.S.R. Council, Shver...
Survival of the Fittest. This arrangement of the succession fits all known factors. Molotov has long been Stalin's chief administrative assistant, and with Beria in the next top post, the new Government can hope for the full support of the secret police. As for the Army, the other force on which the Kremlin has to reckon, the new marshals like Zhukov, who might have Bonapartist ambitions, are suspect. Voroshilov and Budenny, as old party warhorses, are politically much more reliable...