Word: pospelov
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reportedly retired from active military duty. Three weeks ago, in terms Communists recognized as portentous, Pravda published two front-page editorials warning that the party "cannot forget" the opposition of "Malenkov, Kaganovich, Molotov and Shepilov." At a Lenin birthday celebration, in Khrushchev's presence, Party Secretary Petr Pospelov attacked the fallen "antiparty group" by name for their "fierce resistance." Finally, Khrushchev himself joined vigorously and enthusiastically in the denunciations, and, in a speech on agriculture at Kiev, singled out Georgy Malenkov as "one of the main culprits" responsible as Stalin's right hand and successor "for all shortcomings...
...taken to drinking heavily. Khrushchev, at 62, is in no shape to engage in a long-term fight and this makes him basically unsure of his position. On the other hand there is Malenkov (54) and a group of Central Committee secretaries, such as Mikhail Suslov, Peter Pospelov and Dmitry Shepilov (who masterminded the Czech arms deal with Nasser), whose main concern seems to be a desire to see that no one else gets too much power. This leaves the balance of power to be exercised, in uneasy tension, by such forces as the Red marshals (backed by the army...
...orator of the day, Pravda Editor P. N. Pospelov, gloated...