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Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin was a Russian politician and the Premier of the Soviet Union from 1955 to 1958. He also served as Minister of Defense, following service in the Red Army during World War II.
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Born 11 June 1895 · Died 24 February 1975 · Q48093
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“Israel is playing with the fate of peace, with the fate of its own people, in a criminal and irresponsible manner; [...] which will place a question [mark] upon the very existence of Israel as a State.”
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Died 1975-02-24.
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After a long illness at the age of 79 and was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery
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Was dismissed as premier and expelled from the Politburo
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Career landmark: Chairman of the State Bank of the USSR (1958–1958).
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Won "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal (1955).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1955).
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Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1955).
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1955–1958).
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Replaced Malenkov as Premier of the Soviet Union
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Awarded Order of the Red Star (1953).
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Career landmark: Minister of Defence (1953–1955).
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Bulganin supported Nikita Khrushchev during his power struggle with Georgy Malenkov
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Career landmark: First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1950–1955).
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Career landmark: Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee (1948–1958).
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Succeeded Stalin as Minister for the Armed Forces and was named a Marshal of the Soviet Union
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Career landmark: Minister of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union (1947–1949).
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Awarded Order of Suvorov, 1st class (1945).
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Awarded Order of Kutuzov, 1st class (1944).
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Awarded Order of Kutuzov, 1st class (1943).
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Awarded Order of Suvorov, 2nd class (1943).
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Career landmark: Chairman of the State Bank of the USSR (1940–1945).
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Career landmark: Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1938–1944).
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Career landmark: Chairman of the State Bank of the USSR (1938–1940).
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Was named premier of the Russian SFSR and a full member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR (1937–1938).
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Awarded Order of the Red Star (1935).
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The 17th Congress of the Communist Party elected Bulganin as a candidate member of the Central Committee
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1931).
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Into the Cheka, the Bolshevik regime's political police, where he served until 1922
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And became a member of the Soviet political police Cheka a year later
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Born 1895-06-11.
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