Death In The Kremlin: THE MAN THAT STALIN BUILT

NAME: Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov.

BORN: Jan. 8, 1902. ORIGIN: Cossack from Ural region. PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS: Height, 5 ft. 7 in.; weight, 250 Ibs. FAMILY STATUS: Married to an actress, his second wife; two children.

So much—and not much more—is known about the new Soviet Premier: Georgy (pronounced Gay-oŕ-gee) Maximilianovich (Maxy-milly-ya'-no-vitch) Malenkov (Mah-len-koff).

All his adult life Georgy Malenkov understudied the Master—as secretary, filing clerk, hatchetman and intimate. He aped Stalin's manners, parroted his phrases, affected the same shapeless grey cap and simple soldier's tunic. Like Stalin he proved himself devious, inscrutable and cruel,...

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