Bulganin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich (nyĭkəlī` əlyĭksän`drəvĭch b
lgä`nyĭn), 1895–1975, Soviet military and political leader. He held posts in industrial management, was mayor of Moscow (1931–37) and chairman of the state bank (1937–41), and served on a military council in World War II. Made a marshal and a deputy premier in 1947, and a full member of the politburo in 1948, he was also defense minister under Joseph Stalin Stalin, Joseph Vissarionovich (stä`lĭn, Rus.
..... Click the link for more information. and later under Georgi Malenkov Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilianovich (gāôr`gē mäksĭmĭlyä`nəvĭch məlyĭnkôf`)
..... Click the link for more information. . With the support of Nikita Khrushchev Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich (nyĭkē`tə syĭrgā`yəvĭch khr
..... Click the link for more information. , who was then head of the Communist party, Bulganin succeeded Malenkov as premier (Feb., 1955). In 1958, however, he was forced from office by Khrushchev, who took over the post of premier. Bulganin was accused of having sided with the "antiparty faction" that opposed Khrushchev in 1957; he was expelled from the central committee of the Communist party in Sept., 1958.
lgä`nyĭn), 1895–1975, Soviet military and political leader. He held posts in industrial management, was mayor of Moscow (1931–37) and chairman of the state bank (1937–41), and served on a military council in World War II. Made a marshal and a deputy premier in 1947, and a full member of the politburo in 1948, he was also defense minister under Joseph Stalin Stalin, Joseph Vissarionovich (stä`lĭn, Rus...... Click the link for more information. and later under Georgi Malenkov Malenkov, Georgi Maksimilianovich (gāôr`gē mäksĭmĭlyä`nəvĭch məlyĭnkôf`)
..... Click the link for more information. . With the support of Nikita Khrushchev Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich (nyĭkē`tə syĭrgā`yəvĭch khr
..... Click the link for more information. , who was then head of the Communist party, Bulganin succeeded Malenkov as premier (Feb., 1955). In 1958, however, he was forced from office by Khrushchev, who took over the post of premier. Bulganin was accused of having sided with the "antiparty faction" that opposed Khrushchev in 1957; he was expelled from the central committee of the Communist party in Sept., 1958.
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