"Fresh Blood": who was to become the new leader after Stalin?
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin always made the impression of an ambitious person. Therefore, it is difficult to assume that he was thinking about transferring control of the country to someone during his life or after death. He was absolutely indifferent to wealth and luxury, so he could walk for decades in one shabby paramilitary jacket. But power, the ability to control the fate of others and lives - this was his drug, sweeter than which for him there was nothing in the world.
And despite all this, as it turned out, he still thought about who would fall into the hands of the country after his death. He did not think that any of his closest party associates, the so-called old guard, could rule the Soviet empire. He was looking for a successor among younger candidates. And he was going to update the entire administrative apparatus.
Fresh blood
And if the representatives of the old guard realized his intentions, they understood the danger that hung over their well-being and even their lives. To survive, they needed to forget about sentiments and become merciless predators. Actually, they were like that, otherwise they could not have reached such heights.
It is possible that it was the idea to refresh the managerial apparatus and dilute it with “fresh blood” that shortened the life of the Leader. And with his new protege she created serious problems.
Researchers of Soviet history call two people to whom at different times Stalin could pass the helm.
Dr. Ascension
Joseph Vissarionovich repeatedly mentioned that after him Nikolay Voznesensky should rule the country. He was an intelligent and educated person. Since 1938, he led the State Planning Commission. Among his merits can be called the transfer of the country from peaceful to military rails during the Great Patriotic War. He managed to rebuild as soon as possible the economy countries and make it effective for waging war. And after it, Voznesensky contributed to the restoration of the national economy in just one five-year period.
Of course, Malenkov, Khrushchev, Bulganin, Beria, and other old "Stalinist falcons" understood that if this person came to power, their days would be numbered. It is possible that in the literal sense. And in 1949 he was convicted of the “Leningrad case”. Everyone who fell into these millstones lost their lives. Everyone except Nikolay Voznesensky. He managed to stay alive for a short while. Perhaps the role played by the resolution of Stalin in his case, where it was written: "I do not believe it."
One way or another, but he was sent somewhere to the Urals. True, during transportation he froze to death, as he was transported in light clothing in an unheated carriage. According to another version, he was shot dead.
The main partisan Ponomarenko
According to the last Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Anatoly Lukyanov, Panteleimon Ponomarenko was another candidate for the supreme rulers of the Soviet Union. While Voznesensky was alive, his candidacy by Stalin was not considered. Ponomarenko could not boast of a deep academic education. But the first person of the USSR must certainly publish scientific works on the construction of socialism or communism.
But Panteleimon Ponomarenko was not an ordinary person. Although he was eight years younger than Khrushchev, it was him, the young first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus, who was appointed head of the partisan movement during the war. And he coped with his task brilliantly, setting up a second front in the rear for the German invaders.
His fate did not become as tragic as the fate of Voznesensky. A few months before his death, Stalin nominated Ponomarenko for his post. True, after Khrushchev came to power, documents confirming this disappeared somewhere. And the former main partisan himself was sent away from the capital in an honorable exile - first the first secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, and then even further.
At the same time, many talented and relatively young Soviet people were demoted or sent away from Moscow. policy. Some of them subsequently still reached a high position. Take at least Brezhnev or Kosygin.
And then, after the death of the Leader, the old guard defeated, who had a more serious experience of intrigue. And at the helm of the country stood not those people who were promoted by Stalin, but his closest circle - Khrushchev, Malenkov and Beria.
And despite all this, as it turned out, he still thought about who would fall into the hands of the country after his death. He did not think that any of his closest party associates, the so-called old guard, could rule the Soviet empire. He was looking for a successor among younger candidates. And he was going to update the entire administrative apparatus.
Fresh blood
And if the representatives of the old guard realized his intentions, they understood the danger that hung over their well-being and even their lives. To survive, they needed to forget about sentiments and become merciless predators. Actually, they were like that, otherwise they could not have reached such heights.
It is possible that it was the idea to refresh the managerial apparatus and dilute it with “fresh blood” that shortened the life of the Leader. And with his new protege she created serious problems.
Researchers of Soviet history call two people to whom at different times Stalin could pass the helm.
Dr. Ascension
Joseph Vissarionovich repeatedly mentioned that after him Nikolay Voznesensky should rule the country. He was an intelligent and educated person. Since 1938, he led the State Planning Commission. Among his merits can be called the transfer of the country from peaceful to military rails during the Great Patriotic War. He managed to rebuild as soon as possible the economy countries and make it effective for waging war. And after it, Voznesensky contributed to the restoration of the national economy in just one five-year period.
Of course, Malenkov, Khrushchev, Bulganin, Beria, and other old "Stalinist falcons" understood that if this person came to power, their days would be numbered. It is possible that in the literal sense. And in 1949 he was convicted of the “Leningrad case”. Everyone who fell into these millstones lost their lives. Everyone except Nikolay Voznesensky. He managed to stay alive for a short while. Perhaps the role played by the resolution of Stalin in his case, where it was written: "I do not believe it."
One way or another, but he was sent somewhere to the Urals. True, during transportation he froze to death, as he was transported in light clothing in an unheated carriage. According to another version, he was shot dead.
The main partisan Ponomarenko
According to the last Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Anatoly Lukyanov, Panteleimon Ponomarenko was another candidate for the supreme rulers of the Soviet Union. While Voznesensky was alive, his candidacy by Stalin was not considered. Ponomarenko could not boast of a deep academic education. But the first person of the USSR must certainly publish scientific works on the construction of socialism or communism.
But Panteleimon Ponomarenko was not an ordinary person. Although he was eight years younger than Khrushchev, it was him, the young first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus, who was appointed head of the partisan movement during the war. And he coped with his task brilliantly, setting up a second front in the rear for the German invaders.
His fate did not become as tragic as the fate of Voznesensky. A few months before his death, Stalin nominated Ponomarenko for his post. True, after Khrushchev came to power, documents confirming this disappeared somewhere. And the former main partisan himself was sent away from the capital in an honorable exile - first the first secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, and then even further.
At the same time, many talented and relatively young Soviet people were demoted or sent away from Moscow. policy. Some of them subsequently still reached a high position. Take at least Brezhnev or Kosygin.
And then, after the death of the Leader, the old guard defeated, who had a more serious experience of intrigue. And at the helm of the country stood not those people who were promoted by Stalin, but his closest circle - Khrushchev, Malenkov and Beria.
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