Voroshilov
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Kliment Efremovich 1881–1969, Soviet general: president of the Soviet Union 1953–60.
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former name of Ussuriisk.
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Of the Politburo as it existed in 1925 when Molotov was raised to it, three men�Stalin, Voroshilov and Molotov�are left.
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After the war, as the fortunes of Malenkov and Molotov fluctuated, and Voroshilov showed signs of age, the legend grew that Beria was the man closest to Stalin, his most trusted confidant and, protector.
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In 1960 he succeeded Marshal Kliment Voroshilov in the post of Soviet President.
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Voroshilov made a second attempt to join his old comrades through a side door of the Mausoleum and was ejected by a plainclothesman.
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Voroshilov appeared, like a death's head at a feast.
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