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At first, after Stalin died Georgi Malenkov became Prime Minister of the USSR and Nikita Khrushchev became General Secretary of the Communist Party. In the USSR, the real power was in the Communist Party, so Khrushchev was able to force Malenkov out, take over both positions and become the sole leader.

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