STALIN'S HEIRS: THE NEW LINE-UP

Russia's new line-up of power, announced with surprising speed after Stalin's death, shows how the party dominates the state in Soviet Russia. The Big Five (outlined in red) of the new Presidium of the Council of Ministers (a sort of policymaking inner cabinet of the government) are all members of the ruling echelon of the Communist Party, the Presidium of the Central Committee. Malenkov, the new Chairman of the Council of Ministers (i.e., Premier), is listed first in the party hierarchy, with the other members appearing in the order given in the official communique.

Another top party member, Marshal Voroshilov, has been moved upstairs to the honorary job of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

The party leaders have also taken the most important ministries (second row of chart). Vishinsky has been bumped down by Molotov, who again becomes Foreign Minister. Marshal Vasilevsky was similarly demoted to make room for Marshal Bulganin. Other familiar names among the first deputy ministers (third row): Jacob Malik, former U.N. delegate, and Marshal Zhukov, conqueror of Berlin.

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