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Damn I never realized he lived to be 74.
Still died too soon but that's a long life for his time/place/experiences.
Also given his age it seems like there should have been a better succession plan
Well the USSR was a democracy, not a monarchy. Malenkov became party head briefly because it was uncertain on how party Secretariat would be appointed, that's true. He would have been presumably who Stalin would have preferred. But the central Soviet didn't much care for Malenkov, so they formally elected Krushchev a few months later.
Yeah that's fair, my knowledge post WWII gets really fuzzy so I can't confidently critique what followed.
It's easy to claim things should have been done differently, in retrospect after the fall of the USSR. But it's not very useful without careful examination.
Who needs a succession plan when you've got the corn boy.
A great lesson to apply to all sorts of organizations. You actually have to put in time and effort to develop people and have someone capable and popular to hand projects over to.
Well it would've been better to let him retire after the war.
Yeah tbh. After all he did and at his age, let him rest.
Plus he could still be an advisor to oversee a smoother transition period.