Who removed Kosygin from the Politburo in 1952?
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
Alexei Kosygin
Joseph Stalin
Answer
In 1952, Joseph Stalin removed Alexei Kosygin from the Politburo, the highest decision-making body of the Soviet Union. Kosygin had been a close ally of Stalin for many years, but he had fallen out of favor with the dictator in recent months. Stalin was suspicious of Kosygin's loyalty and feared that he was plotting against him.
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