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In what year did Malenkov retire from politics?

  • 1970

  • 1980

  • 1961

  • 1957

Answer

In 1961, Georgiy Malenkov retired from active political life. Malenkov served as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1955, succeeding Joseph Stalin. Despite initially consolidating power after Stalin's death, he was eventually sidelined by Nikita Khrushchev and removed from leadership positions due to disagreements over domestic and foreign policies.
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