Lazar Kaganovich (Soviet World)

Lazar Kaganovich was a Russian politician who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He served in this position from 1955 to 1978, when he retired to his home in Moscow. He is considered the cause of the many Soviet and communist victories throughout the 1960s and 1970s across the world, as well as the reason for the growth in Sino-Soviet relations.

He came to power in 1955 following the exile of Georgy Malenkov, the 3rd premier of the Soviet Union, survived a coup and several assassination attempts, and went on to lead the USSR and the Communist Party for 23 consecutive years.