Kliment Voroshilov Quotes

On Saturday, 28 February 1953, Josef Stalin invited four of his senior associates to the Kremlin: Georgy Malenkov, Lavrenty Beria, Nikita Khrushchev, and Nikolai Bulganin.1 During the final six months of his life, Stalin and these four men constituted what was known as the “ruling group” or simply the “Five.” They met regularly in Stalin’s home. The leader’s other old friends—Vyacheslav Molotov, Anastas Mikoyan, and Kliment Voroshilov—were in disgrace, and he did not wish to see them.2 Assembling a small group of supporters to act as his right hand in ruling the country was a key element of Stalin’s modus operandi. He liked to name these groups according to the number of members: the Five (Piaterka), the Six (Shesterka), the Seven (Semerka), the Eight (Vos’merka), the Nine (Deviatka).

Kliment Voroshilov (1881-1969), mariscal. Dirigió las fuerzas soviéticas durante la Guerra de Invierno con escaso acierto. En enero de 1940 fue destituido. Durante la invasión alemana no pudo evitar que Leningrado fuera cercada, pero su amistad con Stalin le libró de caer en desgracia. Nikita Jrushchov diría de él que era “la bolsa de mierda más grande del Ejército”.