Keyword: «"leningrad group"»

. The article investigates the struggle for power and influence on the leader in the postwar Stalin`s leadership. Particular attention is given to the confrontation of “Leningrad group” and G. M. Malenkov`s supporters in the Central Committee. One of the results of this struggle was elimination from the party of Stalin`s illegitimate son. This decision was initiated by the representatives of “Leningrad group”.

The paper discusses mistakes of so-called Leningrad “anti-party group”, expressed in excessive political activity and independence of its individual representatives and included in dissonance with rigid principles of the Stalinist system of government.