This episode tells the story of a shadowy figure in a shadowy world – Georgy Malenkov, the cunning and ruthless bureaucrat who worked his way up in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to become Stalin's presumptive successor. Little known in the West, Malenkov's ambitions and betrayals ultimately led to his untimely undoing. Professor Ronald Suny from the University of Michigan helps us understand the psyche of this complex man, one who dreamed of incredible power, very nearly succeeded, but soon ended up as one of history's minor footnotes.

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