Bulganin biography of rory

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Bulganin was born in Nizhni Novgorod (now Gorky), on June 11, The son of a well-to-do white-collar worker, he was educated in private schools. He joined the Bolshevik (Communist) Party in , and served in a number of major party posts over the next four decades.

As an officer in the Cheka, the forerunner of the KGB, from to , Bulganin received criticism from within the party for his brutality.

In , he became a member of the National Economic Council, which was charged with planning and directing the Soviet economy. In he was given control over a major electrical components factory, in which position he completed his assigned Five Year Plan in less than three years.

As Chairman of the Moscow City Soviet (Mayor) from to , Bulganin oversaw construction of the Moscow Metro, as well as implementation of many of Stalin's major urbanization projects.

Bulganin's reputation as a more-than-capable administrator helped him survive Stalin's purges and, in