After Khrushchev Was Ousted from Power by the Soviet Politburo

question 49

Multiple Choice

After Khrushchev was ousted from power by the Soviet Politburo, _______ rose in his place.

• A) Andrei Gromyko
• B) Leonid Brezhnev
• C) Georgy Malenkov
• D) Konstantin Chernenko

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