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The former Premier of the Soviet Union has died.

Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum, born 1905, was one of the most beloved world leaders of our time.

Since taking power in 1947 on the crest of a massive wave of popularity, she instituited sweeping reforms that stretched to every corner of Soviet life.

Besides from the reformed economy and robust welfare state left behind to her sucessor, she also drastically reduced the Red Army's size and expendiature, deeming it "A highly impressive waste of resources that could otherwise have been put to some useful purpose." and defusing a potentially apocalyptic diplomatic situation that could have divided the world in half.

Alongside her responsibilities as head of state, she was also a formidable author and academic who wrote several books, both of fiction and Marxist theory.

Despite widespread approval as a national leader, controversy over the treatment of political rivals during the power struggle after her predecessor's death still pervades at home and abroad.

Several world leaders are rumoured to be present at her funeral, including American, French and Japanese Presidents alongside the British, German and Chinese Prime ministers.
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