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It is widely believed Stalin intended to have Malenkov as his successor once he died, but either by design or lack of time to implement it before his death, there was no clear system to transfer power and power went back to the Central Comitee instead. The Communist Party after decades of literally living in terror, decided that while it would remain an authoritarian country with the Party at the top, there would not be another dictator and the position of General Secretary became vastly weakened compared to Stalin's role in it.

Could this had been different? What would had been the consequences of the USSR remained a Stalin-like dictatorship during its entire period? Who would had succeeded him in this case?
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