Nikolai Bulganin

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union

Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin 11 June 1895 Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire

24 February 1975(1975-02-24) (79) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

8 February 1955 – 27 March 1958

Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin (Russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Булга́нин ; 11 June  1895 – 24 February 1975) was a Soviet politician who served as Minister of Defense (1953–1955) and Premier of the Soviet Union (1955–1958) under Nikita Khrushchev, following service in the Red Army and as defence minister under Joseph Stalin.