European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Little known hard liner takes Center stage by Deborah Seward the associated press Gennady i. Kanayev picked As a Compromise candidate by Mikhail s. Gorbachev to appease hard liners a year ago was careful not to directly criticize his Boss. But the career communist had warned about the hardships of Gorbachev s Market oriented Reform. The 53-year-old Kanayev pronounced Yah Neye Jeff and other hard liners announced monday that they were taking Power from Gorbachev because the nation was on the verge of collapse Kanayev an ethnic russian was a Little known provincial party official before becoming Gorbachev a personal Choice for the Job of vice president. His nomination was approved by the Congress of Peoples deputies in december. Foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze resigned from his Post at the same legislative session warning of an impending dictatorship. Kanayev has not criticized Gorbachev publicly but he has expressed concern in speeches for the Public Well being in the transition to a Market Economy. He spent his eight months As vice president mainly greeting foreign officials. He rarely was seen on soviet television and his comments were sporadically reported in the soviet press. One of his major Public appearances was in late july when he greeted president Bush for a Summit with Gorbachev. There Are conflicting views of Kanayev among Sovi ecologists. Rodney Kennedy Minott a senior research fellow at the Hoover institution described Kanayev As  Anfio Gennady Kanayev talks to the Media after becoming vice president in december 1990. Orthodox communist who last year was chosen by Gorbachev to be vice president As an Effort to reassure conservatives troubled by the government s moves toward democracy. Quot i done to look upon him As much of a Power figure Quot Kennedy Minott said. Quot it s the people behind  but Adam b. Ulam director of Harvard University s russian research Center said Kanayev Quot was never thought to be particularly conservative Quot and has Quot no particular political complexion of his  Kanayev is a member of the Congress and the National supreme soviet legislature. He also is a member of the communist party s ruling politburo and its policy setting Central committee. Kanayev has a doctorate in history. He graduated in 1959 from the Gorki agricultural Institute and obtained a Law degree in 1967 from the All Union juridical correspondence Institute. After completing his studies Kanayev worked As a mechanical Engineer in Gorki before becoming a Volunteer in the communist party s youth organization the Komsomol. In the Early 1970s, he came to Moscow to become chairman of the . Committee of youth organizations a group that deals with foreign youth movements. At the same time he wrote his dissertation on International youth movements. Kanayev later served for six years As Deputy chairman of the soviet Friendship society a group that maintains nongovernmental contacts with foreigners primarily in the developing world. He later worked As a Komsomol official and in 1989 became an official of the government run Trade Union organization. He was elected to the communist party politburo in july after a party shake up. Predecessors in Power other leaders of the soviet communist party Vla Dunlo i. Lenin Josef Stalin Georgi Malenkos Nikita Khrushchev y m Mikhail s. Gorbachev was selected As communist party chairman on March 11,1985. His predecessors were it Leonid i. Brezhnev Yuri Andropov Konstantin Chernenko Vladimir i. Lenin november 1917-january 1924. The most revered russian revolutionary spent years absorbing the doctrines of Karl Marx and did a stint in siberian prisons before rallying the masses behind the russian revolution. He ordered massive state planning but did t live to see it. He left secret instructions for Josef Stalin s removal As head of the communist party a to no Avail. Josof Stalin january 1924-March 1953. He ruthlessly eliminated political opponents most notably Leon Trotsky to grab uncontested Power in december 1927. His nearly three decades in Power encompassed ultimate Victory in world War ii soviet domination of Eastern Europe and a dictatorship unrivalled among major Powers for fear and repression. Goorgin Malinkov March 1953. Stalin s close aide Malenkos succeeded the dictator upon his death As Secretary general of the communist party but was ousted 10 Days later by Nikita Khrushchev. Malenkos who enunciated the doctrine of Quot peaceful coexistence Quot lost his other Post As Premier in 1955 and lost All government influence in 1957. He died at 86, a forgotten Man in 1988. Nikita Khrushchev March 1953-october 1964. Slow to consolidate a position of absolute Power he used it to denounce Stalin in 1956, declared Quot coexistence Quot the goal of soviet foreign policy began economic Reform and modernization and opened contacts with the West. Ousted in 1964, he was blamed for the cuban missile crisis and other failings. He died in september 1971, Leonid l Braz Nav october 1964-november 1982. The stolid Brezhnev moved quickly to abolish Many of Khrushchev s attempts at decentralization of soviet bureaucracy and to increase defense spending. His willingness to negotiate arms reductions in the 1970s withered with the soviet invasion of Afghanistan in december 1979. He died of a heart attack at 75. Yuri Andropov november 1982-february 1984. In the 15 months in Power of the former secret police Boss East West tensions heightened Over a number of issues including the soviet Downing of a korean air lines Jet and deployment of nato intermediate Range nuclear missiles in Western Europe. For most of his last six months before his death he was out of Public View. A Konstantin Homanko february 1984-March 1985. At 72 the oldest Man to assume Power in the Kremlin the prot6g6 of Brezhnev railed against president Reagan s Quot Star wars Quot defense strategy while moving toward nuclear arms limitations. Attempts to improve the soviet Economy and Stem corruption lost out to steadily worsening health and he died after a tenure of Only 13. Months. Tuesday August 20, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 3