Saburov, however, belonged more to the faction headed by Georgy Malenkov than to Khrushchev himself, and Malenkov was declining in power, being replaced in February 1955 by the rising Nikolai Bulganin as Chairman of Sovmin. Anti-Party Group In 1957, a failed attempt to depose Khrushchev was run by Malenkov, Lazar Kaganovich and Vyacheslav Molotov, known as the Anti-Party Group. Saburov, being a friend of Malenkov, was implicated in the coup attempt and removed from his position as First Deputy Premier. Malenkov, in this period was condemned as "loathsome", thus also bringing Saburov into the purge. Saburov recanted, saying that "It is well known, comrades, that I made a mistake in June 1957 by displaying political instability in the struggle of the Central Committee of the Soviet CP against the anti-Party group." Saburov worked as Deputy Chairman of Comecon for a short period of time afterwards, before moving to a factory in Syzran, which he managed until his retirement in 1966. Decorations and awards Three Orders of Lenin Order of the Red Banner of Labour Notes and references External links Guide to the History of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union 1898—1991 Biography at "Hronos" Further reading Everyman's Concise Encyclopaedia of Russia, S. V. Utechin, 1961. 1900 births 1977 deaths People from Druzhkivka People from Yekaterinoslav Governorate Russians in Ukraine Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members People's commissars and ministers of the Soviet Union Second convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Third convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Fourth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Anti-revisionists Soviet economists Bauman Moscow State Technical University alumni Recipients of the Order of Lenin Soviet engineers