Malenkov was in charge of keeping records on the members of the Soviet communist party – two million files were made under his supervision during the next ten years . In this work Malenkov became closely associated with Stalin and was later heavily involved in the treason trials during the purging of the party . In 1938 , he was one of the key figures in bringing about the downfall of Yezhov , the head of the NKVD . In 1939 , Malenkov became the head of the Communist party 's Cadres Directorate , which gave him control over personnel matters of party bureaucracy . During the same year , he also became a member and a Secretary of the Central Committee and rose from his previous staff position to full member of the Orgburo . In February 1941 , Malenkov became a candidate member of the Politburo
purging of the party
Great Purge
Georgy Malenkov