Augusts Voss
Augusts Voss Август Эдуардович Восс | |
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First Secretary of the Communist Party of Latvia | |
In office 15 April 1966 – 14 April 1984 | |
Preceded by | Arvīds Pelše |
Succeeded by | Boris Pugo |
Personal details | |
Born | Saltykovo, Vikulovsky District, Tyumen Oblast | 30 October 1916
Died | 10 February 1994 Moscow, Russia | (aged 77)
Citizenship | Soviet |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1940–1990) |
Augusts Voss (Russian: Август Эдуардович Восс; 30 October 1916, Saltykovo – 10 February 1994, Moscow) was a Soviet and Latvian politician and party functionary. Before World War II he worked as a school teacher. In 1940, he was mobilized into the Red Army and served as a politruk. From 1945, he served as a party apparatchik in Latvia. From 1966 till 1984, he was First Secretary (later: General Secretary) of the Communist Party of Latvia[1] and member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1971 till 1990. From 1984 till 1989, he was Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities, upper chamber of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.[2] Voss understood Latvian, but did not use it publicly.[citation needed]
He did not return to Latvia and died in Moscow in 1994, where he is also buried.
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References[]
- ^ Walter R. Iwaskiw, ed. (1995). "Latvia: A Country Study". Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 July 2009.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- ^ "СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК". 28 September 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011.
- 1916 births
- 1994 deaths
- People from Vikulovsky District
- Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Communist Party of Latvia politicians
- Chairmen of the Soviet of Nationalities
- Seventh convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
- Eighth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
- Ninth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
- Tenth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
- Eleventh convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
- Heads of the Communist Party of Latvia
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery