Vasili Kuznetsov (politician)
Vasili Kuznetsov | |
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Василий Кузнецов | |
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Acting Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | |
In office 10 March 1985 – 27 July 1985 | |
Preceded by | Konstantin Chernenko |
Succeeded by | Andrei Gromyko |
In office 9 February 1984 – 11 April 1984 | |
Preceded by | Yuri Andropov |
Succeeded by | Konstantin Chernenko |
In office 10 November 1982 – 16 June 1983 | |
Preceded by | Leonid Brezhnev |
Succeeded by | Yuri Andropov |
First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | |
In office 7 October 1977 – 18 June 1986 | |
President | Leonid Brezhnev Yuri Andropov Konstantin Chernenko Andrei Gromyko |
Preceded by | None – post established |
Succeeded by | Pyotr Demichev |
First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 1955–1977 | |
Leader | Vyacheslav Molotov Dmitri Shepilov Andrei Gromyko |
Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet | |
In office 12 March 1946 – 12 June 1950 | |
Preceded by | Nikolay Shvernik |
Succeeded by | Zhumabay Shayakhmetov |
Full member of the 19th Politburo | |
In office 16 October 1952 – 5 March 1953 | |
Candidate member of the 25th, 26th Politburo | |
In office 3 October 1977 – 6 March 1986 | |
Member of the Orgburo | |
In office 18 March 1946 – 14 October 1952 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sofilovka, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire | 13 February 1901
Died | 5 June 1990 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 89)
Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
Nationality | Soviet |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1927–1990) |
Vasili Vasilyevich Kuznetsov (Russian: Василий Васильевич Кузнецов; 13 February [O.S. 31 January] 1901 – 5 June 1990) was a Russian Soviet politician who acted as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1983 (after the death of Brezhnev), for a second time in 1984 (after the death of Andropov), and for a third time in 1985 (after the death of Chernenko).
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union was formally the highest state post. During the term of office, Kuznetsov was 81–82, 82–83, and 84 years old, respectively, so he is the oldest head of the Soviet and Russian state in history (he was older than all three predecessors in this post).
Biography[]
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Kuznetsov was born in Sofilovka, Kostroma Governorate. He joined the Communist Party in May 1927. He took a break from his engineering education when he went to the United States to study metal processing at Carnegie Mellon University from 1931 to 1933.
Kuznetsov held a variety of government and Communist Party positions beginning in 1940. He was Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities from 12 March 1946 to 12 March 1950,[1] and simultaneously Chairman of the Presidium of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions from 15 March 1944 to 12 March 1953. In 1955 he became First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. On 7 October 1977 he was elected as First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, a position he held until 18 June 1986. Upon the deaths of Leonid Brezhnev (1982), Yuri Andropov (1984) and Konstantin Chernenko (1985), Kuznetsov became acting chairman of the Presidium until the election of a successor.[2] Also, on 31 December 1982, Kuznetsov congratulated the Soviet people on the New Year in a televised address.
He retired in 1986 and died in Moscow on 5 June 1990.[3] Kuznetsov was the longest-lived head of the Soviet and Russian states in history (89 years), until Mikhail Gorbachev broke this record.
References[]
- ^ "СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК". 28 September 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011.
- ^ warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=13394
- ^ "Vasily Kuznetsov, 90, Dies; Former Soviet Vice President", The Washington Post, 7 June 1990.
- Nikolai A. Zenkovič, Samye zakrytye ljudi i.(in Russian) Encyclopedia of biographies, OLMA-Press, Moscow, 2002, ISBN 5-94850-035-7; pp. 298–292
- 1901 births
- 1990 deaths
- People from Semyonov, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- People from Kostroma Governorate
- Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Chairmen of the Soviet of Nationalities
- Second convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
- Third convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
- Fourth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
- Fifth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
- Sixth convocation members 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
- Carnegie Mellon University alumni
- Heroes of Socialist Labour
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery
- Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to China