Oleksandr Pavlovych Liashko was a Ukrainian

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 and Soviet

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 politician

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. He has been the Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of Ukrainian SSR

Ukrainian SSR

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 (today's equivalent of prime-minister

Prime Minister of Ukraine

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) for more than 15 years, making him the longest-serving person in that capacity.
He joined Communist Party

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 in 1942 and has been a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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 from 1961 to 1989. In 1985 Liashko received an honorary title of the Hero of Socialist Labour.

Biography

Oleksandr Liashko was born in a family of a railroader in a small village in Luhansk Oblast

Luhansk Oblast

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, eastern Ukraine. He studied at technical school

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 and matriculated

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 at Donetsk Industrial Institute in 1937.

Awards

Oleksandr Liashko was awarded the Hero of Socialist Labour in 1985. During his public service he also received numerous other civil and state awards and recognitions, including the Order of Lenin

Order of Lenin

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 (in 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1985), the Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Order of the Red Banner of Labour

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 (in 1957 and 1958), the Order of the Patriotic War

Order of the Patriotic War

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, I class (in 1985) and the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise

Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise

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, V class (in 2000).