Tikhon Kiselyov
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Tikhon Yakovlevich Kiselyov (12 August (O.S.: 30 July), 191711 January 1983) was a Belarusian statesman in the Soviet Union
, the leader (first secretary) of the Communist Party of Belorussia, i.e., the de-facto leader of the Byelorussian SSR
(1980-1983).
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, the leader (first secretary) of the Communist Party of Belorussia, i.e., the de-facto leader of the Byelorussian SSR
Byelorussian SSR
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was one of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union. It was one of the four original founding members of the Soviet Union in 1922, together with the Ukrainian SSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
(1980-1983).
Party
- 1940: member of the CPSU
- 1961: member of the CPSU Central CommitteeCentral CommitteeCentral Committee was the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, whether ruling or non-ruling in the twentieth century and of the surviving, mostly Trotskyist, states in the early twenty first. In such party organizations the...
- 1980: first secretary of Central Committee the Communist Party of Belorussia
- 1980: CPSU Central Committee Politbureau candidate
Government
- 1954: member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
- 1959-1978: Chairman of the BSSR Council of Ministers
- 1978-?: Deputy Chairman of the BSSR Council of Ministers
- 1981: member of the Presidium of the Supreme SovietPresidium of the Supreme SovietThe Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was a Soviet governmental institution – a permanent body of the Supreme Soviets . This body was of the all-Union level , as well as in all Soviet republics and autonomous republics...
of the USSR
Awards
- 1977: Hero of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist Labour was an honorary title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries. It was the highest degree of distinction for exceptional achievements in national economy and culture...
- Two Orders of Lenin
- Order of the Badge of HonorOrder of the Badge of HonorThe Order of the Badge of Honour was a civilian award of the Soviet Union.It was instituted on 25 November 1935 and conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding achievements in production, scientific research and social, cultural and other forms of social activity, for promotion of economic,...
- Medals