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Alexei Kosygin

Also known as Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin

Soviet politician (1904-1980)

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Aleksey Nikolaevich Kosygin was a Soviet politician and engineer. Born in Saint Petersburg in 1904, he was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He served as First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union and was a member of the Central Committee and the Politburo. His career began in 1919, and he participated in the Eastern Front as a captain.

Kosygin attended Saint Petersburg State University of Technology and Design. He spoke Russian and was of Russian ethnicity. He received the Order of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Red Banner, and the Gold Star Order. He participated in the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st Congresses of the Communist Party. He died in Moscow in 1980 and is buried at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.

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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire

Known for

The Century of Icons — Self (archive footage)2022
Код доступа — Self2017
The Society of the Spectacle — Self (archive footage)1974
Oratorio for Prague — Self (archive footage)1968
Urho Kekkonen - valtiomies, presidentti1967

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Instance of: human
Given name: Aleksey
Gender: male
Citizenship: Soviet Union
Place of birth: Saint Petersburg
Place of death: Moscow
Occupation: engineer
Educated at: Saint Petersburg State University of Technology and Design
Political party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Languages spoken: Russian
Award: Hero of Socialist Labour
Participant in: 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Conflict: Eastern Front
Military rank: captain
Image: 1971 Wire Photo press conference in Ottawa Canada Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin.jpg

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Commons category: Alexei Kosygin
date of birth: 1904-02-08
date of death: 1980-12-18
place of burial: Kremlin Wall Necropolis
member of: Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
name in native language: Алексей Николаевич Косыгин
ethnic group: Russians
start of work period: 1919-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin (21 February [O.S. 8 February] 1904 – 18 December 1980) was a Soviet statesman who served as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1964 to 1980. Following Nikita Khrushchev's removal from power, he briefly led the Soviet Union as part of a triumvirate in the mid-to-late 1960s.

Alexei Kosygin was born in the city of Saint Petersburg in 1904 to a Russian working-class family. During the Russian Civil War, he was conscripted into the labour army. After the Red Army's demobilization in 1921, he worked in Siberia as an industrial manager. In the early 1930s, Kosygin returned to Leningrad and worked his way up the Soviet hierarchy. During the Great Patriotic War (World War II), Kosygin was tasked by the State Defence Committee with moving Soviet industry out of territories soon to be overrun by the German Army. He served as Minister of Finance for a year before becoming Minister of Light Industry (later, Minister of Light Industry and Food). However, in 1952, Stalin removed Kosygin from the Politburo, thereby weakening Kosygin's position within the Soviet hierarchy.

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