Alexei Kosygin
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Alexei Kosygin was a Soviet politician who served as Prime Minister of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1980 during the Cold War era. He is historically significant because he was a key figure in Soviet government during a period of economic reform attempts and major international events, including the Vietnam War and Soviet-American tensions.
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- 1904-02-08
- Died
- 1980-12-18
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Acting · St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
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- 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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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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