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Mikhail Suslov

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Also known as Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov

Soviet-era statesman (1902-1982)

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Mikhail Suslov was a high-ranking Soviet politician who served as a key ideological leader in the Communist Party from the 1940s until his death in 1982. He was one of the most influential figures in the Soviet Union during the Cold War, shaping the party's official ideology and playing a major role in major political decisions.

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Gensek
Leonid Brezhnev
Premiers
Alexei Kosygin , Nikolai Tikhonov
Succeeded by
Andrei Kirilenko
Preceded by
Andrei Zhdanov
Born
Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov , ( 1902-11-21 ) 21 November 1902, Shakhovskoye , Russian Empire
Died
25 January 1982 (1982-01-25) (aged 79), Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Resting place
Kremlin Wall Necropolis , Moscow
Party
CPSU (1921–1982)
Spouse
Yelizaveta Alexandrovna ​ ​ ( death 1972 ) ​
Alma mater
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Profession
Civil servant economist
Awards
Hero of Socialist Labor (twice)
Allegiance
Soviet Union
Branch service
Soviet partisans
Years of service
1941–1945
Battles wars
World War II Eastern Front Battle of the Caucasus Baltic guerrilla war Hungarian Uprising

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Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov (Russian: Михаи́л Андре́евич Су́слов; 21 November [O.S. 8 November] 1902 – 25 January 1982) was a Soviet politician. In addition to serving as the Central Committee's longtime Secretary of Ideology, he held office as Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1965 until his death in 1982.

Born in rural Russia in 1902, Suslov became a member of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in 1921 and studied economics for much of the 1920s. He left his job as a teacher in 1931 to pursue politics full-time, becoming one of the many Soviet politicians who took part in the mass repression begun by Joseph Stalin's regime. He was made First Secretary of Stavropol Krai administrative area in 1939. During World War II, Suslov headed the local Stavropol guerrilla movement.

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