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Vasily Kuznetsov
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Soviet politician (1901-1990)
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Vasily Kuznetsov was born on 31 January 1901 and held citizenship of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. He worked as a politician, diplomat, trade unionist and engineer, and was educated at Carnegie Mellon University and the Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and its Politburo, and held the position of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. He took part in the 19th, 21st, 22nd and 26th Congresses of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and belonged to the Russians ethnic group. He received the Order of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Badge of Honour and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. He died on 5 June 1990 in Moscow and was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.
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Key facts
- Premier
- Nikolai Tikhonov
- Preceded by
- Konstantin Chernenko
- Succeeded by
- Andrei Gromyko
- President
- Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Konstantin Chernenko, Andrei Gromyko
- Born
- ( 1901-02-13 ) 13 February 1901, Sofilovka, Varnavinsky Uyezd , Kostroma Governorate , Russian Empire
- Died
- 5 June 1990 (1990-06-05) (aged 89), Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Resting place
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- Party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1927–1990)
- Spouse
- Zoya Igumnova [ ru ] (m. 1926; died 1988)
- Children
- Era, Elena, Valery and Alexander
- Education
- Carnegie Mellon University (1918–1921), Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (1921–1926)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vasily
- Family name
- Kuznetsov
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- engineer
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- New Year's address to the nation
- Image
- Кузнецов В. В.png
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1901-01-31
- date of death
- 1990-06-05
- ethnic group
- Russians
- name in native language
- Василий Васильевич Кузнецов
- Commons category
- Vasily Kuznetsov (diplomat)
- P12749
- Galium palustre
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Encyclopedic overview
Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Кузнецо́в; 13 February [O.S. 31 January] 1901 – 5 June 1990) was a Russian Soviet politician who acted as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1983 (after the death of Brezhnev), for a second time in 1984 (after the death of Andropov), and for a third time in 1985 (after the death of Chernenko). He was one of the oldest members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union was formally the highest state post. During the term of office, Kuznetsov was 81–82, 82–83, and 84 years old, respectively. He is the oldest head of the Soviet and Russian state in history (he was older than all three predecessors in this post).
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