Alexander Shelepin

Soviet politician, KGB chairman (1918-1994) · Russia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 76

Alexander Nikolayevich Shelepin was a Soviet politician and intelligence officer. A long-time member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Shelepin served as a First Deputy Premier, a full member of the Politburo and as the chairman of the KGB from December 1958 to November 1961.

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Shelepin in 1949

Awards

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Order of Lenin

Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class

Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Order of the Red Star

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War"

Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War", 1st class

Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

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Even after ostensibly leaving the KGB, he continued to hold considerable influence over the agency well until 1967 through his protégé, Vladimir Semichastny, who succeeded him as KGB Chairman.

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Russia

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