Alexei Kirichenko

Soviet politician (1908-1975) · Russia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 67

Alexei Illarionovich Kirichenko was a Soviet Ukrainian politician, who was the first ethnic Ukrainian to head the republic's communist party during the Soviet era.

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Kirichenko in 1942 (second from left)

Awards

Order of the Red Banner

Order of Lenin

Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class

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

Medal "Veteran of Labour"

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

Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"

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

Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta

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"

About this person

Between 1957 and 1960, he was a Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the second-highest-ranking official within the party after Nikita Khrushchev.

Country

Russia

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