Augusts Kirhenšteins

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Latvian politician, prime minister of Latvia (1872-1963)

PoliticiansLived 1872 to 1963 · aged 91

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Awards 9

Order of Lenin

Hero of Socialist Labour

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class

Order of the Three Stars, 3rd Class

Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Order of the Three Stars, 4th Class

Legion of Honour

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

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

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SiblingRūdolfs Kirhenšteins

Connected to Augusts 6

Edward LucasAlso won Order of the Three Stars, 4th Class

Vilis KrištopansAlso won Order of the Three Stars, 3rd Class

Vilhelms PurvītisAlso won Order of the Three Stars, 3rd Class

Ivans KlementjevsAlso won Order of the Three Stars, 4th Class Ēriks EšenvaldsAlso won Order of the Three Stars, 4th Class

Sandis OzoliņšAlso won Order of the Three Stars, 3rd Class

About this person

Augusts Kirhenšteins, formerly spelt Kirchenšteins, was a Latvian and Soviet microbiologist, politician and educator. He was the de facto prime minister of Latvia from 20 June 1940 to 25 August 1940 and Acting de facto President of Latvia from 21 July 1940 to 25 August 1940. It was Kirhenšteins' Soviet puppet government that requested the incorporation of Latvia into the Soviet Union after the occupation of the country in 1940. He became a member of the Communist Party in 1941. He was Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic 1940-1952.