Mikhail Suslov
Soviet-era statesman (1902-1982) · Russia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 79
Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov 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.
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1982Died25 January 19821977Order of Klement GottwaldAwardOrder of the October RevolutionAward1972"Hammer and Sickle" gold medalAwardOrder of LeninAward1971Order of LeninAward1962"Hammer and Sickle" gold medalAwardOrder of LeninAward1952Order of LeninAward1945Order of the Patriotic War, 1st classAward1940Order of LeninAward1902Born8 November 1902
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Suslov in 1941
Suslov (standing, front row, furthest to the right) at the 3rd Party Congress of East Germany's ruling Socialist Unity Party, 1950
Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union (1954-1964)
Suslov in 1963.
Suslov (standing behind Brezhnev on the right) at the signing the SALT agreement, 1972.
Suslov (standing second from left in front row) at the 10th Party Congress of East Germany's ruling Socialist Unity Party, 1981
Suslov's tomb in the Kremlin Wall NecropolisAwards
About this person
Country
Russia
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1902 to 1982 · aged 79
