Piotar Mašeraw
Soviet politician (1918-1980) · Russia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 62
Pyotr Mironovich Masherov was a Soviet partisan, statesman, and one of the leaders of the Belarusian resistance during World War II who governed the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia from 1965 until his death in 1980.
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Masherov (left) with his brother Pavel, 1930s
Masherov's personnel sheet, c. 1946
Masherov in his military uniform in 1944
Masherov's party membership card as Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Belarus, 1963
Polotsk State University, one of the universities constructed under Masherov's leadership, pictured in 2004Awards
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Under Masherov's rule, Belarus was transformed from an agrarian, undeveloped nation which had not yet recovered from the Second World War into an industrial powerhouse; Minsk, the capital and largest city of Belarus, became one of the fastest-growing cities on the planet. Masherov ruled until his sudden death in 1980, after his vehicle was hit by a potato truck.
