Vasily Vasilyevich Vakhrushev (russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Ва́хрушев; 28 February 1902 in Tula,

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– 13 January 1947 in

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) was a Soviet and Russian statesman who was from 1939 to 1940 the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR, literally meaning Premier or Prime Minister. Vakhrushev also was a "key figure" for

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operations in the

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. His ashes were buried at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vakhrushev, Vasily 1902 births 1947 deaths People from Tula, Russia Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members First convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Second convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Heads of government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Burials at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis