Alexander Ivanovich Milchakov (; 11 October 1903 – 17 July 1973) was a

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politician and political activist who was known for serving as the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Komsomol from 1928 to 1929, between the age of 24 and 26.

Early life and education

Milchakov was born in 1903, in the village of Vyatka (now Kirov) in the

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. His father was a railroad worker. At the age of fifteen, Alexander Milchakov joined the Socialist Union of Working Youth and became a Deputy of the Council of Workers, Soldiers, and Peasants.

Political career

He joined the

Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU),. Abbreviated in Russian as КПСС, ''KPSS''. at some points known as the Russian Communist Party (RCP), All-Union Communist Party and Bolshevik Party, and sometimes referred to as the Soviet ...

in 1919. From 1919 to 1921, Milchakov held minor positions within the

Komsomol The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, usually known as Komsomol, was a political youth organization in the Soviet Union. It is sometimes described as the youth division of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), although it w ...

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and

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. From 1921 to 1925, he was a member of the Central Committee of the Komsomol. In 1922, he was the youngest delegate to the First All-Union Congress of Soviets. In 1925, he also became involved with the

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and became a member of the Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Young Communist International. He also became a member of the Central Control Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1934. He was also a candidate member of the

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. From 1927 to 1928, he served as the First Secretary of the

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and from 1928 to 1929, he served as the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Komsomol. In 1931, he briefly became a head of a department within the

Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the Central committee, highest organ of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) between Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Congresses. Elected by the ...

. Milchakov was a delegate to the 12-17th Congresses of the

Communist Party of the Soviet Union The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU),. Abbreviated in Russian as КПСС, ''KPSS''. at some points known as the Russian Communist Party (RCP), All-Union Communist Party and Bolshevik Party, and sometimes referred to as the Soviet ...

, a delegate to the 2-9th Congressess of the

, a delegate to the 5th World Congress of the

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, and a delegate to the 3-5th Congresses of the

. Milchakov was repressed during the

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in 1938 and sentenced to 16 years of forced labor. He was initially sent to the Norilsk Forced Labor Camp, better known as the

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, but was later sent to the Magadan Forced Labor Camp ( Maglag). He was rehabilitated in 1954 and was readmitted into the

during the

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Death

Milchakov passed away at the age of 69 in Moscow. He is buried at the

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located in Moscow. There are streets in Perm and Rostov-on-Don named after Alexander Milchakov. There are streets in

and

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named after Alexander Milchakov.

Awards

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (, ) was an award named after Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution. It was established by the Central Executive Committee on 6 April 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet ...

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour () was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the Soviet state and society in the fields of production, science, culture, literature, the arts, education, sports ...

References

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Early life and education

Political career

Death

Awards

See also

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