Augusts Voss ( rus, Август Эдуардович Восс; 30 October 1919, Saltykovo – 10 February 1994,

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) was a Soviet politician of

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origin and party functionary. Before World War II he worked as a school teacher. In 1940, he was mobilized into the

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and served as a politruk. From 1945, he served as a party

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in Latvia. From 1966 till 1984, he was First Secretary (later: General Secretary) of the

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and member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1971 till 1990. From 1984 till 1989, he was Chairman of the

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, upper chamber of the

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. He did not return to Latvia and died in Moscow in 1994, where he is also buried.

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