Boris Aleksandrovich Balashov (; 7 December 192720 January 1974) was Editor-in-Chief of the Soviet

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''" Filateliya SSSR"'' (''"

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of the

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"'').

Biography

Born in 1927 in the family of a worker. He started working at one of the

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plants, where he worked as a planer and, then, as an electrician. After graduating from the Saratov State University, he was on the leading

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work as a division head of the Saratov Regional Committee of

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(Komsomol), and the editor of a provincial youth newspaper ''“Komsomolets”''. From 1958 to 1961, he worked as a head of the Press Section and, then, as a head deputy of the

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and Agitation Division of the Central Committee of VLKSM. At the later phase of his life, he was an Editor-in-Chief deputy and Editor-in-Chief for three Soviet magazines including ''"Filateliya SSSR"'' (1968–1974).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Balashov, Boris 1927 births 1974 deaths Male journalists Soviet journalists Russian philatelists Philately of the Soviet Union Komsomol

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