Ivan Dmitrievich Yakovlev (; 5 January 1910 – 26 December 1999) was a

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politician who served as the First Secretary of the Novosibirsk Regional Committee of the CPSU from 18 January 1949 to 8 August 1955, and the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR from 6 March 1956 to 26 December 1957.

Biography

Ivan Yakovlev was born into a peasant family, in

Tomsk Governorate Tomsk Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic, and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1804 to 1925 as part of Siberian Governorate-General (1804–1822) and West Siberian ...

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. He was the member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) since 1928. In 1949, he graduated from the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the CPSU (Bolsheviks). He worked at the Pospelikhinsky District Committee of the Komsomol. In 1930, arrived in Novosibirsk to help build the "Sibkombain" plant, edited a factory newspaper, served as secretary of the Komsomol committee, and worked in the party committee. After serving in the Pacific Fleet, he returned to the plant’s party committee. Since 1930, he held various Soviet and party positions: * 1930–1931: Head of the Agitation and Propaganda Department and Executive Secretary of the Pospelikhinsky District Committee of the Komsomol (West Siberian Region). * 1931–1932: Editor of the newspaper ''Dayoš' Kombain'' (Novosibirsk). * 1932–1933: Secretary of the Komsomol Committee of ''Sibkombainstroy'' (Novosibirsk). * 1933–1935: Served in the Red Army, Deputy Secretary of the VKP(b) Committee of Plant No. 179 (Novosibirsk). * 1935–1937: Head of the Kirov District Department of Public Education and Cultural-Educational Department of the Kirov District Committee of the VKP(b) (Novosibirsk). * 1937–1938: Secretary of the VKP(b) Committee of Plant No. 179 (Novosibirsk). * 1938–1939: Director of Secondary School No. 9 (Novosibirsk). * 1939: Head of the Novosibirsk City Department of Public Education. * 1939–1940: First Secretary of the Kirov District Committee of the VKP(b) in Novosibirsk. Later, he held senior party and government positions: * 1940–1944: Third, then Second Secretary of the Novosibirsk City Committee of the VKP(b); from March to July 1941, simultaneously Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Novosibirsk City Council. * 1944–1946: Second Secretary of the Novosibirsk Regional Committee of the VKP(b). During

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, oversaw the defense industry. * 1949–1955: First Secretary of the Novosibirsk Regional Committee of the VKP(b)-CPSU. * 1955–1956: Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan. * 1956–1957: First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan. * 1958–1961: First Secretary of the Ulyanovsk Regional Committee of the CPSU. * 1961–1964: Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Omsk City Council. * 1964–1973: Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Omsk Regional Council. He was the member of the CPSU Central Committee from 1952 to 1961. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for the 3rd to 5th convocations. He retired in 1973. He died on 5 January 1910, and was buried in Moscow at the

Kuntsevo Cemetery The Kuntsevo Cemetery () is a cemetery servicing Kuntsevo, Moscow. It is located on the bank of the Setun River, to the south of the Mozhaisk Highway (the continuation of the Kutuzovsky Prospekt). The local five-domed church was commissioned in 16 ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yakovlev, Ivan Dmitrievich 1910 births 1999 deaths People from Tomsk Governorate First secretaries of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan Recipients of the Order of Lenin