Konstantin Pamfilov (; 25 May 1901 – 2 May 1943) was a

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statesman. Born in the village

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in the

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in the family of an

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. In 1915 he graduated two-year college. A member of the Communist Party since 1918. During the

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he led a

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detachment against

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s in the Smolensk region. Since 1938 is the People's Commissar of Public Utilities RSFSR. He died of heart failure. The urn with the ashes is in the

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Literature

* Москва. Энциклопедия. 1980 г. * Абрамов Алексей. У Кремлёвской стены. – М., Политиздат, 1988.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pamfilov, Konstantin 1901 births 1943 deaths People from Smolensk Oblast People from Dukhovshchinsky Uyezd Bolsheviks Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Moscow State University alumni Burials at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis