Tihon Konstantinov (; 13 August 1898 – 20 January 1957) was a Soviet politician who served as the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Moldavian SSR from 1940 to 1945.

Biography

Konstantinov was born in the village Khoroshe of Pavlograd uyezd,

Yekaterinoslav Governorate Yekaterinoslav Governorate} was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Yekaterinoslav. Covering an area of , and being composed of a inhabitant of 2,113,674 by the census of 1897, it bordere ...

(now in

Luhansk Oblast Luhansk Oblast (; ), also referred to as Luhanshchyna (), is the easternmost Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Luhansk. The oblast was established in 1938 and bore the n ...

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). The village was located by the Samara river, while next to the village there was the estate ''Dobrenkoe''. In the 1938–1940, he was a chairman of the council in the

Moldavian ASSR The Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, shortened to Moldavian ASSR, was an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics, autonomous republic of the Ukrainian SSR between 12 October 1924 and 2 August 1940, encompassing the modern territory ...

Tiraspol Tiraspol (, ; also /; , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Transnistria, a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the third-largest city. The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River. Tiraspol is a regional hub of cul ...

and a people's deputy of the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...

of the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991. ...

. Tihon Konstantinov was the prime minister of

Moldavian SSR The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic or Moldavian SSR (, mo-Cyrl, Република Советикэ Сочиалистэ Молдовеняскэ), also known as the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Moldavia, Sovie ...

(2 August 1940 – 17 April 1945) (in exile in

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from June 1941 until August 1944). The exact name was Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars. During his mandate as prime minister, Pyotr Borodin and

Nikita Salogor Nikita Leontyevich Salogor (, or ''Salagor'', ; 15 August 1901 – 24 June 1982) was a Moldavian and Soviet politician who served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldavia (PCM) in 1942–1946. Of Romanian Ukrainian or Moldovan ...

were first secretaries of the

Communist Party of Moldova The Communist Party of Moldavia (, PCM, Moldovan Cyrillic: ; ) was the ruling and sole legal political party of the Moldavian SSR. It was one of the fifteen republic-level parties that formed the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) until ...

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 ...

(February 7, 1939), for prominent successes in Agriculture and particularly for over-fulfillment of plans for major agricultural works.Handbook on the history of Communist Party and Soviet Union

References

*''Enciclopedia sovietică moldovenească'' (Chişinău, 1970–1977) 1898 births 1957 deaths People from Luhansk Oblast People from Yekaterinoslav Governorate Communist Party of the Soviet Union members First convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union First convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Politicians from the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Communist Party of Moldavia politicians Heads of government of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner {{Ukraine-politician-stub