Tikhon Yakovlevich Kiselyov (, ; 12 August ( O.S.: 30 July), 191711 January 1983) was a Belarusian statesman in the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

, the leader (first secretary) of the

Communist Party of Byelorussia Communism () is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, ...

, i.e., the de facto leader of the

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(1980–1983).Kiselyov's bio
at hrono.info

Career

Party

*1940: member of the

CPSU The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU),. Abbreviated in Russian as КПСС, ''KPSS''. at some points known as the Russian Communist Party (RCP), All-Union Communist Party and Bolshevik Party, and sometimes referred to as the Soviet ...

*1961: member of the CPSU Central Committee *1980: first secretary of Central Committee the Communist Party of Byelorussia *1980: CPSU Central Committee Politbureau candidate

Government

*1954: member of the

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*1959-1978: Chairman of the BSSR Council of Ministers *1978-1980: Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers *1981: member of the

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of the USSR

Awards

* 1977: Hero of Socialist Labor * Two

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* Order of the Badge of Honor *Medals

References

*Career data are taken from the ''Large Encyclopedic Dictionary'' (Moscow, 1991) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiselyov, Tikhon Yakovlevich 1917 births 1983 deaths People from Dobrush district People from Gomelsky Uyezd Deputy heads of government of the Soviet Union Members of the Central Committee of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Central Committee of the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Central Committee of the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Central Committee of the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Central Committee of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Candidates of the Politburo of the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Candidates of the Politburo of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Fourth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Fifth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Sixth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Seventh convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Eighth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Ninth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Tenth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Heads of the Communist Party of Byelorussia Prime ministers of Belarus Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Order of Lenin Deaths from cancer in Belarus