Alexander A. Afanasyev ( March 28 ( April 10 ), 1903 , Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Province - May 30, 1991 , Moscow ) - Soviet statesman, head of the sea transport of the USSR.
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| Head of the government | Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin | ||||||
| Predecessor | Pyotr Petrovich Shirshov | ||||||
| Successor | Nikolay Vasilievich Novikov | ||||||
| Birth | March 28 ( April 10 ) 1903 Rybinsk Yaroslavl Province , Russian Empire | ||||||
| Death | May 30, 1991 (88 years old) Moscow , USSR | ||||||
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| The consignment | CPSU since 1939 | ||||||
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Biography
Born in Rybinsk in the family of a blacksmith.
Since 1918, a sailor of the Baltic Fleet , since 1921 the steering small steamer Desna of the Baltic Fleet. Since 1924, the navigator of the Baltic Shipping Company . In 1926 he graduated from the Leningrad Higher Maritime College (evening department).
Since 1929, the captain of the voyage on the vessels Ilmen, Siberia, Svir, Roshal of the Far Eastern Shipping Company .
- Since 1939, a member of the CPSU (b) .
- Since January 1940, the head of the Far Eastern Shipping Company.
- Since August 1942, Deputy People's Commissar of the Navy of the USSR .
- Since August 1946, head of the Main Directorate of the Northern Sea Route under the Council of Ministers of the USSR.
- Since March 30, 1948 - Minister of the Navy of the USSR.
April 26, 1948 arrested.
- On May 14, 1949, he was convicted by the Special Conference at the USSR Ministry of State Security to 20 years of forced labor camps under Art. 58-1 "a", 58-11 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR.
- By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 16, 1952, he was released from punishment ahead of schedule.
Since May 1952, the head of the port of Dudinka in the Krasnoyarsk Territory .
- Completely rehabilitated by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR on January 30, 1954.
- Since September 1954, the head of the port economy was a member of the board of the Ministry of the Navy of the USSR.
- Since September 1955, Deputy Minister of the Navy of the USSR.
- Since March 1957, head of the Main Directorate of the Northern Sea Route - Deputy Minister of the Navy of the USSR.
- Since April 1964, head of the Main Directorate of Navigation of the Ministry of the Navy of the USSR.
Since May 1969 - retired.
Alexander Alexandrovich Afanasyev died on May 30, 1991 in Moscow . He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery . [one]
Rewards
- Three Orders of Lenin ;
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor ;
- Order of the Red Star .
Proceedings
Afanasyev A.A. On the crest of a wave and in the abyss of Stalinism. M .: RosConsult, 2003.416 s. - ISBN 5-89805-042-6 .
Notes
Sources
- State power of the USSR: Supreme governing bodies and their leaders, 1923-1991: Historical and biographical directory / Auth. V.I. Ivkin. - M .: ROSSPEN, 1999 .-- 639 p. - ISBN 5-8243-0014-3 .
- Sidorov N. Small Combinators // Top Secret. - No. 5/20. - 05/02/2012.
- Rasulev Sh.A., Kontalev V.A. The leaders of the sea and river fleet. M.: Marine News, 2015.97 p. S.18-19.