Titarenko, Alexey Antonovich

Born March 17 (30), 1915 in the city of Mariupol, Ekaterinoslav province (now the Donetsk region of Ukraine ). In 1937 he graduated from the rolling department of the Zhdanov Metallurgical Institute . Since 1939 he worked at the Mariupol Metallurgical Plant.

Member of the CPSU since 1940. ^[1] After the evacuation of the plant in Nizhny Tagil in 1941, he was appointed head of the workshop. In 1946-1948 - the head of the workshop, deputy head of the department of the Mariupol Metallurgical Plant.

In 1952-1960 he was the first secretary of the Stalin City Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. In March 1960 - August 1962 - the second secretary of the Stalin Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine.

From August 16, 1962 to March 24, 1966 he was the first secretary of the Zaporizhzhya regional committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine (in January 1963 - December 1964 - the industrial regional committee).

From March 18, 1966 to October 22, 1982 - Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. In 1966-1988 he was a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.

From October 22, 1982 to December 12, 1988 - the second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine.

Maria Orlik , who oversaw the construction of the memorial complex of the history of the Great Patriotic War in Kiev (opened in 1981), recalled: "Alexey Antonovich was responsible for the entire construction complex of the republic, and first of all for Kiev. He was a very tough person. On the operatives, which are the secretary The Central Committee regularly conducted at the facility, many got in the tail and mane, but the work schedule was strictly observed " ^[2] .

By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 29, 1985, for his great services to the Communist Party and the Soviet state and in connection with the seventieth birthday of Titarenko, Alexei Antonovich was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labor with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Medal "Hammer and Sickle."

A candidate member of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1966-1971), a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1971-1989). Member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 7-11th convocations (1966-1989).

Since December 1988 he was retired. He lived in Kiev. He died on July 14, 1992 at the 78th year of his life. He was buried at the Bike cemetery .

• Hero of Socialist Labor (03/29/1985)
• 4 Orders of Lenin (04/26/1957; 08/25/1971; 03/28/1975; 03/29/1985)
• Order of the October Revolution (12/08/1973)
• Order of the Patriotic War I degree (07/07/1947)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labor (03.23.1965)
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (10.28.1981)
• Order of the Red Star (07/05/1944)
• Order of the Badge of Honor (06/05/1942)
• medals

• Titarenko, Alexey Antonovich (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ".
• Yours, Mariupol, glory! / Biographical reference. Compiled by: N.N. Ryabchenko, V.P. Dzhuvaga / - Mariupol: NGO Club of Travelers, 2004. - 175 pp., Ill.