Vasily Petrovich of Moscow (April 4, 1904, the village of Boceino in the Vologda province - June 28, 1984, Moscow ) - Soviet military leader, politician, party leader and diplomat, major general.
| Vasily Petrovich Moscow | |
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| Birth | Novgorod province |
| Death | Moscow |
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Biography
Since 1926, an officer of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army , a student of the regimental school in Leningrad , in 1928 he was admitted to the CPSU (b) graduate of the Military Gatchina Academy. In 1929-1930 he studied at the evening communist university at the Tolmachev Military-Political Academy. Since 1939 - Chief Editor of the newspaper “Red Army” of the Kiev Special Military District, Kiev. later editor of the newspaper “For the Motherland” of the Baltic Special Military District, Riga. in 1941 - chief editor of the front-line newspaper of the North-Western Front , in 1941-1945. - Editor of the Stalin Falcon newspaper of the Air Force, later a member of the editorial board and editor-in-chief of the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda. He served in the Red Army / Soviet Army until 1952, rose to the rank of major general.
From October 14, 1952 to March 30, 1971, he was a member of the Central Auditing Commission of the CPSU , from 1953 he was a deputy head, and later the 1st deputy head of the propaganda and agitation department of the CPSU Central Committee, in 1946–1955. - Editor-in-chief of the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda, from 1955 to April 1956 - again the 1st deputy head of the propaganda and agitation department of the CPSU Central Committee.
From April 1956 to December 1960 - head of the propaganda and agitation department of the Central Committee of the CPSU in the RSFSR . From October 27, 1960 to July 2, 1962 - Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR.
From June 30, 1962 to May 15, 1965 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USSR to the DPRK , from 1965 - 1971 - chief editor of the newspaper "Soviet Russia" and, from December 15, 1969 to March 30, 1971 - deputy chairman of the Central Auditing Commission of the CPSU, and also deputy chairman of the Committee of War Veterans of the USSR (Chairman-Batov), until 1983, then retired.
Rewards
- The order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner (twice)
- Order of the Red Star (twice)