Mikhail Yasnov
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Mikhail Yasnov Михаил Яснов | |
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Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR | |
In office 23 December 1966 – 26 March 1985 | |
Premier | Alexei Kosygin Nikolai Tikhonov |
Preceded by | Nikolay Ignatov |
Succeeded by | Vladimir Orlov |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR | |
In office 24 January 1956 – 19 December 1957 | |
Premier | Nikolai Bulganin |
Preceded by | Alexander Puzanov |
Succeeded by | Frol Kozlov |
Personal details | |
Born | Kostroma Oblast, Russian Empire | 5 June 1906
Died | 23 July 1991 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 85)
Nationality | Soviet and Russian |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Mikhail Alekseyevich Yasnov (Russian: Михаил Алексеевич Яснов; 5 June 1906 [O.S. 23 May] – 23 July 1991) was a Soviet politician. He was Chairman of the Moscow City Executive Committee and head of Moscow in 1950–1956.
In 1956–1957 he was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR. Between 1957 and 1966 he was First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR and between 1966 and 1985 he was Chairman of the RSFSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) and later deputy. In 1950–1954 he was Chairman of the Soviet of the Union, the higher chamber of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. He was made a Hero of Socialist Labor in 1976.
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