Nadezhda Grekova
Nadezhda Grekova | |
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Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Belarus | |
In office 1938–1947 | |
Preceded by | First office holder |
Succeeded by | Vasily Kozlov |
Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
In office 1943–1945 | |
Secretary of CPSU in Kazan | |
In office 1942–1943 | |
Deputy Minister of Food Industry of The Soviet Union | |
In office 1949–1952 | |
Central Auditing Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
In office 1939–1952 | |
Personal details | |
Born | successor3 September 17, 1910 Minsk |
Died | January 6, 2001 successor4 successor5 |
Resting place | successor3 successor4 successor5 |
Citizenship | Soviet |
Nationality | Belarusian |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Spouses | Mikhail Malinin |
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Occupation | Politician, Factory Worker |
Nadezhda Grigoryevna Grekova (Belarusian: Надзея Рыгораўна Грэкава; September 17, 1910 - January 6, 2001), was a Soviet Belarusian politician. She was Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Belorussian SSR 1938-1947. Her office as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet nominally made her Head of the Republic. At some point she was known as the "Iron Lady".
Life
Grekova started to work in a textile factory in Minsk in 1922, at the age of twelve. In 1932, she became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was appointed chairperson of the local workers union in 1933, and became secretary of the party in 1938-40; she graduated from the party school in 1941. From 1938 until 1947, she held the post of Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Belorussian SSR, one of the first women to hold such a position.. This position nominally made her Head of the Republic The post was created after a re-organization of the system and she was the first person appointed to it. During the Occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany, she was evacuated to Kazan.
Nadezhda Grekova was a member of the Central Auditing Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1939-52, Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1943-46 and secretary of the CPSU in Kazan in 1942-43, Deputy Minister of Food Industry of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic 1949-52.
She was awarded two Orders of Lenin, Order of the Patriotic War, First Class, Order of the Red Banner, the Order of the Badge of Honor and other medals.
In her private life, she was married to general Mikhail Malinin.
In 2002, a park in Minsk was named after her. As well, there is a museum dedicated to her.
References
- http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/womeninpower/Womeninpower1900.htm
- http://knowbysight.info/GGG/02192.asp
- "Белорусская ССР – краткая энциклопедия", T. 5, "Биографический справочник", Минск 1982
- http://history.museum.by/be/node/14243
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