Pyotr Masherov
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Pyotr Masherov Пётр Машэ́раў | |
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First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia | |
In office 30 March 1965 – 4 October 1980 | |
Preceded by | Kirill Mazurov |
Succeeded by | Tikhon Kiselyov |
Candidate member of the 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th Politburo | |
In office 8 April 1966 – 4 October 1980 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Gomel Region, Russian Empire | 26 February 1918
Died | 4 October 1980 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | (aged 62)
Nationality | Soviet |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Other political affiliations | Communist Party of Byelorussia |
Profession | Civil servant |
Awards | |
Pyotr Mironovich Masherov (Template:Lang-be; Template:Lang-ru; 26 February [O.S. 13 February] 1918 – 4 October 1980) was the first secretary of Belarusian committee of the Communist Party of Soviet Union and a communist leader of Soviet Belarus.
Overview
Masherov was born as Pyatro Mashera (according to family legend, descendent of a French soldier surnamed Macheraut, who was stranded in Belarus during the Napoleonic invasion of Russia) in a village in Vitsebsk region of Belarus and before the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War in 1941 worked as a high school physics and math teacher. Between 1942 and 1944 Masherov led an underground group of Soviet partisans in Belarus and was awarded title Hero of the Soviet Union in August 1944.
In 1965 after holding some key positions in Belarusian regions and in Minsk, Masherov became the first secretary of the Communist party in Belarus. He was de facto the president of Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1978, Masherov was awarded Hero of Socialist Labor title for his contributions to the development of Belorussian republic.
Accident
He died in an automobile accident when his car, escorted by police, collided with a produce truck (potatoes) that had unexpectedly entered the freeway.[1]
Honours and awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Hero of Socialist Labour
- Seven Orders of Lenin
- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
- Medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War" 1st class
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia"
- Order of Georgi Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
See also
References
- ^ "Pyotr Masherov, 62, Leader Of Byelorussian Communists". The Washington Post. 6 October 1980. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- Heroes of the Soviet Union
- 1918 births
- 1980 deaths
- People from Syanno Raion
- Belarusian partisans
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Heroes of Socialist Labour
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of Georgi Dimitrov
- Party leaders of the Soviet Union
- Road incident deaths in the Soviet Union
- Road incident deaths in Belarus
- Soviet partisans
- Soviet politicians
- Soviet military personnel of World War II
- Soviet people of World War II
- Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union candidate members