Alexander Shelepin

Details

Instance of

human

Born

18 August 1918

Died

24 October 1994

Conflict

Eastern Front

Place of birth

Voronezh

Place of death

Moscow

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Aleksandr

Family name

Shepelin

Occupation

politician

Position held

Chairman of the KGB, deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, First secretary of the VLKSM Central committee, Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee

Citizenship

Soviet Union, Russia

Awards

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of Lenin, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Red Star, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Defence of Moscow", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War", Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War", 1st class, 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"

described by source

Faces of Moscow

educated at

Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature, and History

languages spoken, written or signed

Russian

member of

Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

member of political party

Communist Party of the Soviet Union

name in native language

Александр Николаевич Шелепин

participant in

19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

place of burial

Novodevichy Cemetery

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