Vasily Vakhrushev
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Vasily Vakhrushev | |
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Васи́лий Вахрушев | |
 Vakhrushev in the 1940s | |
| Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR | |
| In office 29 July 1939 – 2 June 1940 | |
| Premier | Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Bulganin |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Khokhlov |
| People's Commissar for Coal Industry | |
| In office 12 October 1939 – 19 January 1946 | |
| Premier | Vyacheslav Molotov Joseph Stalin |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Aleksandr Zasyadko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 February 1902 Tula, Imperial Russia |
| Died | 13 January 1947 (aged 44) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Political party | All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) |
Vasily Vasilyevich Vakhrushev (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Ва́хрушев; 28 February 1902 – 13 January 1947) was a Soviet and Russian statesman who was from 1939 to 1940 the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR, literally meaning Premier or Prime Minister. Vakhrushev also was a "key figure" for KGB operations in the United Nations in New York City.[1]
His ashes were buried at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.
References
[edit]- ^ Trentoe, Joe; Roman, Dave (August 1978). "KGB in New York The United Nations Spy Battle" (PDF). CIA. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 23, 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2020.