Mikhail Yasnov

Mikhail Yasnov
Михаил Яснов
Yasnov in 1970
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	(1906-06-05)5 June 1906 Kostroma Oblast, Russian Empire
Died	23 July 1991(1991-07-23) (aged 85) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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.

Between 1956 and 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 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) and later deputy. Between 1950 and 1956 he was Chairman of the Soviet of the Union,^[1] the upper chamber of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. He was made a Hero of Socialist Labor in 1976.

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