Nikolai Voznesensky
| Nikolai Voznesensky Никола́й Вознесе́нский | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of the State Planning Committee of the Soviet Union | |
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In office 8 December 1942 – 5 March 1949 | |
| Premier | Joseph Stalin |
| Preceded by | Maksim Saburov |
| Succeeded by | Maksim Saburov |
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In office 19 January 1938 – 10 March 1941 | |
| Premier | Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Preceded by | Valery Mezhlauk |
| Succeeded by | Maksim Saburov |
| First Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union | |
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In office 10 March 1941 – 15 March 1946 | |
| Premier |
Vyacheslav Molotov Joseph Stalin |
| Preceded by | Valerian Kuybyshev |
| Succeeded by | Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Full member of the 18th Politburo | |
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In office 26 February 1947 – 7 March 1949 | |
| Candidate member of the 18th Politburo | |
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In office 21 February 1941 – 26 February 1947 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 December [O.S. 18 November] 1903 Tula Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died |
1 October 1950 (aged 46) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | Soviet |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | All-Union Communist Party (Bolshevik) |
Nikolai Alekseevich Voznesensky (Russian: Никола́й Алексе́евич Вознесе́нский, 1 December [O.S. 18 November] 1903 – 1 October 1950) was the Soviet economic planner who oversaw the running of Gosplan during the German-Soviet War. A protégé of Andrei Zhdanov, Voznesensky was appointed Deputy Premier in May 1940 at the age of thirty-eight.[1] He was directly involved in the recovery of production associated with the movement of industry eastwards at the start of the war. His work The Economy of the USSR during World War II [2] is his account of these years.
Following the war, however, his ideas on measuring and managing Soviet economic activity were at odds with Joseph Stalin's views, and his instrumental role in reorganizing Leningrad's economic structure before the war led to his persecution during the Leningrad Affair. In a secret trial, he was found guilty of treason, sentenced to death and executed the same day. Voznesensky was rehabilitated in 1954.[3]
He was a close companion of Alexei Kosygin and Mikhail Rodionov.
Honours and awards
- Two Orders of Lenin
- Stalin Prize - 1947
References
- ↑ Simon Sebag Montefiore, Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, Weidenfeld & Nicolson: 2003, p.310. ISBN 1-4000-4230-5
- ↑ Washington, DC: Public Affairs Press, 1948.
- ↑ http://hrono.ru/biograf/bio_we/voznesen_n.php