Mikhail Solomentsev | |
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Михаил Соломенцев | |
.jpg) Solomentsev in 1972 | |
| Chairman of theParty Control Committee of theCentral Committee | |
| In office 15 June 1983 – 30 September 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Arvīds Pelše |
| Succeeded by | Boris Pugo |
| Chairman of theCouncil of Ministers – Government of theRussian SFSR | |
| In office 28 July 1971 – 24 June 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Gennady Voronov |
| Succeeded by | Vitaly Vorotnikov |
| Full member of the26th,27thPolitburo | |
| In office 26 December 1983 – 30 September 1988 | |
| Member of the23rd,24thSecretariat | |
| In office 13 December 1966 – 23 November 1971 | |
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| Born | (1913-11-07)7 November 1913 Yeletsky Uyezd,Oryol Governorate,Russian Empire |
| Died | 15 February 2008(2008-02-15) (aged 94) Moscow,Russian Federation |
| Nationality | Soviet,Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1940-1988) |
Mikhail Sergeyevich Solomentsev (Russian:Михаи́л Серге́евич Соло́менцев; 7 November [O.S. 24 October] 1913 – 15 February 2008) was a Soviet politician and statesman.
He was born nearYelets and graduated from theLeningrad Technological Institute in 1940.
Solomentsev was a leadingCommunist Party functionary inKazakhstan during 1962–1964 and was in charge of theRostov-on-Donobkom from 1964–1966. He served as a secretary of theCentral Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the years 1966–1971. Solomontsev wasChairman of theCouncil of Ministers of theRussian RSFR starting from 1971 and ending in 1983. He sat in thePolitburo from 1983 until he was sacked byMikhail Gorbachev in 1988. In October 1987 he led a Commission of the Politburo to look into the “purge” trials of the 1930s. The commission also included KGB ChiefViktor Chebrikov andAlexander Yakovlev. Yakovlev subsequently took over the chairmanship of the Commission.[1]
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