Trade official who was Soviet Minister of Foreign Trade in Stalin's last years
Born in 1901 in Kaluga Governorate, he graduated in 1924 from the foreign-relations course of the social sciences faculty of the 1st Moscow State University. From 1924 he worked against smuggling in the Main Customs Directorate of the People's Commissariat of Trade, then in the foreign sectors of the commissariats of supply and the food industry, and from 1939 headed the Eastern Directorate and later the Trade Agreements Directorate of the People's Commissariat of Foreign Trade. After serving as first deputy minister from 1949, he was Minister of Foreign Trade of the USSR in 1951–1953. As deputy minister of foreign trade in 1953–1969 he also represented the USSR in Comecon, and he was a candidate member of the CPSU Central Committee in 1952–1966.
Activities and affiliations
- 1951–1953 Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions · Economic management
- 1939–1969 Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
- 1919–1921 Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
- 1927–1976 Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
Career Timeline
- 1924–1930Consultant and head of the anti-smuggling department, Main Customs Directorate
- 1934–1939Head of the foreign sector, People's Commissariat of the Food Industry
- 1939–1943Head of the Eastern Directorate, People's Commissariat of Foreign Trade
- 1943–1949Head of the Trade Agreements Directorate, Commissariat (Ministry) of Foreign Trade
- 1949–1951.11.06First Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade of the USSR
- 1951.11.06–1953.03.05Minister of Foreign Trade of the USSR
- 1952.10.14–1966.03.29Candidate member of the CPSU Central Committee
- 1953–1969Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade; Soviet representative to Comecon