Georgy Vasilyevich Yenyutin

Георгий Васильевич Енютин
Soviet Union state institutions Soviet communism Russian Empire → Soviet Union Ukraine 1903–1969 ○ Natural causes

Azovstal steelmaker turned party official who ran state control under Khrushchev

Born into a worker's family in Mariupol, he was a district Komsomol secretary, graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute and in 1932–1941 worked at the Azovstal plant, rising to head of the open-hearth shop and deputy chief engineer. During the war he was secretary for metallurgy of the Stalino, Novosibirsk and Kemerovo regional committees, then first secretary of the Zaporizhzhia regional committee (1947–1951) and the Kamensk regional committee (1954–1957). In December 1957 he became chairman of the Commission of Soviet Control set up in place of the abolished Ministry of State Control, and led it, renamed the State Control Commission in 1961, until it was absorbed into Shelepin's Party-State Control Committee in 1962. He then served as deputy premier of the RSFSR and chairman of its Party-State Control Committee. He was a member of the Central Committee in 1956–1966.

Also known as: Georgy Enyutin

Activities and affiliations

Career Timeline

← Back to card