Alexej Shumakov
Alexej is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Alexej Čepička * Alexej Jaškin * Alexej Pludek, Czech writer * Alexej Prochorow, German weightlifter * Alexej Stachowitsch * Alexej von Jawlensky * Josef Alexej Eisenberger See also

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Alexej Čepička
General Alexej Čepička (18 August 1910 – 30 September 1990) was a Czechoslovak communist politician who served as defense minister from 1950 to 1956. Early years Čepička was born into a poor family. He studied law in Prague. At the age of 19 he joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia but was not very politically active. Later, he worked in advocacy. In 1942 he was imprisoned by Gestapo and was held in Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps until the end of World War II. Political career After his return to Kroměříž Čepička got involved in local administration, dealing brutally, quickly, and effectively with post war chaos. He married the daughter of Klement Gottwald, the leader of the Communist Party, who later became prime minister and President of Czechoslovakia. As a candidate of the Communist Party, Čepička was voted into parliament in the 1946 elections. In 1947, he was named into the position of minister of domestic trade (''ministr vnitřního obc ...
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