Leonid Ignatievich Lubennikov (

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: Леони́д Игна́тьевич Лубе́нников; 21 January 1910 – 28 November 1988) was a

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politician who served as the last First Secretary of the

Communist Party of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic The Communist Party of the Karelo-Finnish SSR (russian: Коммунистическая партия Карело-Финской Советской Социалистической Республики, fi, Karjalais-suomalaisen sosialistisen n ...

from late 1955 to 1956. He was also the father of Russian painter

Ivan Lubennikov Ivan Leonidovich Lubennikov (russian: , 14 May 1951 – 3 October 2021) was a Russian painter, who lived and worked in Moscow. Early life and education Lubennikov spent his childhood in Siberia whose memory, especially hunting and fishing, sp ...

Early life and education

Lubennikov was born into a peasant family of

ethnicity in the village of Forminovka (now

Antratsyt Raion Antratsyt Raion or Antratsit Raion (; russian: Антрацитовский район) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which red ...

Yekaterinoslav Governorate The Yekaterinoslav Governorate (russian: Екатеринославская губерния, Yekaterinoslavskaya guberniya; uk, Катеринославська губернія, translit=Katerynoslavska huberniia) or Government of Yekaterinos ...

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on January 21, 1910 ( O.S. January 8, 1910). He graduated from the Novocherkassk Industrial and Agricultural College in 1930. He later graduated from the All Union Agro-Pedagogical Institute and the M.V. Frunze Military Academy in 1933 and 1944, respectively. Before being admitted into the

Communist Party of the Soviet Union "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...

in 1939, Lubennikov worked as teacher of tractor courses in the

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from December 1930 to April 1931. He was the Director of and a teacher at the Balandovskaya School of Combine Operators from 1933 to 1939.

Political career

Lubennikov served as a propaganda instructor and Military Commissar of the

Volga Military District The Volga Military District (PriVO) was a military district of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation that existed from 1918 to 1989 and 1992 to 2001. The district headquarters was located at Kazan, Saratov and Kuibyshev (Samara) at different ...

from October 1939 to March 1944. From May 1944 to May 1946, he worked in the

Brest region Brest Region or Brest Oblast or Brest Voblasts ( be, Брэ́сцкая во́бласць ''(Bresckaja vobłasć)''; russian: Бре́стская о́бласть (''Brestskaya Oblast)'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative cent ...

. From June 1946 to February 1949, he became a

CPSU "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first)Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...

party organizer at a tractor plant in

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. He worked mostly with the

Communist Party of Byelorussia The Communist Party of Byelorussia (CPB; russian: Коммунистическая партия Белоруссии; be, Камуністычная партыя Беларусі) was the ruling communist party of the Byelorussian Soviet Social ...

between 1949 and 1953. He was elected as a candidate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the

on February 14, 1954. He became the Inspector of the

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in August 1955. On August 16, 1955, Lubennikov became the First Secretary of the

and served until July 25, 1956 when the party was dissolved due to the liquidation of the

Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic The Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic (Karelo-Finnish SSR; fi, ; rus, Каре́ло-Фи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респу́блика, r=Karelo-Finskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Resp ...

. He succeeded himself as First Secretary of the

when he assumed the office of First Secretary of the

Karelian Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The First Secretary of the Karelian regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the Karelian ASSR (1923–1940, 1956–1991) in the Russian SFSR, and in the Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940–1956) of ...

; he served in the position until September 1958. He served as the Head of the Department of the Industry of Consumer Goods and Food Products in the

from September 1958 to February 1960. From February 12, 1960 to December 23, 1964, Lubennikov served as the First Secretary of the Kemerovo Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. From December 1964 to 1965, he served as the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Party and State Control of the Political Bureau of the

. From 1965 to 1966, he served as the Deputy Chairman of the Committee of People's Control of the

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of the

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. From 1966 until his retiring in 1981, he finally served as the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Central Union of Consumer Societies. He was elected a delegate to the

19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The Nineteenth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was held from 5 to 14 October 1952. It was the first party congress since before World War II and the last under Joseph Stalin's leadership. It was attended by many dignitaries fro ...

, the

20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was held during the period 14–25 February 1956. It is known especially for First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev's "Secret Speech", which denounced the personality cult and dictatorship ...

, the

21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union took place in Moscow, USSR 27 January - 5 February 1959. It was a mid-term or "Extraordinary" Congress, timed so that Khrushchev could try to consolidate his power over rivals after the ...

, and the

22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (russian: XXII съезд КПСС) was held from 17 to 31 October 1961. In fourteen days of sessions (22 October was a day off), 4,413 delegates, in addition to delegates from 83 foreign ...

. He was a member of the

from 1956 to 1966. He was also a deputy of the

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Верховный Совет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик, r=Verkhovnyy Sovet Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respubl ...

from 1954 to 1966.

Death

Leonid Lubennikov died on November 28, 1988, at the age of 78 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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. He was buried at the

Kuntsevo Cemetery The Kuntsevo Cemetery (russian: Ку́нцевское кла́дбище, kúntsevkoye kládbishche) is a cemetery servicing Kuntsevo, Moscow. It is located on the bank of the Setun River, to the south of the Mozhaisk Highway (the continuation o ...

Awards

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...

(twice) *

Order of the Red Banner The Order of the Red Banner (russian: Орден Красного Знамени, Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of th ...

(twice) *

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...

Order of the Patriotic War The Order of the Patriotic War (russian: Орден Отечественной войны, Orden Otechestvennoy voiny) is a Soviet military decoration that was awarded to all soldiers in the Soviet armed forces, security troops, and to partisan ...

(1st Class) *

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

(twice)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lubennikov, Leonid Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner 1910 births 1988 deaths People from Luhansk Oblast People from Yekaterinoslav Governorate First Secretaries of the Communist Party of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic Fourth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Fifth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Sixth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Soviet military personnel of World War II

Early life and education

Political career

Death

Awards

See also

References