Mikhail Ivanovich Rodionov (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Родио́нов; – 1 October 1950) was a

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statesman who was from 1946 to 1949 the

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of the

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of the

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

, literally meaning Premier or Prime Minister. He was purged during Leningrad affair. He created a proposal for a new state flag of the RSFSR, but it was rejected. It consisted of a traditional Russian tricolour flag at and a hammer and sickle in the middle. Together with

Nikolai Voznesensky Nikolai Alekseevich Voznesensky (russian: Никола́й Алексе́евич Вознесе́нский, – 1 October 1950) was a Soviet politician and economic planner who oversaw the running of Gosplan (State Planning Committee) dur ...

, he was sentenced to death in 1950 based on false accusations of

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of the Soviet State budget for "unapproved business in Leningrad", which was labeled anti-Soviet treason, at the Leningrad Affair case. He was a close companion of

Alexei Kosygin Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin ( rus, Алексе́й Никола́евич Косы́гин, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ kɐˈsɨɡʲɪn; – 18 December 1980) was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as the Premi ...

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1907 births 1950 deaths Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Russian communists Heads of government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic People executed for treason against the Soviet Union Members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union executed by the Soviet Union Russian people executed by the Soviet Union Executed people from Nizhny Novgorod Oblast NKVD Political repression in the Soviet Union People executed for corruption First Secretaries of the Gorky Regional Committee of the CPSU {{USSR-bio-stub