Nikolai Ilyich Belyaev (russian: Никола́й Ильи́ч Беля́ев; 19 January (1 February) 1903 – 28 October 1966) was a Soviet politician. Between 1955 and 1958 he was a

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of the

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Biography

Belyaev was born in the village Kuterem of

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in Siberia in a family of a Russian peasant. While studying in a secondary school he began his political career as a

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activist. In 1925 he graduated from the

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in Moscow and returned to Siberia where he served as a Communist Party functionary for the next 30 years. His efforts in the expansion of agriculture in Siberia were noticed by

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. As a result, in 1955 Belyaev became one of the secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. During the 1957 attempt by

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, Molotov and Kaganovich to demote Khrushchev, Belyaev defended the party leader, for which he was elected to the

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. His was dismissed from both positions in 1960 due to the decline in agriculture and, more importantly, due to the poor handling of the 1959 riots in

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that resulted in more than 10 people shot dead and several dozens prosecuted. He was sent to

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where he worked with

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. According to Gorbachev, after the demotion Belyaev lost all enthusiasm; he retired from active duties in 1960 and died in 1966. He was buried at the

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in Moscow.

References

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