Tihon Konstantinov (13 August 1898 – 20 January 1957) was a

Moldavian SSR The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ( ro, Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: ) was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 ...

and

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

politician.

Biography

Konstantinov was born in the village Khoroshoe of

Pavlograd Pavlohrad (, ; , ) is a city and municipality in central east Ukraine, located within the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It serves as the administrative center of Pavlohrad Raion. Its population is approximately . The rivers of Vovcha (runs through t ...

uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd; rus, уе́зд, p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( uk, повіт), or Kreis in Baltic-German context, was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and the ea ...

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

. The village was located by the Samara river, while next to the village there was the estate ''Dobrenkoe''. In the 1938–1940, he was a chairman of the council in the Moldavian ASSR in

Tiraspol Tiraspol or Tirișpolea ( ro, Tiraspol, Moldovan Cyrillic: Тираспол, ; russian: Тира́споль, ; uk, Тирасполь, Tyraspol') is the capital of Transnistria (''de facto''), a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the th ...

and a people's deputy of the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

of the

. Tihon Konstantinov was the prime minister of

(2 August 1940 – 17 April 1945) (in exile in

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

from June 1941 until August 1944). The exact name was Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars. During his mandate as prime minister,

Piotr Borodin Piotr Grigoryevich Borodin (russian: Пётр Григорьевич Бородин; – 1986) was a Soviet politician who served as First Secretary of the Regional Committee of Moldova of the Communist Party of the MSSR (1939–1942). Bi ...

and

Nikita Salogor Nikita Leontyevich Salogor (russian: Никита Леонтьевич Салогор, ro, Nichita Leontie Salogor or ''Salagor'', uk, Микита Леонтійович Салогор, ''Mikita Leontiyovych Salohor''; 15 August 1901 – ...

were first secretaries of the

Communist Party of Moldova The Communist Party of Moldavia ( ro, Partidul Comunist al Moldovei, PCM; Moldovan Cyrillic: Партидул Комунист ал Молдовей; russian: Коммунистическая партия Молдавии) was the ruling and the ...

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 ...

(February 7, 1939), for prominent successes in Agriculture and particularly for over-fulfillment of plans for major agricultural works.Handbook on the history of Communist Party and Soviet Union

References

*''Enciclopedia sovietică moldovenească'' (Chişinău, 1970–1977) 1898 births 1957 deaths People from Luhansk Oblast People from Yekaterinoslav Governorate Communist Party of the Soviet Union members First convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union First convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Politicians of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Communist Party of Moldavia politicians Heads of government of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner {{Ukraine-politician-stub