Vladimir Vasilyevich Shcherbakov (1909–1985) was a Soviet economist and politician, Rector (director) of the Moscow Institute of Finance (1953–1985),

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in Economics, professor, member of the

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

of the 3rd convocation (1950–1954).Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. Library. Shcherbakov Vladimir Vasilievich

Biography

Shcherbakov was born in 1909 in Yuzovka (now

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...

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). In 1930, he graduated from Kharkov Engineering and Economic Institute. From 1931 to 1935 he attended graduate school at the institute. From 1935 to 1938 he served at the Department of Political Economy, and since 1938 – as Associate Professor at the Kharkov Polytechnic Institute. Since 1939 he served as a political worker – Secretary of the Kharkov Regional Committee of the

Komsomol The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...

, then as Deputy Head of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Komsomol Central Committee in Moscow. In 1942–1943 – Deputy Head of the Political Administration of the Soviet Union's

People's Commissariat for Agriculture People's Commissariat for Agriculture (russian: Народный комиссариат земледелия - Narkomzem) was set up in Petrograd in October 1917. Vladimir Milyutin was appointed the first People's Commissar of Agriculture. He was a ...

. From 1943 to 1946 he served as Deputy Head of the Personnel Department of the

Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, – TsK KPSS was the executive leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, acting between sessions of Congress. According to party statutes, the committee directe ...

. From March 1946 to June 1947 – Chairman of the Bureau of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks in

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR; lt, Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika; russian: Литовская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Litovskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialistiche ...

. From June 1947 to July 1951 – First Secretary of the

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...

Regional Committee of the

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

.Communist party leaders of the Kaliningrad region and the city of Kaliningrad
From July 1951 to July 1953 he worked as Deputy Minister of

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of the USSR. In August 1953, he became Director, later Rector of the Moscow Institute of Finance (now

Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (FinU or Financial University) (Russian: Финансовый университет при Правительстве Российской Федерации) is a public univer ...

) and headed the University until his death in 1985.Museum of Finance. Vladimir Vasilievich Shcherbakov (1909–1985)
Moscow Institute of Finance is gaining strength and development (1953–1985)
Since 1967, Shcherbakov was a professor at the Department of Political Economy and a member of the Editorial Board of the “Bulletin of Higher School”. During his work as a Rector, Shcherbakov is recognized as talented organizer and a decisive administrator. Under his leadership, Moscow Institute of Finance has become a leading financial and economic university in the country. While in that office, he was a member 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 ...

, 3rd convocation (1950–1954).

Honors and 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 ...

(1947) *

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 ...

, 2nd class *

, 1st class (1945) * 2 Orders of the Red Banner of Labor

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shcherbakov, Vladimir Vasilyevich 1909 births 1985 deaths Soviet economists Rectors of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation Recipients of the Order of Lenin Members of the Central Committee of the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union