Oleksandr Pavlovych Liashko ( uk, Олександр Павлович Ляшко; December 30, 1915 — October 9, 2002) was a

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and

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. He was the Chairman of the

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(today's equivalent of

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) for more than 15 years, making him the longest-serving person in that capacity. He joined the

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in 1942 and served in the

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from 1961 to 1989. In 1985 Liashko received the honorary award, the

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Biography

Oleksandr Liashko was born in a family of a railway worker in a small village in

Luhansk Oblast Luhansk Oblast ( uk, Луга́нська о́бласть, translit=Luhanska oblast; russian: Луганская область, translit=Luganskaya oblast; also referred to as Luhanshchyna, uk, Луга́нщина) is the easternmost Adminis ...

eastern Ukraine Eastern Ukraine or east Ukraine ( uk, Східна Україна, Skhidna Ukrayina; russian: Восточная Украина, Vostochnaya Ukraina) is primarily the territory of Ukraine east of the Dnipro (or Dnieper) river, particularly Khar ...

. He studied at

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and matriculated at Donetsk Industrial Institute in 1937. Together with his classmates in the summer of 1941 he was sent as a cadet to the 2nd Kharkiv Tank School. After graduating from the school in 1942, he received the rank of lieutenant and was sent to the Gorky Automobile Plant, which then began to produce tanks. Member of the

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(b) since 1942. The platoon commanded by O. Lyashko received combat vehicles and was transferred to the North Caucasus Front. After a well-organized repair of military equipment in 1943, he returned to the tank school, where he taught special subjects until the end of the war. memorial plaque on the building of DonNTU From 1945 he worked as an engineer on the equipment of the open-hearth shop at the Novokramatorsk Machine-Building Plant of the Stalin Region. At the same time, he studied at the Donetsk Industrial Institute, graduating in 1947 with a degree in metallurgical and mechanical engineering. From 1947 he was deputy head of the transport department, deputy director, and from 1951 he was a party member of the Central Committee of the

(b) at the

New Kramatorsk Machinebuilding Factory Novokramatorsky Mashynobudivny Zavod (English:New Kramatorsk Machinebuilding Plant) ( uk, Новокраматорський машинобудівний завод) is a large heavy equipment manufacturer in Ukraine. Its abbreviation is NKMZ. ...

in the Stalin Region. From August 1952 to 1954 he was the first secretary of the

Kramatorsk Kramatorsk ( uk, Краматорськ, translit=Kramatorsk ) is a city and the administrative centre of Kramatorsk Raion in the northern portion of Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. Prior to 2020, Kramatorsk was a city of oblast significan ...

city committee of the

of Stalin's region. From 1954 to 1957 he was secretary of the Stalinist regional committee of the

. From 1957 to March 1, 1960, he was the second secretary of the Stalinist regional committee of the

. March 1, 1960 — January 1963 — First Secretary of the Stalin (

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine loc ...

) Regional Committee of the Communist Party. In January — July 11, 1963 — First Secretary of the

Regional Industrial Committee of the

. July 2, 1963 — March 18, 1966 — Secretary of the Central Committee of the

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, Chairman of the Bureau of the Central Committee of the

for Industry and Construction. March 18, 1966 — June 19, 1969 — 2nd Secretary of the Central Committee of the

. June 20, 1969 — June 9, 1972 — Chairman of the Presidium of the

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of the

. From June 9, 1972 — Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR. In May 1986, he headed the Republican Government Commission for the Elimination of the Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident. On July 10, 1987, the fifth session of the

of the

relieved O. Lyashko of his duties as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the

. Since 1987 he has been a personal pensioner of union significance in

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. He was married to Davydova Klavdia Andriivna, had two children — Lyashko Volodymyr Oleksandrovych and Lyashko Nina Oleksandrivna. Author of three books of memoirs: "The Way of Survival", "The Way to the Nomenclature" (1997), "On the Steps of Power" (2001). He died on October 9, 2002. He was buried in Kyiv at the

Baikove Cemetery Baikove Cemetery ( uk, Байкове кладовище) is a historic cemetery memorial in Holosiiv Raion of Kyiv, Ukraine. It is a National Historic Landmark of Ukraine and is known as a necropolis of distinguished people. It was established i ...

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«Про поховання колишнього Голови Ради Міністрів УРСР Ляшка О.П.»

Awards

Oleksandr Liashko was awarded the

in 1985. During his public service he also received numerous other civil and state awards and recognitions, including the

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(in 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1985), the

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 ...

(in 1957 and 1958), the

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 ...

, I class (in 1985) and the

Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise The Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise ( uk, Орден князя Ярослава Мудрого) is an award of Ukraine. It is awarded for distinguished services to the state and people of the Ukrainian nation in the field of state building, ...

, V class (in 2000).

References

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