Tikhon Yakovlevich Kiselyov (russian: Ти́хон Я́ковлевич Киселёв, be, Ціхан Якаўлевіч Кісялёў; 12 August ( O.S.: 30 July), 191711 January 1983) was a Belarusian statesman in the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

, the leader (first secretary) of the

Communist Party of Byelorussia The Communist Party of Byelorussia (CPB; russian: Коммунистическая партия Белоруссии; be, Камуністычная партыя Беларусі) was the ruling communist party of the Byelorussian Soviet Social ...

, i.e., the de facto leader of the

Byelorussian SSR The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...

(1980–1983).Kiselyov's bio
at hrono.info

Career

Party

*1940: member of the

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

*1961: member of the CPSU

Central Committee Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states. In such party organizations, the ...

*1980: first secretary of Central Committee the Communist Party of Byelorussia *1980:

CPSU Central Committee Politbureau The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (, abbreviated: ), or Politburo ( rus, Политбюро, p=pəlʲɪtbʲʊˈro) was the highest policy-making authority within the Communist Party of the ...

candidate

Government

*1954: member of the

Supreme Soviet 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 ...

*1959-1978: Chairman of the BSSR Council of Ministers *1978-1980: Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers *1981: member of the

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (russian: Президиум Верховного Совета, Prezidium Verkhovnogo Soveta) was a body of state power in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).Hero of Socialist Labor The Hero of Socialist Labour (russian: links=no, Герой Социалистического Труда, Geroy Sotsialisticheskogo Truda) was an honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It repre ...

* Two Orders of Lenin * Order of the Badge of Honor *Medals

References

*Career data are taken from the ''Large Encyclopedic Dictionary'' (Moscow, 1991) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiselyov, Tikhon Yakovlevich 1917 births 1983 deaths People from Dobruš District People from Gomelsky Uyezd Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union candidate members Fourth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Fifth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities Sixth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Seventh convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Eighth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Ninth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Tenth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Heads of the Communist Party of Byelorussia Prime Ministers of Belarus Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Order of Lenin Deaths from cancer in Belarus