Alexander Fyodorovich Zasyadko (Russian: Александр Фёдорович Засядько; Ukrainian: Олександр Федорович Засядько; September 7, 1910 – September 5, 1963) was a Soviet economic, state and party leader.

Alexander Zasyadko
Александр Засядько
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
In office
March 31, 1958 – November 9, 1962
Prime MinisterNikita Khrushchev
Chairman of the State Scientific and Economic Council of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
In office
April 22, 1960 – November 9, 1962
Prime MinisterNikita Khrushchev
Preceded byJoseph Kuzmin
Succeeded byPeter Lomako
Head of the Coal Industry Department of the State Planning Committee of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
Minister of the Soviet Union
In office
May 24, 1957 – March 31, 1958
Prime MinisterNikita Khrushchev
Minister of the Coal Industry of the Soviet Union
In office
December 28, 1948 – March 2, 1955
Prime MinisterJoseph Stalin
Georgy Malenkov
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAlexander Zademidko
Minister of the Coal Industry of the Western Regions of the Soviet Union
In office
January 17, 1947 – December 28, 1948
Prime MinisterJoseph Stalin
Preceded byDmitry Onika
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born
Alexander Fyodorovich Zasyadko

(1910-09-07)September 7, 1910
Gorlovka, Bakhmutsky Uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedSeptember 5, 1963(1963-09-05) (aged 52)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery
Political partyAll–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1931
EducationDonetsk Mining Institute
AwardsHero of Socialist Labour
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner of Labour

He was a Hero of Socialist Labour (1957), Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union of 2–6 Convocations and Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1952–1956 and 1961–1963.[1]

Biography

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He was born on September 7, 1910, in the village of Gorlovka, Bakhmut Uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate. His father was a miner.[2]

From 1925–1927, he studied at the industrial school in Izyum. In 1935, he graduated from the Donetsk Mining Institute.[3]

  • From 1924–1925, he was an apprentice of a locksmith at the Lugansk Railway Carriage–Locomotive Plant;
  • From 1927–1930, he a mechanic at Mine No. 8 in Gorlovka, a mechanic–fitter at the Mine Named After the United State Political Administration in Novoshakhtinsk (Azov–Black Sea Territory);
  • From 1935, he was Chief Mechanic, Assistant Chief Engineer, Chief Engineer, Manager of Mine No. 10–bis;
  • From 1939, Deputy Head of Glavugol, Head of the Stalinugol Combine;
  • In 1941–1942 – Head of the Molotovugol Combine;
  • In 1942–1943 – Deputy People's Commissar of the Coal Industry of the Soviet Union – Head of the Tulaugol Combine;
  • In 1943–1946 – Deputy People's Commissar of the Coal Industry of the Soviet Union – Head of the Stalinugol Combine;
  • In 1946–1947 – Deputy Minister of Construction of Fuel Enterprises of the Soviet Union;
  • Since January 17, 1947, the Minister of the Coal Industry of the Western Regions of the Soviet Union;
  • Since December 28, 1948, the Minister of the Coal Industry of the Soviet Union. According to Serov, in 1951, Zasyadko insisted on replenishing the coal industry enterprises with additional contingents of prisoners.[4] In March 1955, he was relieved of his post "due to unsatisfactory work";
  • Since March 2, 1955, Deputy Minister of the Coal Industry of the Soviet Union;
  • Since August 8, 1955, to 1956 – Minister of the Coal Industry of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic;
  • Since May 24, 1957, to March 31, 1958, Head of the Coal Industry Department of the State Planning Committee of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union – Minister of the Soviet Union;[1]
  • Since March 31, 1958 – Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, at the same time, since April 22, 1960, Chairman of the State Scientific and Economic Council of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union;[2]
  • On November 9, 1962, he retired for health reasons.[5]

He died on September 5, 1963, in Moscow.[6]

Awards

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Remembrance

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Alexander Zasyadko. Heroes of the Country
  2. ^ a b c Alexander Zasyadko. Museum "House on the Embankment"
  3. ^ Alexander Zasyadko. Handbook of the History of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union (1898–1991)
  4. ^ Ivan Serov. Notes From the Suitcase. Moscow: Enlightenment. 2017. ISBN 978-5-09-042156-0. Pages 382–383
  5. ^ Alexander Zasyadko. Chronos
  6. ^ Alexander Zasyadko. Novodevichy Necropolis

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