Konstantin Pysin (Russian: Константин Пысин; 1910–1984) was a Soviet political figure who served as the minister of agriculture between 1962 and 1963. He was a member of the Communist Party and served in different positions in the party.

Konstantin Pysin
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
In office
December 1964 – 1971
Preceded byLeonid Maximov
Minister of Agriculture
In office
April 1962 – 8 March 1963
PremierNikita Khrushchev
Preceded byMikhail Olshanski
Personal details
Born
Konstantin Georgiyevich Pysin

(1910-12-12)12 December 1910
Ekaterinovka, Perm, Russian Empire
Died22 January 1984(1984-01-22) (aged 73)
Moscow, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Political partyCommunist Party

Early life and education edit

Pysin was born in Ekaterinovka, Perm Governorate, on 12 December 1910.[1] He studied at a pedagogy college in Kungur, Perm, between 1926 and 1929.[1] He graduated from the Perm Agricultural Institute in 1935.[2]

Career edit

After graduating from the pedagogy college Pysin worked as a teacher in Vinsk from 1929 to 1931.[1] Then he served as a zootechnician of the regional land department in Perm between 1935 and 1937.[1][2] He worked as an assistant at the Perm Agricultural Institute from 1938 to 1941.[1]

In 1939 he became a member of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks and was deputy secretary of the Perm regional committee of the party from 1943 to 1945.[1] In 1945 he worked as a deputy at the Perm regional executive committee and was the secretary of the Perm regional committee between 1946 and 1947.[1] From 1949 he worked in the Altai branch of the party serving in the regional executive committee (1949–1955).[1] Psyin was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet in the third and fourth convocations between 1950 and 1970.[1] He was the 1st secretary of the Altai regional committee from 1955 to 1961.[2] He served as a member central committee of the Communist Party from 1956 to 1971.[1]

In 1961 he was named as the deputy minister of agriculture which he held until 1962.[3] He was appointed minister of agriculture in April 1962, replacing Mikhail Olshanski in the post.[4] Pysin visited the United States for one month from September 1962 to reviews the farmlands in the West and Midwest regions.[4] He was in office until 8 March 1963 when he was removed by Nikita Khrushchev from the post due to the failure in the agricultural production.[3][5][6] He served as the inspector of the central committee in 1963.[1] Pysin was named as the first deputy chair of the council of ministers of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in December 1964, replacing Leonid Maximov in the post.[6] Pysin's tenure lasted until 1971 when he retired from politics and public offices.[1]

Death edit

Pysin died on 22 January 1984 in Moscow.[1]

Awards edit

Psyin was the recipient of the Order of Lenin (two times and the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (two times).[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "ПЫСИН Константин Георгиевич". nios.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Jerry F. Hough (1977). The Soviet Union and Social Science Theory. Vol. 77. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press. p. 80. doi:10.4159/harvard.9780674498921. ISBN 9780674498921.
  3. ^ a b "Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Soviet minister of agriculture visits United States". Department of State Bulletin. Vol. 47. 10 September 1962. p. 380. ISSN 0041-7610. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  5. ^ Theodore Shabad (9 March 1963). "Soviet Dismisses Farm Minister And Names Newcomer to Post". The New York Times. Moscow. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Purge victim gets new post". The Decatur Daily Review. Moscow. Associated Press. 20 December 1964. Retrieved 1 December 2022 – via Newspapers.