Tihon Konstantinov (13 August 1898 – 20 January 1957)[1] was a Moldavian SSR and Ukrainian SSR politician.
Tihon Konstantinov | |
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| Тихон Константинов | |
 Konstantinov in 1938 | |
| 1st Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Moldavian SSR | |
| In office 2 August 1940 – 17 April 1945 | |
| Succeeded by | Nicolae Coval |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 August 1898 Khoroshoe, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (now Khoroshe, Alchevsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine) |
| Died | 20 January 1957 (aged 58) Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Communist Party2 |
| 1.Piotr Borodin and Nikita Salogor were first secretaries of the Communist Party of Moldova. | |
Biography edit
Konstantinov was born in the village Khoroshoe of Pavlograd uyezd,[2] Yekaterinoslav Governorate. The village was located by the Samara river, while next to the village there was the estate Dobrenkoe.
In the 1938–1940, he was a chairman of the council in the Moldavian ASSR in Tiraspol and a people's deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR.
Tihon Konstantinov was the prime minister of Moldavian SSR (2 August 1940 – 17 April 1945) (in exile in Russian SFSR from June 1941 until August 1944). The exact name was Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars.
During his mandate as prime minister, Piotr Borodin and Nikita Salogor were first secretaries of the Communist Party of Moldova.
Awards edit
- Order of Lenin (February 7, 1939), for prominent successes in Agriculture and particularly for over-fulfillment of plans for major agricultural works.[3]
References edit
- Enciclopedia sovietică moldovenească (Chişinău, 1970–1977)[page needed]
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