Mikhail Yasnov

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSRIn office
23 December 1966 – 26 March 1985PremierAlexei Kosygin
Nikolai TikhonovPreceded byNikolay IgnatovSucceeded byVladimir OrlovChairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSRIn office
24 January 1956 – 19 December 1957PremierNikolai BulganinPreceded byAlexander PuzanovSucceeded byFrol Kozlov Personal detailsBorn(1906-06-05)5 June 1906
Kostroma Oblast, Russian EmpireDied23 July 1991(1991-07-23) (aged 85)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet UnionNationalitySoviet and RussianPolitical partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union

Mikhail Alekseyevich Yasnov (Russian: Михаил Алексеевич Яснов; 5 June 1906 [O.S. 23 May] – 23 July 1991) was a Soviet politician. He was Chairman of the Moscow City Executive Committee and head of Moscow in 1950–1956.

Between 1956 and 1957 he was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR. Between 1957 and 1966 he was First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR and between 1966 and 1985 he was Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) and later deputy. Between 1950 and 1956 he was Chairman of the Soviet of the Union,^[1] the upper chamber of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. He was made a Hero of Socialist Labor in 1976.

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External links

• Article in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia