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Tikhon Yakovlevich Kiselyov (also Kiselev) (Russian: Киселёв, Тихон Яковлевич, Belarusian: Ціхан Кісялёў, Cichan Kisialiou) (12 August (O.S.: 30 July), 1917 – January 11, 1983) was a Belarusian statesman in the Soviet Union, the leader (first secretary) of the Communist Party of Belorussia, i.e., the de-facto leader of the Byelorussian SSR (1980-1983). ^[1]

Career

Party

• 1940: member of the CPSU
• 1961: member of the CPSU Central Committee
• 1980: first secretary of Central Committee the Communist Party of Belorussia
• 1980: CPSU Central Committee Politbureau candidate

Government

• 1954: member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
• 1959-1978: Chairman of the BSSR Council of Ministers
• 1978-?: Deputy Chairman of the BSSR Council of Ministers
• 1981: member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR

Awards

• 1977: Hero of Socialist Labor
• Two Orders of Lenin
• Order of the Badge of Honor
• Medals

References

• Career data are taken from the Large Encyclopedic Dictionary (Moscow, 1991)