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Volodymyr Ivashko
1932 – 1994
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryVladimir Antonovich Ivashko was a Soviet Ukrainian politician, briefly acting as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the period from 24 to 29 August 1991. On 24 August, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned from the post, and on 29 August the CPSU was suspended by the Supreme Soviet. Before becoming General Secretary he had been voted Gorbachev's Deputy General Secretary within the Party on 12 July 1990, a newly created position as a result of the 28th Congress of the Communist Party.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
October 28, 1932
Poltava
Date of death
November 13, 1994
Moscow
Citizenship
Soviet Union · Russia
Occupations & fields
politicianeconomist
Awards & honours
Order of the Red Banner of LabourOrder of Friendship of Peoples
- Field and occupation
- politik, poslední generální tajemník ÚV KSSS
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