MIKOYAN, ANASTAS IVANOVICH


Meaning of MIKOYAN, ANASTAS IVANOVICH in English

born Nov. 25, 1895, Sanain, Armenia

died Oct. 21, 1978, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.

Russian statesman.

After joining the Bolsheviks in 1915, he became a party leader in the Caucasus. His support of Joseph Stalin earned him a post on the Communist Central Committee (1923). He was commissar of trade from 1926, a member of the Politburo from 1935, and deputy premier (1946–64), directing the country's trade. He supported Nikita Khrushchev 's rise to power and became his close adviser and a first deputy premier of the Soviet Union. He was chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1964–65).

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