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Ivan Bolshakov

1902 – 1980

Soviet politician

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About Ivan Bolshakov

Lived 1902 – 1980 (aged 77). Ivan Bolshakov was a Russian politician.

Ivan Grigoryevich Bolshakov (; 10 October 1902 – 19 March 1980) was a Soviet bureaucrat who was chairman of the State Committee for Cinematography and Minister of Cinematography of the Soviet Union (1939–1953).

Biography Born into a bourgeois family. From 1916 to 1922, he worked as a machine operator, and then as a timekeeper at the Tula Arms Factory.

Since June 1939 – Chairman of the Committee for Cinematography Under the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union, since March 1946 – Minister of Cinematography of the Soviet Union.

From 1953 to 1954, he worked as First Deputy Minister of Culture of the Soviet Union.

From 1954 to 1959 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade of the Soviet Union.

Buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Awards Two Orders of Lenin (April 14, 1944; March 6, 1966) Order of the Red Banner of Labour Two Orders of the Badge of Honour

Image in the cinema The Inner Circle (1991) – Alexander Feklistov

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Nationality
Education
Institute of Red Professors, Plekhanov Russian Economic University, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Positions held
Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Awards
Order of Lenin; Order of the Badge of Honour; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"; Medal %22For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945%22; Medal %22In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow%22
Also known as
Ivan Grigorievich Bolshakov, Ivan Grigoryevich Bolshakov

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Ivan Bolshakov's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Ivan Bolshakov?

Soviet politician (1902-1980)

When was Ivan Bolshakov born?

Ivan Bolshakov was born on 27 September 1902 in Tula Governorate.

When did Ivan Bolshakov die?

Ivan Bolshakov died on 19 March 1980 in Moscow.

What was Ivan Bolshakov's occupation?

Ivan Bolshakov was a politician.

What nationality was Ivan Bolshakov?

Ivan Bolshakov was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ivan Bolshakov

· Wikidata: Q4091133

· DBpedia: Ivan Bolshakov

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