Yevgeny Tyazhelnikov

Yevgeny Mikhailovich Tyazhelnikov (; 7 January 1928 – 15 December 2020) was a Soviet politician, party official, and diplomat. He served as the First Secretary of the All-Union Leninist Communist Youth League (Komsomol) from 1968 to 1977, head of the Propaganda Department of the CPSU Central Committee from 1977 to 1982, and Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Romania from 1982 to 1990.

A member of the CPSU Central Committee from 1971 to 1990 and a deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1968 to 1984, Tyazhelnikov was a prominent figure of the Brezhnev era. His leadership of the Komsomol coincided with several major Soviet youth mobilisation campaigns, including the construction of the Baikal–Amur Mainline.

During his nine-year tenure as Komsomol leader, Tyazhelnikov oversaw the mobilisation of young workers for a number of major construction projects, most notably the Baikal–Amur Mainline (BAM), as well as campaigns related to the development of Siberia and the Russian Far East.

In 1990, following the Romanian Revolution, Tyazhelnikov was recalled from Bucharest at the insistence of the new Romanian authorities. He was transferred to the disposal of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs and subsequently retired from diplomatic service.