Ivan Kozulya Soviet statesman Date of Birth: 04.06.1909

Content:

1. Early Life and Education
2. Career Trajectory
3. Engineering Roles:
4. Wartime and Post-War Reconstruction
5. - Became chief engineer of the "Ukrpromstroyprojekt" trust in 1943
6. International Exposure and Ministerial Positions
7. National Construction Leadership
8. Construction Administration and Standardization:
9. Deputy Chairman of Gosstroy and Rural Construction:
10. Later Life and Legacy

Early Life and Education

Birth and Family:
- Born into a working-class family of a stone mason
- Became a member of the Communist Party in 1932

- Graduated from the Kharkiv Engineering and Construction Institute in 1941

Career Trajectory

Apprenticeship and Construction Experience:

- Started as an apprentice plumber at the Ilyich Plant in Mariupol in 1928

- Worked on the construction of the Azovstal Plant in Mariupol from 1930-33

Engineering Roles:

- Trained as a constructor in the design department of the Azovstal Plant (1933-36)

- Served as an engineer-constructor for the branch of the State Institute for Designing Metallurgical Plants (1936-37)

Wartime and Post-War Reconstruction

Construction Management:

- Led the construction department of the design organization "Karaganda-shakhtoprojekt" during wartime (1942-43)

- Became chief engineer of the "Ukrpromstroyprojekt" trust in 1943

- Served as deputy head of the technical department of the Ministry of Housing and Civil Construction of the Ukrainian SSR (1944-45)

International Exposure and Ministerial Positions

Foreign Mission:
- Spent time in the United States on a foreign assignment (1945-48)
Ministerial Appointments:

- Held the position of head of the technical department (1948-49) and minister of housing and civil construction in the Ukrainian SSR (1949-54)

- Became deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR in 1954

National Construction Leadership

Minister of Urban and Rural Construction:

- Served as the Minister of Urban and Rural Construction of the USSR from 1954 to 1957

Construction Administration and Standardization:

- Headed the Main Moscow Region Construction Trust (1957-60)

- Joined the board of Gosstroy (State Construction Committee) USSR and led the Main Department of Standard House Construction (1960-61)

Deputy Chairman of Gosstroy and Rural Construction:

- Became deputy chairman of Gosstroy USSR (1961-67)

- Simultaneously led the Main Rural Construction Planning Department (1961-62)

- Held the position of first deputy minister of rural construction in the USSR (1967-75)

Later Life and Legacy

Retirement and Honors:

- Retired with the status of personal pensioner of the Soviet Union in 1975

- Received the Order of Lenin and three Orders of the Red Banner of Labor

- Ashes interred in the columbarium of the Donskoye Cemetery in Moscow

Statesmen

Anatoliy Vuychitsky	Sergey Kaftanov	Konstantin Vais
Salou Djibo	Nikolay Resanov	Willem III