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Ivan LebedevSoviet party and government figure
Date of Birth: 01.01.1907
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Content:
- Soviet Political and State Figure
- Rise Through Party Ranks
- High-Level Positions
- Legislative and Party Roles
- Personal Life and Legacy
Soviet Political and State Figure
Early Life and CareerIn 1928, Boris Nikolaevich Bessonov joined the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). In 1929, he became head of a department in a district Soviet executive committee. From 1933, he served as assistant head of a political department at a machine and tractor station.
Rise Through Party Ranks
After graduating from the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in 1936, Bessonov embarked on a career in Soviet and party work. From 1944 to 1949, he was the second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia. In February 1949, he became first secretary of the Penza Oblast Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). From 1952 to 1955, he was first secretary of the Omsk Oblast Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU).
High-Level Positions
In 1955-1956, Bessonov served as the first deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). From 1956 to 1960, he was first secretary of the Stavropol Krai Committee of the CPSU, a period that witnessed the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev's Komsomol career in the Stavropol Krai.
Legislative and Party Roles
Bessonov was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR in its 1st (1938-1947) and 4th (1955-1959) convocations. He also served as a member of the Council of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in its 2nd (1946-1950), 3rd (1950-1954), 4th (1954-1958), and 5th (1958-1962) convocations. He was a delegate to the 19th (1952), 20th (1956), and 21st (1959) congresses of the CPSU and a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU from 1952 to 1961.
Personal Life and Legacy
Bessonov passed away in 1960 and is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, Zoya Vasilyevna Lebedeva-Kakurina, and daughter, Klara. He was awarded three Orders of Lenin, the Order of the Patriotic War, and numerous medals.
