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Maxim SaburovStatesman.
Date of Birth: 07.02.1900
Country:  Russia |
Content:
- Early Life and Railway Years
- Bolshevik Activism
- Education and Party Training
- Rise in the Industrial Sector
- High-Level Planning and WWII
- Post-War Controversies
- - He lost his high-ranking positions after Stalin's death.
- - He also served as deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers.
- Later Assignments and Retirement
- - He retired in 1966.
Early Life and Railway Years
Born into a Working-Class Family- Savin was born in Дружковка, Ukraine, in a family of workers.
- He began working on the railway as a child, followed by stints as a farm laborer and a shop assistant.
Bolshevik Activism
Joining the Communist Party- In 1920, Savin joined the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks).
- He held various positions in the Komsomol (Young Communist League), including district secretary and regional secretary.
Education and Party Training
- Savin earned degrees from the Communist University named after Ya.M. Sverdlov and the Moscow Mechanical Engineering Institute named after N.E. Bauman.
- He served as a propagandist for the Communist Party in the Donbas region.
Rise in the Industrial Sector
Factory Engineer and Technocrat- Savin worked in a Moscow factory as a technological bureau manager.
- He then moved to the Novokramatorsk Machine-Building Plant, rising from head of the tool department to chief technologist.
- He became chief engineer of the Heavy Machine-Building Department of the USSR Ministry of Machine Building.
High-Level Planning and WWII
Head of the State Planning Commission- In 1940, Savin became head of the State Planning Commission (Gosplan) and deputy chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers.
- He oversaw the evacuation of industry and planned new industrial projects during the Great Patriotic War.
Post-War Controversies
Downgrading and Rehabilitation- After the war, Savin was briefly demoted to deputy head of Gosplan.
- In 1949, he regained the chairmanship of the planning body.
Member of the Party Leadership
Member of the Party Central Committee and Presidium
- Savin became a member of the Communist Party Central Committee (1952-1961) and its Presidium (1952-1957).
- He lost his high-ranking positions after Stalin's death.
Later CareerMinister of Machine Building and Return to Gosplan
- Savin became Minister of Machine Building before being reinstated as head of Gosplan (1953-1955).
- He also served as deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers.
Involvement in the "Anti-Party Group"- Savin allied himself with the "anti-party group" that opposed Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policies.
- He was removed from the Presidium and his ministerial post for his involvement.
Later Assignments and Retirement
- Savin held positions in the State Committee for Foreign Economic Relations and as a factory director.
