Alexei Yepishev Politician

Alexei Alexeevich Yepishev, also spelled Epishev (Russian: Алексей Алексеевич Епишев; May 19 [O.S. May 6] 1908 - September 15, 1985) was a Soviet political officer, politician and diplomat. He served as the Chief of the Main Political Directorate of the Soviet Army and Navy from 1962 to 1985.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 19, 1908
Birth place
Astrakhan , Russian Empire
Nationality
Russians
Date of deathSeptember 15, 1985
Place of death
Moscow , Soviet Union

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Office holder

awards
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky (Soviet Union)
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the White Lion
Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR
Order of the Patriotic War
Order of the Red Star
military operations
World War II
military branch
Red Army
military commandMain Political Directorate of the Soviet Army and Navy
military rank
Army general (Soviet Union)
office
First Secretary of the Odessa region Committee of the Communist Party of the Ukrainian SSR
Deputy Minister of State Security for Personnel Matters
Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the People's Republic of Romania
Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
service end1930
service start1930
successor

Topical connections

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Abram GrushkoArtist
Abdurrahman FatalibeyliMilitary person
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Alexander Vasilyevich BelyakovMilitary person
Alexander BakulevScientist
Andrei GrechkoPolitician
Mikhail KozellArtist
Darya PishchalnikovaAthlete
Aleksandr VasilevskyMilitary person
Alexander PoskrebyshevPolitician

Alexei Yepishev on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://sport-necropol.narod.ru/epishev.html