Lazar Kaganovich Politician

Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich (Russian: Ла́зарь Моисе́евич Кагано́вич; 22 November [O.S. 10 November] 1893 – 25 July 1991) was a Soviet politician and administrator and one of the main associates of Joseph Stalin. At his death in 1991, he was the last surviving Old Bolshevik, outlived by the Soviet Union itself by a mere five months.

Personal facts

Birth date	November 22, 1893
Birth place	Russian Empire , Kiev Governorate , Kabany
Nationality	Soviet Union
Date of death	July 25, 1991
Place of death	Moscow , Soviet Union , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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Office holder

office	First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine Candidate member of the 14th 15th 16th Politburo People's Commissar for Transport of the Soviet Union Full member of the 17th 18th 19th 20th Politburo
party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
successor	Anastas Mikoyan Nikita Khrushchev Stanislav Kosior Alexei Bakulin Andrei Khrliov Ivano Kovaliov