Alexey Shitikov

Alexey Pavlovich Shitikov (Russian: Алексей Павлович Шитиков; 14 March 1912 – 2 August 1993) was a Soviet communist party member and statesman.^[1][2]

Alexey Shitikov
7th First Secretary of the Regional Committee of the All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) – Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
In office August 1952 – 1955
Preceded by	Pavel Simonov
Succeeded by	Lev Benkovich
4th Second Secretary of the Khabarovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In office ? – February 22, 1957
Succeeded by	Alexey Cherny
7th First Secretary of the Khabarovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In office February 22, 1957 – July 23, 1970
Preceded by	Mikhail Stakhursky
Succeeded by	Alexey Cherny
8th Chairman of the Council of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
In office July 14, 1970 – April 11, 1984
Preceded by	Ivan Spiridonov
Succeeded by	Lev Tolkunov
Personal details
Born	Alexey Pavlovich Shitikov (1912-03-14)March 14, 1912 Gorka village, Kologrivsky Uyezd, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	August 2, 1993(1993-08-02) (aged 81) Moscow, Russia
Resting place	Kuntsevo Cemetery
Political party	All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (since 1939)
Education	Nizhny Novgorod Agricultural Institute (1936) Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1951)
Awards	Orders Order of Lenin Order of the October Revolution Order of the Patriotic War Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of Friendship of Peoples Order of the Red Star Order of the Badge of Honour Medals Medal "For Labour Valour"
Military service
Battles/wars	Great Patriotic War

Biography

He was born in the village of Gorka, Kostroma Governorate.

In 1936 – livestock specialist of the district land department, first Secretary of the Ardatovsky District Committee of the All–Union Leninist Communist Youth Union (Gorky Region).

• 1941–1945 – in the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army;^[3]
• 1945–1948 – in the apparatus of the Khabarovsk Regional Committee of the All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks);^[4]
• 1948–1950 – Secretary of the Kamchatka Regional Committee of the All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks);^[4]
• 1950–1952 – in the apparatus of the Khabarovsk Regional Committee of the All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks);^[4]
• 1952–1955 – First Secretary of the Regional Committee of the All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) – Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast;
• 1955 – Secretary of the Khabarovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union;
• ?–1957 – Second Secretary of the Khabarovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union;
• 1957–1970 – First Secretary of the Khabarovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union;
• 1970–1984 – Chairman of the Council of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

Since 1970 – Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of the Soviet Union, since 1971 – Chairman of the Soviet Committee for European Security and Cooperation.

In 1984 – retired.

In 1984–1991 – Chairman of the Presidium of the Soviet Society for Cultural Relations with Compatriots Abroad.

Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1961–1986). Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union of the 4th–11th convocations. He was buried in Moscow at the Kuntsevo Cemetery.

Awards

• Three Orders of Lenin;
• Order of the October Revolution;^[5]
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Order of Friendship of Peoples
• Order of the Red Star
• Order of the Badge of Honour

References

1. Konstantin Pronyakin. A Quarter of a Century in the Region. First Secretary of the Khabarovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Alexey Shitikov Turns 110 // Priamurskiye Vedomosti, No. 9, March 9, 2022, Page 15
2. "A Quarter of a Century in the Region".
3. The Feat of the People
4. Shitikov, Alexey Pavlovich. Nizhny Novgorod Biographical Encyclopedia
5. "Leonid Brezhnev. Lenin's Course". Archived from the original on 2017-01-04.

Sources

• Biography in the Handbook of the History of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union
• Shitikov Alexey Pavlovich – article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia
• Konstantin Pronyakin. A Quarter of a Century in the Region. First Secretary of the Khabarovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Alexei Shitikov Turns 110 // Priamurskiye Vedomosti, No. 9, March 9, 2022, Page 15