Alexander Gorkin | |
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| Александр Горкин | |
 Gorkin in 1938 | |
| Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union | |
| In office February 12, 1957 – September 20, 1972 | |
| Preceded by | Anatoly Volin |
| Succeeded by | Lev Smirnov |
| Chairman of the Central Audit Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
| In office February 3, 1959 – October 17, 1961 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Moskatov |
| Succeeded by | Nonna Muravyova |
| Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union | |
| In office January 15, 1938 – March 15, 1954 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Nikolai Pegov |
| In office July 16, 1956 – February 12, 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Pegov |
| Succeeded by | Mikhail Georgadze |
| First Secretary of the Orenburg Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) | |
| In office December 20, 1934 – July 11, 1937 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Peter Mitrofanov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 5, 1897 Rameshki Village, Bezhetsky Uyezd, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | June 29, 1988 (aged 90) Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Political party | Russian Communist Party (1916–1974) |
| Children | Daughter Maya and son |
| Education | Institute of Red Professors (1 year) |
| Awards | Hero of Socialist Labour Order of Lenin Order of the October Revolution Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of Friendship of Peoples Order of the Badge of Honour |
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Alexander Fyodorovich Gorkin (Russian: Александр Фёдорович Горкин; September 5, 1897 – June 29, 1988) was a Soviet state and party leader, Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1938–1953 and 1956–1957), Hero of Socialist Labour (1967).