Alexander Poskrebyshev | |
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Александр Поскрёбышев | |
Head of the Special Section of the Central Committee | |
In office 22 July 1930 – 15 August 1952 | |
Preceded by | Ivan Tovstukha |
Succeeded by | Dmitri Sukhanov |
Personal details | |
Born | Alexander Nikolaevich Poskrebyshev 7 August 1891 Uspenskoye, Russian Empire |
Died | 3 January 1965 (aged 73) Moscow, Soviet Union |
Nationality | Russian |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1917–1956) |
Spouse(s) | Stankevich Jadwiga Ippolitovna (1919–1929) Metallikova-Poskrebysheva Bronislava Solomonovna (1934–1941) |
Children | Galina Egorova-Poskryobysheva (1932–2005) Natalia Po (1938–2006) Elena Poskrebysheva (1942) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Red Army |
Rank | Major-General |
Alexander Nikolaevich Poskrebyshev[1] (Russian: Александр Николаевич Поскрёбышев; 7 August 1891 – 3 January 1965) was a Soviet politician and a state and Communist Party functionary. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since March 1917, he was chief of the special department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (personal chancellery of Joseph Stalin, 1928–1953).[1][2][3][4]