Roman Rudenko | |
|---|---|
Роман Руденко | |
.jpg) Rudenko opens the Soviet prosecution at the International Military Tribunal | |
| Procurator General of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 1 July 1953 – 23 January 1981 | |
| Premier | Georgy Malenkov Nikolai Bulganin Nikita Khrushchev Alexei Kosygin Nikolai Tikhonov |
| Preceded by | Grigory Safonov |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Rekunkov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August [O.S. 25 July] 1907 Nosivka, Nezhinsky Uyezd, Chernihiv Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | January 23, 1981 (aged 73) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1926–1981) |
| Profession | Lawyer, civil servant |
Roman Andreyevich Rudenko (Russian: Рома́н Андре́евич Руде́нко, Ukrainian: Роман Андрійович Руденко; 7 August [O.S. 25 July] 1907[1][2] – 23 January 1981) was a Soviet lawyer and statesman.
Procurator-General of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1944 to 1953, Rudenko became Procurator-General of the entire Soviet Union after 1953. He is well known internationally for acting as chief prosecutor for the USSR at the 1946 trial of the major Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg. He was also chief prosecutor at the "Trial of the Sixteen" (Polish Underground leaders) held in Moscow the year before. At the time he served at Nuremberg, Rudenko held the rank of Lieutenant-General within the USSR Procuracy.
In 1961 Rudenko was elected to the CPSU Central Committee. In 1972 he was awarded the Soviet honorary title of Hero of Socialist Labour.
- ^ Метрическая книга Николаевской церкви м. Носовка. 1907[permanent dead link] // Государственный архив Черниговской области. Ф. 679. Оп. 10. Д. 1325. Л. 189об–190. (russian)
- ^ A lot of sources give other dates of birth: July 30 [O.S. July 17] 1907 or July 7, 1907.