Tikhon Yurkin

Tikhon Yurkin
Тихон Юркин
Yurkin in 1930
Minister of Procurement of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
In office
March 6, 1961 – 1962
Minister of Grain Products of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
In office
September 5, 1960 – March 6, 1961
Preceded byFedor Kulakov
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of Soviet Farms of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
In office
1954–1957
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
4th People's Commissar of Grain and Livestock Soviet Farms of the Soviet Union
In office
July 22, 1937 – November 21, 1938
Preceded byNikolay Demchenko
Succeeded byPavel Lobanov
People's Commissar of Grain and Livestock Soviet Farms of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
In office
September 1936 – August 1937
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byIvan Benediktov
1st People's Commissar of Grain and Livestock Soviet Farms of the Soviet Union
In office
October 1, 1932 – April 4, 1934
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMoisey Kalmanovich
Personal details
BornJune 29, 1898
Moscow, Russian Empire
DiedAugust 18 or August 19, 1986
Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Resting placeKuntsevo Cemetery (Moscow City)
Political partyRussian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (since 1919)
AwardsOrder of Lenin
Order of the October Revolution
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Medal "For Labour Valour"

Tikhon Alexandrovich Yurkin (29 June 1898 – 18 August 1986) was a Soviet statesman.