Nonna Muravyova Explained

Nonna Muravyova
Native Name Lang:ru
Office:Chairman of the Central Auditing Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Term Start:October 31, 1961
Term End:March 29, 1966
Predecessor:Alexander Gorkin
Successor:Gennady Sizov
Office2:Minister of Social Security of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Term Start2:April 21, 1952
Term End2:December 12, 1961
Predecessor2:Alexey Sukhov
Successor2:Lydia Lykova
Birth Date:13 August 1906
Birth Place:Kamenka, Kineshemsky Uyezd, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Place:Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Resting Place:Novodevichy Cemetery
Party:CPSU (1926–1974)
Education:All–Union Industrial Academy of Textile Industry Named After Vyacheslav Molotov
Awards:Order of Lenin
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Badge of Honour
Signature:Sign of Nonna Murav'eva 1952.png
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Nonna Aleksandrovna Muravyova (; August 13, 1906 – January 2, 1986) was a Soviet state, party and public figure. She served as Minister of Social Security of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1952–1961) and Chairman of the Central Auditing Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1961–1966).[1]

Early career

She was born into a working-class family.[1]

In 1920–1923, she worked at a dyeing and finishing factory in Kamenka. Here she joined the Russian Communist Youth Union, in 1923–1926 – at a linen factory in Novopistsovo.

Member of the All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1926. In 1938, she graduated from the All–Union Industrial Academy of Light Industry Named After Vyacheslav Molotov.

In 1926–1930, she was a teacher at the orphanage "Communa No. 1", which was first located in Vichuga, and then was transferred to Staraya Vichuga.

Since 1930 – at party work.

In leadership positions

Since July 1966 – Member of the Party Control Committee under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.[2]

Member of the Central Auditing Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1956–1971). Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union of the 6th Convocation. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of the 3–5th Convocations.[3]

Since 1974 – retired. She was Deputy Chairman of the Society of Soviet–Finnish Friendship and Cultural Relations, a member of the Committee of Soviet Women.

In 1982, the Nonna Muravyova Prize was established in Vichuga, awarded to the best women activists of the city.

She was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://guides.rusarchives.ru/funds/8/muraveva-nonna-aleksandrovna Nonna Muravyova. State Archives of the Russian Federation
  2. http://www.knowbysight.info/MMM/08799.asp Nonna Muravyova. Handbook of the History of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union
  3. https://www.alexanderyakovlev.org/almanah/almanah-dict-bio/1003650/11 Nonna Muravyova. Russia. 20th Century
  4. http://novodevichiynecropol.narod.ru/10/muravyeva_na.htm Nonna Muravyova. Necropolis