Vasily Vakhrushev Explained

Vasily Vakhrushev
Order:Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR
Term Start1:29 July 1939
Term End1:2 June 1940
Premier1:Vyacheslav Molotov
Predecessor1:Nikolai Bulganin
Successor1:Ivan Khokhlov
Order2:People's Commissar for Coal Industry
Term Start2:12 October 1939
Term End2:19 January 1946
Premier2:Vyacheslav Molotov
Joseph Stalin
Predecessor2:Position established
Successor2:Aleksandr Zasyadko
Birth Date:28 February 1902
Birth Place:Tula, Imperial Russia
Death Place:Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality:Soviet
Party:All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks)
Resting Place:Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow
Native Name Lang:ru

Vasily Vasilyevich Vakhrushev (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Ва́хрушев; 28 February 1902  - 13 January 1947) was a Soviet and Russian statesman who was from 1939 to 1940 the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR, literally meaning Premier or Prime Minister. Vakhrushev also was a "key figure" for KGB operations in the United Nations in New York City.[1]

His ashes were buried at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KGB in New York The United Nations Spy Battle. Trentoe. Joe. Roman. Dave. August 1978. CIA. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170123184812/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-01208R000100230044-0.pdf. January 23, 2017. 29 January 2020.