Frol Romanovich Kozlov (Russian: Фрол Рома́нович Козло́в; 18 August [O.S. 5 August] 1908 – 30 January 1965) was a Soviet politician and a member Secretariat from 1960–1964. He was a Hero of the Socialist Labour (1961).
Frol Kozlov | |
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Фрол Козлов | |
 Kozlov in the 1960s | |
| Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 5 April 1960 – 21 June 1963 | |
| Preceded by | Aleksey Kirichenko (de facto) |
| Succeeded by | Leonid Brezhnev |
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR | |
| In office 19 December 1957 – 31 March 1958 | |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Yasnov |
| Succeeded by | Dmitry Polyansky |
| Senior Secretary of Cadres of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 5 April 1960 – 21 June 1963 | |
| Preceded by | Aleksey Kirichenko |
| Succeeded by | Nikolai Podgorny |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 August 1908 Loshchinino, Kasimovsky Uyezd, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 30 January 1965 (aged 56) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1926–1964) |
Central institution membership Other political offices held
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Biography
editKozlov was born in the village of Loshchinino (Лощинино), Kasimovsky Uyezd of Ryazan Governorate. In 1921 he graduated from the first level of school. He began his career in 1923 as a labourer at a Kasimovsky spinning factory. At the same time, he studied at the Factory Apprenticeship School. In November 1923 he became a member of the Komsomol, and in 1925 he was elected executive secretary of the Komsomol factory team. Between 1953 and 1957, Kozlov was the first secretary of the Leningrad Oblast CPSU Committee.[1] He was elected a candidate member of the Presidium (as the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was then called) on 14 February 1957 and served as a full member in 29 June 1957.
In July 1959, he visited the secretive Bohemian Grove encampment in northern California.[2]
In 5 April 1960, he was elected as the Party's Senior Secretary of Cadres, then later he became the de facto Second Secretary of the CPSU from 1960–1963, he was replaced by Leonid Brezhnev. He was considered Khrushchev's likely successor[3][4] but even before his mentor's removal from office, Kozlov's position had been undermined by the effects of his alcoholism.[5] He was relieved of his duties on 16 November 1964, following the ousting of his mentor, Nikita Khrushchev. At the time of his removal, Kozlov had already suffered a stroke, and he died shortly after his removal from office at the age of 56. He was honored with a state funeral and his ashes were buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis. In 1992, he was deemed partly responsible for the June 1962 Novocherkassk massacre.
Decorations and awards
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Hero of the Socialist Labour (1961) |
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Order of Lenin, four times (1955, 1957, 1958 & 1961) |
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Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class (1945) |
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Order of the Red Banner of Labour, twice (1943 & 1948) |
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Order of the Red Star (1942) |
References
edit- ^ Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991 (in Russian). knowbysight.info. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ "May - June 1959: Visit to the Soviet Union of W. Averell Harriman". U.S. Department of State. 26 June 1959. Archived from the original on 22 June 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- ^ Periscope, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 1958
- ^ "Khrushchev's Successor?". Time 13 July 1959.
- ^ Lisa A. Baglione (31 December 1998). To Agree or Not to Agree: Leadership, Bargaining, and Arms Control. University of Michigan Press. p. 45. ISBN 0-472-10930-8. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
External links
edit- Biography of Frol Kozlov (in Russian)