Aleksandr Shcherbakov (20th-century politician)

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Shcherbakov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Щербако́в; 10 October [O.S. 27 September] 1901 – 10 May 1945) was a Soviet politician and statesman who was a wartime head of the Main Political Directorate of the Red Army as well as the director of the Soviet Information Bureau.

Aleksandr Shcherbakov
Александр Щербаков
1950 Soviet commemorative stamp
First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party
In office
2 December 1938  10 May 1945
Preceded byAleksandr Ugarov
Succeeded byGeorgy Popov
Candidate member of the 18th Politburo
In office
21 February 1941  10 May 1945
Member of the 18th Secretariat
In office
5 May 1941  10 May 1945
Member of the 18th Orgburo
In office
22 March 1939  10 May 1945
Personal details
Born10 October 1901
Ruza, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
Died10 May 1945(1945-05-10) (aged 43)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Resting placeKremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow
Political partyRussian Communist Party (1918–1945)
Alma materInstitute of Red Professors
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