Alexander Gorkin

Alexander Fyodorovich Gorkin (Russian: Александр Фёдорович Горкин; September 5, 1897 – June 29, 1988) was a Soviet state and party leader, Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1938–1953 and 1956–1957), Hero of Socialist Labour (1967).

Alexander Gorkin
Александр Горкин
Gorkin in 1938
Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union
In office
February 12, 1957 – September 20, 1972
Preceded byAnatoly Volin
Succeeded byLev Smirnov
Chairman of the Central Audit Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In office
February 3, 1959 – October 17, 1961
Preceded byPeter Moskatov
Succeeded byNonna Muravyova
Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union
In office
January 15, 1938 – March 15, 1954
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byNikolai Pegov
In office
July 16, 1956 – February 12, 1957
Preceded byNikolai Pegov
Succeeded byMikhail Georgadze
First Secretary of the Orenburg Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
In office
December 20, 1934 – July 11, 1937
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byPeter Mitrofanov
Personal details
BornSeptember 5, 1897
Rameshki Village, Bezhetsky Uyezd, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedJune 29, 1988 (aged 90)
Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery
Political partyRussian Communist Party (1916–1974)
ChildrenDaughter Maya and son
EducationInstitute of Red Professors
(1 year)
AwardsHero of Socialist Labour
Order of Lenin
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Order of the Badge of Honour
Signature
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