Turko Joseph Mikhailovich

Definition: Former second secretary of the Leningrad regional party committee, and then first secretary of the Yaroslavl regional committee of the CPSU (b), before his arrest - deputy chairman of the Vladimir regional executive committee
Years of life: 1908-1994
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Genus. in 1908 in Konstantinovka, Kharkov province, Belarusian. In 1929 Graduated from the Leningrad Engineering and Economic Institute. Member of the CPSU(b) since 1936.
Since 1926 glass factory worker. Since 1929 engineer-economist, head of the Planning and Production Department, from September 1937 to April 1940, director of the Proletary plant in Leningrad. From April 1940 to September 1944, secretary for personnel, first secretary of the Krasnogvardeisky district committee of the CPSU (b) in Leningrad. One of the organizers of the city's defense during the Great Patriotic War. From September 1944, secretary, from January 17, 1945 to August 27, 1946, second secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks. Since 1946 Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. From 08/26/1946 to 02/25/1949 First Secretary of the Yaroslavl Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). Removed from his post in connection with the “Leningrad Affair” and from February to April 1949 in the reserve of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks. From April to August 1949, in the secondary position of deputy chairman of the Executive Committee of the Vladimir Regional Council. Arrested on August 28, 1949. On October 1, 1950, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison. After Stalin's death on April 30, 1954, he was released. On May 26, 1954, he was reinstated in the party. From October 1954 to February 1956, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Kustanai Regional Council. Since February 1956, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad Regional Council. Personal pensioner.

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