Konstantin Pysin | |
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First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic | |
In office December 1964 – 1971 | |
Preceded by | Leonid Maximov |
Minister of Agriculture | |
In office April 1962 – 8 March 1963 | |
Premier | Nikita Khrushchev |
Preceded by | Mikhail Olshanski |
Personal details | |
Born | Konstantin Georgiyevich Pysin 12 December 1910 Ekaterinovka, Perm, Russian Empire |
Died | 22 January 1984 Moscow, Soviet Union | (aged 73)
Nationality | Russian |
Political party | Communist Party |
Konstantin Pysin ( Russian: Константин Пысин; 1910–1984) was a Soviet political figure who served as the minister of agriculture between 1962 and 1963. He was a member of the Communist Party and served in different positions in the party.
Pysin was born in Ekaterinovka, Perm Governorate, on 12 December 1910. [1] He studied at a pedagogy college in Kungur, Perm, between 1926 and 1929. [1] He graduated from the Perm Agricultural Institute in 1935. [2]
After graduating from the pedagogy college Pysin worked as a teacher in Vinsk from 1929 to 1931. [1] Then he served as a zootechnician of the regional land department in Perm between 1935 and 1937. [1] [2] He worked as an assistant at the Perm Agricultural Institute from 1938 to 1941. [1]
In 1939 he became a member of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks and was deputy secretary of the Perm regional committee of the party from 1943 to 1945. [1] In 1945 he worked as a deputy at the Perm regional executive committee and was the secretary of the Perm regional committee between 1946 and 1947. [1] From 1949 he worked in the Altai branch of the party serving in the regional executive committee (1949–1955). [1] Psyin was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet in the third and fourth convocations between 1950 and 1970. [1] He was the 1st secretary of the Altai regional committee from 1955 to 1961. [2] He served as a member central committee of the Communist Party from 1956 to 1971. [1]
In 1961 he was named as the deputy minister of agriculture which he held until 1962. [3] He was appointed minister of agriculture in April 1962, replacing Mikhail Olshanski in the post. [4] Pysin visited the United States for one month from September 1962 to reviews the farmlands in the West and Midwest regions. [4] He was in office until 8 March 1963 when he was removed by Nikita Khrushchev from the post due to the failure in the agricultural production. [3] [5] [6] He served as the inspector of the central committee in 1963. [1] Pysin was named as the first deputy chair of the council of ministers of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in December 1964, replacing Leonid Maximov in the post. [6] Pysin's tenure lasted until 1971 when he retired from politics and public offices. [1]
Pysin died on 22 January 1984 in Moscow. [1]
Psyin was the recipient of the Order of Lenin (two times and the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (two times). [1]