Boris Balashov

Boris Aleksandrovich Balashov (7 December 1927 – 20 January 1974) was Editor-in-Chief of the Soviet magazine "Filateliya SSSR" ("Philately of the USSR").

Boris Aleksandrovich Balashov Бори́с Алекса́ндрович Балашо́в
Born	(1927-12-07)December 7, 1927 Saratov, USSR
Died	January 20, 1974(1974-01-20) (aged 46) Moscow, USSR
Resting place	Moscow, Russia
Occupation	journalist, Editor-in-Chief
Language	Russian
Nationality	USSR
Citizenship	USSR
Education	Diploma of Higher Education
Alma mater	Saratov State University
Subject	philately

Biography

Born in 1927 in the family of a worker. He started working at one of the Saratov plants, where he worked as a planer and, then, as an electrician.

After graduating from the Saratov State University, he was on the leading Komsomol work as a division head of the Saratov Regional Committee of VLKSM (Komsomol), and the editor of a provincial youth newspaper “Komsomolets”.

From 1958 to 1961, he worked as a head of the Press Section and, then, as a head deputy of the Propaganda and Agitation Division of the Central Committee of VLKSM.

At the later phase of his life, he was an Editor-in-Chief deputy and Editor-in-Chief for three Soviet magazines including "Filateliya SSSR" (1968–1974).

Other websites

• "Балашов Борис Александрович. 1926 год — 1950 год". Балашовы от А до Я. Единая информационно-электронная база данных носителей фамилии Балашов (Balashov) (in Russian). Балашовъ. Retrieved 2009-10-28.