Nikolay Skvortsov

Nikolay Aleksandrovich Skvortsov (Russian: Николай Александрович Скворцов; 14 October 1899 – 15 January 1974) was a Soviet politician and the Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR from 3 May 1938 to 13 July 1945.

Nikolay Skvortsov
Portrait of Nikolay
Minister of State Farms of the USSR
In office 4 February 1947 – 15 March 1953
Succeeded by	Alexey Kozlov
Minister of Technical Crops of the USSR
In office 19 March 1946 – 4 February 1947
Succeeded by	Ivan Benediktov
People's Commissar of Technical Crops of the USSR
In office 14 July 1938 – 13 July 1945
Personal details
Born	(1899-10-14)October 14, 1899 Tsvetnoye, Astrakhan district, Russian Empire
Died	January 15, 1974(1974-01-15) (aged 74) Moscow, Soviet Union
Resting place	Novodevichy Cemetery
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Education	Moscow Planning Institute of the State Planning Committee

Biography

Between 1918 and 1919, he worked as a Red Guard and assistant for military communications. Then, from 1919 to 1920, he managed finances in Astrakhan province. In 1920, he became a military leader. From 1921 to 1923, he did propaganda work. Later, he worked education and planning until 1934. He studied from 1930 to 1934. From 1938 to 1945, he was served as the second secretary Communist Party in Kazakhstan. After that, he worked to agriculture and planning until he retired in 1966.

Awards

• Order of Lenin
• Order of the Patriotic War
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Order of the Badge of Honour