IGNATYEV, Semyon Denisovich

IGNATYEV, Semyon Denisovich (14.9.1904, Derevnya Karlovka of Kherson Gub. – 27.11.1983, Moscow), Communist Party Activist. Awarded with the Order of Lenin (1940, 1944, 1948, 1957), Order of the October Revolution (1974), the 1st Class Order of Patriotic War (1945), Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1943). Graduated from the I.V.Stalin’ All-Union Industrial Academy (Moscow, 1935). Since 1937, 1st Secretary of the Buryat-Mongol Obl. Committee of the ACP(b). Between 1943–46 and 1953–57, 1st Secretary of the Bashkir Obl. Committee of the ACP(b). Between 1947–49, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Belarus SSR. Between 1951–53 the Minister of State Security of the USSR. Between 1952–61 Member of the Central Committee of the ACP(b), simultaneously, between 1957–60 1st Secretary of the Tatar Obl. Committee of the ACP(b).