The man who headed the industry of a huge country and developed the industrial power of the state, the political and state leader - Kirilenko Andrey Pavlovich.
Biography
He was born in Voronezh province in 1906. From the age of nineteen he began to work, early learned the hellish labor of a miner in the Donbas. Private activist, he rallied near the young generation.
Since 1929 - a member of the Komsomol organization, since 1931 - a member of the VKPB. In 1936 he successfully graduated from the Aviation Institute, worked strenuously as an ordinary engineer at a profile plant in Zaporozhye.
Political repressions of 1938led to an acute shortage of managerial personnel, and an enterprising communist was involved in party work. Andrei Pavlovich Kirilenko successfully proved himself to be a strong-willed, purposeful and energetic leader.
Further prospects were opened serious.A year later, Andrei Pavlovich appointed second secretary of the regional committee of Zaporozhye. He works with full force. The country was on the verge of severe trials, was not ready for war, and time was running out. At this time, an acquaintance with Leonid Brezhnev, secretary of the regional committee of Dnepropetrovsk.
Harsh tests
В 1941 году началась война...The merciless enemy was rapidly approaching, it was necessary to evacuate the industry immediately to the rear regions of the country. The second secretary in the minimum terms correctly organized transportation of factories.
The head worked out an unmistakable plan for relocation back in 1939 — he thought so far-sightedly and rationally. Since November 1941, he has served in the military council of the army.
Active strong business executive and organizer, in1943 Kirilenko Andrei Pavlovich is sent by the plenipotentiary representative of the State Defense Committee to the aircraft plant in Moscow. Thanks to the work of a talented manager and his practical ability to mobilize, output for the front has increased significantly.
The communist did not spare himself.In 1944, an experienced leader was immediately sent to reinstate industrial facilities in Zaporozhye as the second secretary of the regional and city party committees.
Dnipropetrovsk team
In 1946, the party leadership of Zaporozhyeofficially approved Leonid Brezhnev, appointing Kirilenko as first assistant. Teamwork brought them together and made friends; until the end of their lives, they remained loyal associates.
Andrei Pavlovich, as the closest friend, saidwinged words on the anniversary, that 70 years for the leader - the average age. In 1947, Leonid Ilyich switched to party management of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Committee, in 1950, Andrei Pavlovich Kirilenko took the post. The photo below was taken during a visit to the plant.
This area is a strategic center for metallurgy and engineering. Here, under the general guidance of the regional committee secretary, the mass production of combat strategic missiles was launched without delay.
Later, when Brezhnev became the head of the country,Career promotions began for reliable people with whom he had previously worked successfully. The overwhelming majority of henchmen worked in the regional committee of Dnepropetrovsk, therefore the expression “Dnepropetrovsk team” went for a walk.
The ability to make the right move
The success of the secretary in managing the region is markedwere the center, so Kirilenko was entrusted with the industrial heart of the USSR - the Sverdlovsk region. The territory has been actively managed by an experienced, efficient manager who has passed the war and is restoring industry from the ruins.
As further progress L. I.Brezhnev to the heights of power moved and Andrei Pavlovich. In the years 1955-1962. He stood at the head of the Sverdlovsk Regional Committee. It is said that he was the initiator of the construction of mansions for the reception of Moscow officials.
After learning about this initiative, in the area oftennearest neighbors with a request to share project documentation. Under his leadership in the field were actively used shop methods of construction of individual dimensional parts.
Blocks and panels were mass producedindustrial method that guaranteed quality. Construction enterprises were built, new ones were created and morally obsolete Ural factories were improved.
Intrigue in the manual
В это время шла закулисная борьба за власть в The center, which was attended by representatives of the regions. In 1957 in Moscow, Kirilenko, Andrei Pavlovich, together with a group of high-ranking comrades, signed a paper on convening the Central Committee and dismissing Khrushchev. True, speaking at the Plenum, he defended the party’s first secretary and denounced the “opposition”.
In June 1962, Kirilenko immediately flew to the city of Novocherkassk, where the workers staged a spontaneous unauthorized rally. The situation was gradually getting out of control.
Andrei Pavlovich intentionally exaggerated when personally reported the situation. By decision of Nikita Khrushchev, troops entered the city, and later consent was obtained to use weapons.
In 1962 Kirilenko Andrei Pavlovich falls intoPolitburo. The inner-party struggle was in full swing, gradually removing political monsters: Molotov, Malenkov and Kaganovich. Soon came the turn of Nikita Khrushchev.
Industry Leader
С 1966 года Андрей Павлович командует советской by industry, in the office he does not sit, but rushes into the thick of the people, to where the great construction projects are. The manager completed the task: the giants of mechanical engineering and energy were finally built.
Kirilenko had indisputable authority, with himare considered - he is the third person in the party. Andrei Pavlovich - a representative of the Brezhnev group in the political leadership. In the 70s he was considered the probable successor of I. Brezhnev as secretary general.
Kirilenko Andrei Pavlovich got acquainted withactivity of the Stavropol Regional Committee in 1978 and extremely negatively responded to the work of N. S. Gorbachev. Kirilenko considered it inappropriate to transfer the latter to Moscow.
Relations with Kosygin deteriorated afterAlexey Nikolayevich documented the decision to send troops to Afghanistan, as adopted by the Central Committee in full. Although it was discussed only three people in a narrow meeting.
Last years
In the early 80s, Andrei Pavlovich’s health was sharplyshaken. At the XXVI Party Congress in March 1981, he could not correctly, without distortion, read the list of names - those sitting in the hall were shocked: a sick, weak old man stood at the podium. But this did not become an obstacle to the inclusion of Kirilenko in the Politburo.
After the death of Brezhnev, Andrei Pavlovichgoes on a well-deserved rest. He lives in Moscow, every morning, out of habit, he is going to work - he does not understand what is happening ... He died in May 1990, was buried at the Troyekurovsky cemetery. After the death of the heirs nothing left. So the son of the communist era Kirilenko Andrei Pavlovich left.
Family: wife - Elizaveta Ivanovna, daughter Valentina and son Anatoly.
A talented leader re-created the country. He raised from the ruins after the war and rebuilt the factories. That was Kirilenko Andrei Pavlovich, whose relatives keep a memory of him.
