Soviet Belarusian politician (1917-1983)

Tikhon Kiselyov

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Key facts

date of birthJuly 30, 1917

date of deathJanuary 11, 1983

occupationpolitician

place of birthAharodnia Kuźminickaja

place of deathMinsk

position helddeputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union

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Head of state: Ivan Paliakoŭ
Head of government: Aleksandr AksyonovVladimir BrovikovMikhail Kovalev
Preceded by: Pyotr MasherovVladimir Brovikov (acting)
Succeeded by: Vladimir Brovikov (acting)Nikolay Slyunkov
Premier: Alexei Kosygin
Leader: Kirill MazurovPyotr Masherov
Head of state: Vasily KozlovValentina Klochkova (acting)Sergey PritytskyIvan Klimov (acting)Fyodor SurganovVladimir Lobanok (acting)Zinaida Bychkovskaya (acting)Ivan Paliakoŭ
Preceded by: Nikolai Avkhimovich
Succeeded by: Aleksandr Aksyonov
Born: 30 July 1917Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died: 11 January 1983 (aged 65)Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1940–1983)
Other politicalaffiliations: Communist Party of Byelorussia
Profession: Civil servant

Tikhon Yakovlevich Kiselyov (Russian: Ти́хон Я́ковлевич Киселёв, Belarusian: Ціхан Якаўлевіч Кісялёў; 12 August (O.S.: 30 July), 1917 – 11 January 1983) was a Belarusian statesman in the Soviet Union, the leader (first secretary) of the Communist Party of Byelorussia, i.e., the de facto leader of the Byelorussian SSR (1980–1983).