Augusts Voss
Augusts Voss ( Russian Август Эдуардович Восс * October 17 . Jul / the 30th October 1916 greg. In the government of Omsk, Russian Empire ; † 10. February 1994 in Moscow , Russia ) was a Latvian - Soviet politicians.
Life
Augusts Voss was a political officer in the Red Army during World War II . Afterwards he was apparatchik of the Communist Party of Latvia (LKP), the Latvian branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union . From 1966 to 1984 he was the general secretary or first secretary of the LKP. In 1984 he was deported to the post of Chairman of the Nationalities Council . His successor was Boris Pugo .
Awards (selection)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Art. Восс Август Эдуардович . In: Great Soviet Encyclopedia , accessed November 5, 2019 (Russian).
First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Latvia
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Voss, Augusts |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Восс, Август Эдуардович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Omsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1994 |
| Place of death | Moscow , Russia |