Viktor Wassiljewitsch Grischin

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Viktor Grishin ( Russian Виктор Васильевич Гришин; born September 5 . Jul / 18th September  1914 greg. In Serpukhov , † 25. May 1992 in Moscow ) was a Soviet politician.

Life

Education and advancement

Grishin was born into a Russian working class family. He graduated from the Serpukhov Railway School in 1928 and the Moscow Geophysical Technical School in 1933. He then worked as a topographer in his hometown. In 1937, after graduating from the Moscow Technical School for the Railway Industry, he worked in a railway depot . From 1938 to 1940 he served in the Red Army .

Grischin joined the CPSU in 1939 . In April 1941 he was elected secretary of the party committee of the Serpukhov railway junction. From 1942 he was first a simple secretary, then second and first secretary of the Serpukhov City Party Committee. From 1950 to 1952, Grishin headed the mechanical engineering department of the Moscow Party Committee and was subsequently elected Second Secretary of the Communist Party City Committee of Moscow at the suggestion of Khrushchev . From 1952 to 1986 he was a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU.

In the centers of power

From 1956 to 1967 he was chairman of the All Union Central Council of Trade Unions and from 1967 to 1985 First Secretary of the Communist Party City Committee of Moscow. From 1961 to 1971 he was a candidate and then from April 9, 1971 to February 18, 1986 a full member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU.
Although he owed his rise to Khrushchev, Grishin played a dubious role in his dismissal, which has not yet been conclusively clarified. The fact is that he and Leonid Ilyichev wrote the text of the resignation letter, which Khrushchev later signed.

He supported Brezhnev and Chernenko as general secretaries in the Politburo . Even so, he did not become a central figure in the Soviet leadership and played a rather subordinate role. He was completely surprised when Brezhnev made his proposal to transform Moscow into the perfect and exemplary "communist city" public. On December 26, 1979, he signed the Politburo resolution on the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan , although he was not involved in its drafting.

It is reported several times that Grishin had a strong aversion to Gorbachev, which he replied. For a certain time Grishin was considered a possible successor to the seriously ill Chernenko, but was discredited by a scandal involving housing financing in Moscow. According to the statements of ex-Politburo member Alexander Yakovlev , Grishin was, despite these revelations, one of Gorbachev's strongest competitors in the struggle for successor to the head of state and party.

descent

When the successor to Chernenko was supposed to be settled during the Politburo meeting on March 11, 1985, Grishin nevertheless supported Gorbachev's candidacy for the post of General Secretary, calling him a "well-read and experienced party official". However, this maneuver did not help him to maintain his position. On December 19, 1985, Gorbachev called him in and told him that, given the many complaints about the poor work of the Moscow City Party Committee, it would be best for everyone if Grishin resigned. Although Grishin refused to sign a declaration of resignation, he was removed from his post on the same day during the Politburo meeting and deported to the group of state advisers to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Boris Yeltsin was his successor as first secretary of the Moscow City Party Committee .

He was a deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for almost 30 years. In August 1987, Grishin's relegation was sealed: he was no longer elected to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and the RSFSR , which meant the final end of the career of every Soviet politician. At the same time he lost his position as an advisor to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. He was then criticized in the press for his alleged misconduct, and his relatives lost their jobs, which Grishin allegedly "gave them to".

Honors

Grishin was awarded several state medals, including two times the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labor .

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SURNAME Grischin, Viktor Wassiljewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Гришин, Виктор Васильевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Serpukhov
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1992
Place of death Moscow