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Also known as Vasily Vasilievich Kuznetsov

Soviet politician (1901-1990)

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Key facts

Premier
Nikolai Tikhonov
Preceded by
Konstantin Chernenko
Succeeded by
Andrei Gromyko
President
Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Konstantin Chernenko, Andrei Gromyko
Born
( 1901-02-13 ) 13 February 1901, Sofilovka, Varnavinsky Uyezd , Kostroma Governorate , Russian Empire
Died
5 June 1990 (1990-06-05) (aged 89), Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Resting place
Novodevichy Cemetery
Party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1927–1990)
Spouse
Zoya Igumnova [ ru ] (m. 1926; died 1988)
Children
Era, Elena, Valery and Alexander
Education
Carnegie Mellon University (1918–1921), Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (1921–1926)

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Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Кузнецо́в; 13 February [O.S. 31 January] 1901 – 5 June 1990) was a Russian Soviet politician who acted as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1983 (after the death of Brezhnev), for a second time in 1984 (after the death of Andropov), and for a third time in 1985 (after the death of Chernenko). He was one of the oldest members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union was formally the highest state post. During the term of office, Kuznetsov was 81–82, 82–83, and 84 years old, respectively. He is the oldest head of the Soviet and Russian state in history (he was older than all three predecessors in this post).

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