Role Political leader Nationality Soviet | Profession Civil servant Children Natalia Maszerawa Name Pyotr Masherov | |
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Born 26 February 1918Gomel Region, Russian Empire ( 1918-02-26 ) Awards Hero of Socialist LaborOrder of Lenin (7) Party Communist Party of the Soviet Union | ||
SYND 15 11 78 US SENATE DELEGATION WELCOMED IN IN CAPITAL OF BELARUS
Pyotr Mironovich Masherov (Belarusian: Пётр Міро́навіч Машэ́раў; Russian: Пётр Миро́нович Маше́ров; 26 February [O.S. 13 February] 1918 – 4 October 1980 was the first secretary of Belarusian committee of the Communist Party of Soviet Union and a communist leader of Soviet Belarus.
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- SYND 15 11 78 US SENATE DELEGATION WELCOMED IN IN CAPITAL OF BELARUS
- Overview
- Death
- Honours and awards
- References
Overview
Masherov was born as Pyatro Mashera (according to family legend, descendent of a French soldier surnamed Macheraut, who was stranded in Belarus during the Napoleonic invasion of Russia) in a village in Vitsebsk region of Belarus and before the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War in 1941 worked as a high school physics and math teacher. Between 1942 and 1944 Masherov led an underground group of Soviet partisans in Belarus and was awarded title Hero of the Soviet Union in August 1944.
In 1965 after holding some key positions in Belarusian regions and in Minsk, Masherov became the first secretary of the Communist party in Belarus. He was de facto the president of Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1978, Masherov was awarded Hero of Socialist Labor title for his contributions to the development of Belorussian republic.
Death
He died in an automobile accident when his car, escorted by police, collided with a produce truck (potatoes) that had unexpectedly entered the freeway.He was honored with a state funeral in Minsk, which was attended by the FIrst Secretary of the Communist Party of Lithuania Petras Griškevičius.