Mikhail Alekseyevich Yasnov was a Soviet politician. He was Chairman of Moscow City Executive Committee and head of Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

  in 1950–1956.

In 1956–1957 he was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

The Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was known officially as the Council of People's Commissars , Council of Ministers and Council of Ministers – Government -Council of People's Commissars:...

 of the Russian SFSR

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , commonly referred to as Soviet Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or simply Russia, was the largest, most populous and economically developed republic in the former Soviet Union....

. Between 1957–1966 he was First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR and between 1966–1985 Chairman of the RSFSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) and later deputy. In 1950–1954 Chairman of the Soviet of the Union

Soviet of the Union

Soviet of the Union , was one of the two chambers of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, elected on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot in accordance with the principles of Soviet democracy, and with the rule that there be one deputy for...

, the higher chamber of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. He was made a Hero of Socialist Labor

Hero of Socialist Labor

Hero of Socialist Labour was an honorary title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries. It was the highest degree of distinction for exceptional achievements in national economy and culture...

 in 1976.

External links

• Article in the Great Soviet Encyclopedy