Frol Kozlov
Frol Romanovich Kozlov (Russian: Фрол Рома́нович Козло́в; 18 August [O.S. 5 August] 1908 – 30 January 1965) was a Soviet politician, and a Hero of Socialist Labor (1961).
Frol Kozlov Фрол Козло́в | |
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| Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 5 April 1960 – 21 June 1963 | |
| Preceded by | Alexei Kirichenko |
| Succeeded by | Leonid Brezhnev |
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR | |
| In office 19 December 1957 – 31 March 1958 | |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Yasnov |
| Succeeded by | Dmitry Polyansky |
| First Deputy of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 31 March 1958 – 4 May 1960 | |
| Premier | Nikita Khrushchev |
| Preceded by | Joseph Kuzmin |
| Succeeded by | Alexei Kosygin |
| Full member of the 20th–21st, 22nd Politburo | |
| In office 29 June 1957 – 16 November 1964 | |
| Member of the 20th–21st, 22nd Secretariat | |
| In office 4 May 1960 – 16 November 1964 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Frol Romanovich Kozlov 18 August 1908 Loshchinino, Kasimovsky District Ryazan Province, Imperial Russia |
| Died | 30 January 1965 (aged 56) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1926–1965) |
Biography
Kozlov was born in the village of Loshchinino (Russian: Лощинино), Ryazan Province. Between 1953 and 1957, Kozlov was the first secretary of the Leningrad Oblast CPSU Committee.[1] He was elected a candidate member of the Presidium (as the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was then called) on 14 February 1957 and served as a full member from 29 June 1957 until he was relieved of his duties on 16 November 1964, following the ousting of his mentor, Nikita Khrushchev, a month earlier.
In July 1959, he visited the secretive Bohemian Grove encampment in northern California.[2]
For many years, he was considered Khrushchev's likely successor[3] but even before his mentor's removal from office, Kozlov's position had been undermined by the effects of his alcoholism; in the spring of 1963 he was replaced by Leonid Brezhnev as Secretary of the Communist Party Central Committee.[4] At the time of his removal, Kozlov had already suffered a stroke, and he died shortly after his removal from office.
He was buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.
Decorations and awards
References
- Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991 (in Russian). knowbysight.info. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- "May - June 1959: Visit to the Soviet Union of W. Averell Harriman". U.S. Department of State. 26 June 1959. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- Time Magazine, Krushchev's Successor? 13 July 1959
- Lisa A. Baglione (31 December 1998). To Agree or Not to Agree: Leadership, Bargaining, and Arms Control. University of Michigan Press. p. 45. ISBN 0-472-10930-8. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
