Nikolai Voznesensky

Nikolai Alekseevich Voznesensky (Russian: Никола́й Алексе́евич Вознесе́нский, 1 December [O.S. 18 November] 1903 – 1 October 1950) was as a prominent Soviet politician and economic planner who oversaw the running of Gosplan (State Planning Committee) during the German-Soviet War. A protégé of Andrei Zhdanov, Voznesensky was appointed Deputy Premier in May 1940 at the age of thirty-eight.[1] He was directly involved in the recovery of production associated with the movement of industry eastwards at the start of the war. His work The Economy of the USSR during World War II [2] is his account of these years.

Nikolai Voznesensky Никола́й Вознесе́нский
Chairman of the State Planning Committee of the Soviet Union
In office 8 December 1942 – 5 March 1949
Premier	Joseph Stalin
Preceded by	Maksim Saburov
Succeeded by	Maksim Saburov
In office 19 January 1938 – 10 March 1941
Premier	Vyacheslav Molotov
Preceded by	Valery Mezhlauk
Succeeded by	Maksim Saburov
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union
In office 10 March 1941 – 15 March 1946
Premier	Vyacheslav Molotov Joseph Stalin
Preceded by	Valerian Kuybyshev
Succeeded by	Vyacheslav Molotov
Full member of the 18th Politburo
In office 26 February 1947 – 7 March 1949
Candidate member of the 18th Politburo
In office 21 February 1941 – 26 February 1947
Personal details
Born	1 December [O.S. 18 November] 1903 Tula Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	1 October 1950(1950-10-01) (aged 46) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship	Soviet
Nationality	Russian
Political party	Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1919–1949)

Following the war, however, he was persecuted during the Leningrad Affair. In a secret trial, he was found guilty of treason, sentenced to death and executed the same day. Voznesensky was rehabilitated in 1954.[3]

He was a close companion of Alexei Kosygin and Mikhail Rodionov.