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BREZHNEV LEONID: (1906-1982) General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of
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BREZHNEV LEONID: (1906-1982) General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1964-82. D.S., `L. Brezhnev¨, in Cyrillic, purple ink, one page, 4to, Kiev, 7th May 1947, to Tovarish Kaganovich, in Cyrillic. The document bears the printed heading “Workers of the world, unite! -Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine- Zaporozhye Regional Committee”, and is signed to the upper left corner by Lazar Kaganovich, in Cyrillic and in purple ink, in his capacity as Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist. The typed document states `In order to organize among workers broad propaganda of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR “On conferring the title of Hero of Socialist Labour and awarding orders and medals to the USSR collective farmers, workers….”, and in order to popularize the commitments made by districts, collective farms, state farms, brigades, and units of the Zaporozhye region in a letter addressed to comrade Stalin by agricultural workers of the Ukrainian SSR, and in order to mobilize workers to implement the historic resolution of the February Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Bolsheviks “On measures to raise the rural economy in the post-war period”, Zaporozhye Regional Committee CP(b)U has decided to make a visual political campaign reflecting the struggle of collective farms, MTS, state farms and districts of the region for the increment of yield in 1947. In this regard, the Zaporozhye Regional Committee of CP(b)U requests permission to use 4 tons of paper for this purpose.´ Signed at the base by Brezhnev in his capacity as Secretary of the Regional Committee CP(b)U. The document also bears at the base three ink stamps, on eof the corresponding to the Secretariat of the Department of Propaganda and Agitation. Few areas of paper loss to the left border as a result of previous filing, and very small tears to the edges, none affecting the text or signatures. G Lazar Kaganovich (1893-1991) Soviet Politician. One of the main associates of Stalin, known for helping Stalin to seize power. Kaganovich is remembered for his role in organizing, planning and supervising the Holodomor, the man-made famine in the Soviet Ukraine, 1932 to 1933, that killed millions of Ukrainians, also known as the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine. He was also known as “Iron Lazar”, appointed Minister of the railways and later Minister for Building Materials 1944-47. Kaganovich led the building of the first Soviet underground, the Moscow Metro, which was named “Metropoliten imeni L.M.Kaganovicha” after him and until 1955. In 1947, the year of the present letter, Kaganovich became the First Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party. At his death, kaganovich was the last surviving Old Bolshevik.
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BREZHNEV LEONID: (1906-1982) General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1964-82. D.S., `L. Brezhnev¨, in Cyrillic, purple ink, one page, 4to, Kiev, 7th May 1947, to Tovarish Kaganovich, in Cyrillic. The document bears the printed heading “Workers of the world, unite! -Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine- Zaporozhye Regional Committee”, and is signed to the upper left corner by Lazar Kaganovich, in Cyrillic and in purple ink, in his capacity as Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist. The typed document states `In order to organize among workers broad propaganda of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR “On conferring the title of Hero of Socialist Labour and awarding orders and medals to the USSR collective farmers, workers….”, and in order to popularize the commitments made by districts, collective farms, state farms, brigades, and units of the Zaporozhye region in a letter addressed to comrade Stalin by agricultural workers of the Ukrainian SSR, and in order to mobilize workers to implement the historic resolution of the February Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Bolsheviks “On measures to raise the rural economy in the post-war period”, Zaporozhye Regional Committee CP(b)U has decided to make a visual political campaign reflecting the struggle of collective farms, MTS, state farms and districts of the region for the increment of yield in 1947. In this regard, the Zaporozhye Regional Committee of CP(b)U requests permission to use 4 tons of paper for this purpose.´ Signed at the base by Brezhnev in his capacity as Secretary of the Regional Committee CP(b)U. The document also bears at the base three ink stamps, on eof the corresponding to the Secretariat of the Department of Propaganda and Agitation. Few areas of paper loss to the left border as a result of previous filing, and very small tears to the edges, none affecting the text or signatures. G Lazar Kaganovich (1893-1991) Soviet Politician. One of the main associates of Stalin, known for helping Stalin to seize power. Kaganovich is remembered for his role in organizing, planning and supervising the Holodomor, the man-made famine in the Soviet Ukraine, 1932 to 1933, that killed millions of Ukrainians, also known as the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine. He was also known as “Iron Lazar”, appointed Minister of the railways and later Minister for Building Materials 1944-47. Kaganovich led the building of the first Soviet underground, the Moscow Metro, which was named “Metropoliten imeni L.M.Kaganovicha” after him and until 1955. In 1947, the year of the present letter, Kaganovich became the First Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party. At his death, kaganovich was the last surviving Old Bolshevik.
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