Boris Vannikov

Boris Vannikov
Ванников, Борис
Boris Vannikov (1897–1962)
Deputy Minister of Medium Machine-Building
In office
1 July 1953 – 1958
PremierNikolai Bulganin
People's Commissar for Armament
In office
1 January 1939 – 9 June 1941
PremierVyacheslav Molotov
Preceded byMikhail Kaganovich
Succeeded byDmitry Ustinov
People's Commissar for Defense Industry
In office
December 1937 – January 1939
PremierVyacheslav Molotov
Personal details
Born
Vannikov, Boris Lvovich
(Ва́нников, Бори́с Льво́вич)

(1897-08-26)26 August 1897
Baku, Azerbaijan in Russian Empire (present-day Baku, Azerbaijan)
Died22 February 1962 (1962-02-23) (aged 64)
Moscow, Russia in Soviet Union
Resting placeKremlin Wall Necropolis
Citizenship Soviet Union
NationalityAzerbaijan
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
EducationBauman Moscow Technical University
OccupationPlant manager, politician
CabinetBulganin's government
AwardsStalin Prize (1951)
Hero of Socialist Labor
(1942, 1949, 1954)
Civil serviceMinistry of Defense Industry
Branch Red Army
Rank Colonel general
Service years1918–41

Boris Lvovich Vannikov (Russian: Бори́с Льво́вич Ва́нников; 26 August 1897 – 22 February 1962), was a Soviet politician and a political commissar of Azerbaijani Jewish origin who was one of the senior program managers in the Soviet program of nuclear weapons.


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