Arseny Zverev
| Arseny Zverev | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 19 January 1938 – 16 February 1948 |
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| Premier | Joseph Stalin |
| Preceded by | Vlas Chubar |
| Succeeded by | Alexei Kosygin |
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In office 28 December 1948 – 16 May 1960 |
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| Premier | Joseph Stalin (until 1953) Georgy Malenkov (until 1955) Nikolai Bulganin (until 1958) Nikita Khrushchev |
| Preceded by | Alexei Kosygin |
| Succeeded by | Vasily Garbuzov |
| Candidate member of the 19th Presidium | |
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In office 16 October 1952 – 6 March 1953 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 February 1900 Tikhomirovo, Moscow Oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | 27 July 1969 (aged 69) Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Moscow Institute of Finance |
| Profession | Economist |
Arseny Grigoryevich Zverev (Russian: Арсе́ний Григо́рьевич Зве́рев; 18 February 1900 – 27 July 1969) was a Soviet Russian politician, economist and statesman whose career spanned the rules of Stalin and Khrushchev, but culminated during the Stalin years. Zverev was born in a little village just outside Moscow. After years in local politics, he rose to prominence as a Deputy Commissar of Finance, but he also held other lesser posts such as a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
As Deputy Commissar of Finance he was able to work up, and eventually get promoted to People's Commissar for Finance (renamed to Ministry in 1946). Later, Zverev gained a seat in both the Central Committee and the Presidium. During the Great Patriotic War he was responsible for providing funds for the Soviet military machine to fight the Germans. After the war he lost his Ministership, but was again made Minister of Finance late in 1948. He was replaced as Minister of Finance by Vasily Garbuzov in 1960. Zverev then held the office of Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union for four convocations. He died in July 1969.
Zverev was born in Tikhomirovo Klin, Klinsky Uyezd, Moscow Oblast to a working-class family. Before attending university, Zverev worked from 1913-1919 at two factories, the first being Vysokovsky manufactory located in Moscow Oblast and Trekhgorny factory in the city of Moscow. By 1919 he had joined both the Russian Communist Party (bolsheviks) (RCP(b)) and the Red Army to fight in the Russian Civil War. He became a platoon commander over a cavalry regiment before the demobilization of the army in 1922. In 1922, he became the head of the local Agitation and Propaganda Department, and two years later, an agent of the provincial Financial Department of Moscow. He did however continue his work as an industrial worker for a short-period of time, before leaving for good. In 1927 he became Chairman of the Executive Committee of Klin, and later in 1929, Head of Tax Administration of the Financial Department of Smolensk Oblast. The following year he also became the Head of the Financial Department of Bryansk Oblast. From 1931-1932 he attended the Moscow Institute of Finance and Economics and from 1936-1937 a District Council Chairman in Moscow. In 1937 he became the First Secretary of the Molotov District Committee of the RCP(b) of Moscow. Zverev graduated and got his degree from the Moscow Institute of Finance in 1949.
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