Nikolai Shchelokov
| Nikolai Shchelokov | |
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Minister of Internal Affairs (to 25 November 1968 as Minister of Public Order) |
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In office 17 September 1966 – 17 December 1982 |
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| President |
Nikolai Podgorny Leonid Brezhnev Vasili Kuznetsov |
| Prime Minister |
Alexey Kosygin Nikolai Tikhonov |
| Preceded by | Office reestablished |
| Succeeded by | Vitaly Fedorchuk |
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| Born | 26 November 1910 Almazna, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine) |
| Died | 13 December 1984 (aged 74) Moscow, RSFSR |
| Resting place | Vagankovo Cemetery, Moscow |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Dzerzhinsky Metallurgical Institute |
Nikolai Anisimovich Shchelokov (Николай Щёлоков; 26 November 1910 – 13 December 1984) was a Soviet statesman and Army General, who also served as interior minister for sixteen years from 17 September 1966 to 17 December 1982. He was fired from all posts on corruption charges and committed suicide on 13 December 1984.
Shchelokov was born in Almazna, a large cossack village near Luhansk in Donbas region of Russian Empire, on 26 November 1910.
His father was a mine worker. He also began to work in mines when he was fifteen years old. He attended Dzerzhinsky Metallurgical Institute and received a bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering in 1933.
Shchelokov joined the Communist Party in 1931. In 1938, he was appointed first secretary of the Communist Party committee of the Krasnogvardeysky district of Dnepropetrovsk. From 1939 to 1941 he was the chairman of the Dnepropetrovsk City Soviet under Leonid Brezhnev, who was then first secretary of the Dnepropetrovsk province. Since then Brezhnev and Schchelokov forged very strong ties and continued supporting each other in their political careers until Brezhnev's death.
At the start of World War II, Shchelokov was promoted to the rank of commissar in the Red Army while remaining the chairman of the City Soviet of Dnepropetrovsk. He served as a political commissar in the Soviet army from 1941 to 1946.
After the war, Shchelokov resumed to work as a politician in Ukraine from 1947 to 1951. He was part of the Dnepropetrovsk clan that refers to Soviet officials, who worked in Dnepropetrovsk together with Leonid Brezhnev in the Stalin era. Brezhnev was serving as the regional party secretary in the city. The clan also included Andrei Kirilenko and Vladimir Sherbitskii. Shchelokov became second secretary of the central committee of the Moldavian communist party in 1951 where Brezhnev was first secretary. In the same year Shchelokov was named first deputy premier of Moldova. In addition he was a member in the Supreme Soviet at that time.
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