Tihon Konstantinov

Tihon Konstantinov (August 13, 1898 – January 20, 1957)[1] was a Moldavian SSR and Ukrainian SSR politician.

Tihon Konstantinov
Tihon Konstantinov
Prime Minister of the Moldavian SSR^1
In office August 2, 1940 – April 17, 1945
Preceded by	formation of republic
Succeeded by	Nicolae Coval
Personal details
Born	August 13, 1898 Khoroshoe, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	January 20, 1957 (aged 58) Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Communist Party^2
1.The name was Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars. 2.Piotr Borodin and Nikita Salogor were first secretaries of the Communist Party of Moldova.

Biography

Konstantinov was born in the village Khoroshoe of Pavlograd uyezd,[2] Yekaterinoslav Governorate. The village was located by the Samara river, while next to the village there was the estate Dobrenkoe.

In the 1938–1940, he was a chairman of the council in the Moldavian ASSR in Tiraspol and a people's deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR.

Tihon Konstantinov was the prime minister of Moldavian SSR (2 August 1940 – 17 April 1945) (in exile in Russian SFSR from June 1941 until August 1944). The exact name was Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars.

During his mandate as prime minister, Piotr Borodin and Nikita Salogor were first secretaries of the Communist Party of Moldova.

Awards

• Order of Lenin (February 7, 1939), for prominent successes in Agriculture and particularly for over-fulfillment of plans for major agricultural works.[3]

References

1. http://m.moldovenii.md/md/people/926
2. Makarevskiy, F. Materials for historical-statistical description of the Yekaterinoslav Eparchy. Chaussky typography. Yekaterinoslav, 1880 (in Russian)
3. Handbook on the history of Communist Party and Soviet Union (in Russian)

• Enciclopedia sovietică moldovenească (Chişinău, 1970–1977)