Kulak Fedor Andreevich born in 1922 biography. Biography. At the Kremlin wall
Member of the CPSU since 1940. From February 1950 to August 1955. - Chairman of the Penza Regional Executive Committee. In 1955-1959. - deputy Minister Agriculture RSFSR. In 1959-1960 - Minister of Bakery Products of the RSFSR. In 1960-1964. - First Secretary of the Stavropol Regional Committee of the CPSU.
Member of the CPSU Central Committee since 1961. Head of the agricultural department of the CPSU Central Committee in 1964-76. Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee since 1965. Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee since 1971.
He took part in the events of the autumn of 1964, which led to the resignation of N. S. Khrushchev (members of the Politburo gathered with him).
A. N. Kosygin believed that Kulakov was spreading gossip about him “about his closeness with Lyudmila Zykina”:
On July 4, 1978, at the Plenum of the CPSU Central Committee, he was criticized for the unsatisfactory state of agriculture.
He had a stomach disease (successful resection was carried out after cancer was discovered in 1969), and died suddenly on the night of July 17, 1978 from cardiac paralysis after a family scandal. Academician E.I. Chazov, who headed Kremlin medicine at that time, confirms this conclusion in his memoirs about the death of Kulakov.
He was cremated, and the urn with his ashes was placed in the Kremlin wall on Red Square in Moscow.
L. I. Brezhnev, A. N. Kosygin, M. A. Suslov, V. V. Grishin were absent from Kulakov’s funeral. The commission for organizing the funeral was headed by A.P. Kirilenko. M. S. Gorbachev (also a native of Stavropol Territory), who became Kulakov's successor as Secretary of the Central Committee for Agriculture. This was Gorbachev's first speech on Red Square and appearance on the podium of the Mausoleum.
Unofficial information
He was considered as one of Brezhnev's possible successors, but on the night of July 16-17, 1978, he, as TASS reported, “died of acute heart failure with sudden cardiac arrest.” However, there are versions of Kulakov’s murder and even suicide.
F. T. Morgun was also inclined towards the version of the murder of F. D. Kulakov.
Mikhail Smirtyukov recalled: “Brezhnev didn’t like to drink at first. But when he became first secretary, he had to take a glass - it was inconvenient not to drink with the regional committee secretaries. Some ministers had substantial stocks of alcohol in their break rooms. And they didn’t lie there idle "The same bar in the Central Committee was owned by Politburo member Kulakov. He was considered simply an alcoholic. I was told that he died from this. When he was found dead, there were two empty cognac bottles by the bed."
Perpetuation of memory
- Streets in Moscow, Stavropol and Penza are named after Kulakov.
- In Penza, on a street named after Kulakov, a memorial plaque was installed.
- In Kursk, an avenue is named after Kulakov.
- In Rylsk, Kursk region, the agro-industrial college is named after F. D. Kulakov.
Biography
Member of the CPSU since 1940. From February 1950 to August 1955. - Chairman of the Penza Regional Executive Committee. In 1955-1959. - Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the RSFSR. In 1959-1960 - Minister of Bakery Products of the RSFSR. In 1960-1964. - First Secretary of the Stavropol Regional Committee of the CPSU.
Member of the CPSU Central Committee since 1961. Head of the agricultural department of the CPSU Central Committee in 1964-76. Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee since 1965. Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee since 1971.
He took part in the events of the autumn of 1964, which led to the resignation of N. S. Khrushchev (members of the Politburo gathered with him).
A. N. Kosygin believed that Kulakov was spreading gossip about him “about his closeness with Lyudmila Zykina”:
On July 4, 1978, at the Plenum of the CPSU Central Committee, he was criticized for the unsatisfactory state of agriculture.
He had a stomach disease (successful resection was carried out after cancer was discovered in 1969), and died suddenly on the night of July 17, 1978 from cardiac paralysis after a family scandal. Academician E.I. Chazov, who headed Kremlin medicine at that time, confirms this conclusion in his memoirs about the death of Kulakov.
He was cremated, and the urn with his ashes was placed in the Kremlin wall on Red Square in Moscow.
L. I. Brezhnev, A. N. Kosygin, M. A. Suslov, V. V. Grishin were absent from Kulakov’s funeral. The commission for organizing the funeral was headed by A.P. Kirilenko. M. S. Gorbachev (also a native of the Stavropol Territory), who became Kulakov’s successor as Secretary of the Central Committee for Agriculture, spoke at the funeral meeting. This was Gorbachev's first speech on Red Square and appearance on the podium of the Mausoleum.
Unofficial information
He was considered as one of Brezhnev's possible successors, but on the night of July 16-17, 1978, he, as TASS reported, “died of acute heart failure with sudden cardiac arrest.” However, there are versions of Kulakov’s murder and even suicide.
F. T. Morgun was also inclined towards the version of the murder of F. D. Kulakov.
Mikhail Smirtyukov recalled: “Brezhnev didn’t like to drink at first. But when he became first secretary, he had to take a glass - it was inconvenient not to drink with the regional committee secretaries. Some ministers had substantial stocks of alcohol in their break rooms. And they didn’t lie there idle "The same bar in the Central Committee was owned by Politburo member Kulakov. He was considered simply an alcoholic. I was told that he died from this. When he was found dead, there were two empty cognac bottles by the bed."
KULAKOV Fedor Davydovich
(02/04/1918 - 07/17/1978). Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee from 04/09/1971 to 07/17/1978. Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee from 09/29/1965 to 07/17/1978. Member of the CPSU Central Committee in 1961 - 1978. Member of the CPSU since 1940
Born in the village of Fitizh (now Lgovsky district, Kursk region) in a peasant family. Russian. After studying at the Rylsky Agricultural College, from which he graduated with honors in 1938, he worked in the Tambov region as an assistant manager of a branch of the Uritsky Beet State Farm, then as an agronomist, managing a branch of the Zemetchinsky Sugar Refinery in the Penza Region. Since 1941, first secretary of the Zemetchinsky district committee of the Komsomol, head of the district department. In 1943 - 1944 Chairman of the district executive committee, first secretary of the Nikolo-Pestrovsky district party committee of the Penza region. Since 1944, he was the head of the agricultural department of the Penza regional committee of the CPSU (b), and the head of the regional agriculture department. Promoted by K.U. Chernenko, who worked in 1945 - 1948. Secretary of the Penza Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). Since 1950, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Penza Regional Council. Since 1955, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the RSFSR. In 1957, he graduated from the All-Union Agricultural Institute in absentia and became the Minister of Grain Products of the RSFSR. In 1960, N.S. Khrushchev recommended him as the first secretary of the Stavropol Regional Committee of the CPSU. He was known as a hospitable person, gathering guests and associates on various occasions; fortunately, there were many sanatoriums, rest homes, and various mansions in the foothills and mountains of the Caucasus. He remained in the memory of Stavropol party workers as a charming, generous, decisive and open leader. There was a lack of breadth of outlook, culture and education. He noticed M.S. Gorbachev, nominated him as the first secretary of the regional committee of the Komsomol, then transferred him to party work, appointed him head of a key department of the regional committee and a member of the bureau. On 08/07/1962, at a meeting of regional party activists, he sharply criticized him for his irresponsibility in working with the Appeal of the CPSU Central Committee and the Council of Ministers of the USSR to agricultural workers. He participated in the removal of N.S. Khrushchev in October 1964, for which he was transferred to Moscow in November and until May 1976 headed the Department of Agriculture of the CPSU Central Committee. At the same time, from September 1965 until his mysterious death in July 1978, Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee. He was part of a group of regional committee secretaries who were called to Moscow on the eve of the removal of N.S. Khrushchev to perform a special task. According to M. S. Gorbachev, they had to present their account to N. S. Khrushchev if the members of the Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee did not have enough arguments to convince him to voluntarily resign. He was part of the Brezhnev team, recruited to counterbalance the “Komsomol members” of A. N. Shelepin and the old guard left over from N. S. Khrushchev. He belonged to a narrow circle of senior leaders who came to L.I. Brezhnev’s dacha on holidays, but did not have a personal relationship with him, like A.P. Kirilenko. On December 17, 1969, at a meeting of the Politburo discussing whether it was necessary to publish an article in connection with the 90th anniversary of the birth of I.V. Stalin, he spoke in favor. After the stroke that happened to L. I. Brezhnev in 1976, according to plans attributed to Yu. V. Andropov, L. I. Brezhnev was given the nominal role of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the post Secretary General The Central Committee of the CPSU passed to Yu. V. Andropov, the post of Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR to F. D. Kulakov. In 1978, A.N. Kosygin, not him, was appointed chairman of the commission for preparing the Plenum of the CPSU Central Committee on agrarian issues. F. D. Kulakov was not even included in the commission. He did not participate in the debate on the report at the Plenum, although the next day, July 5, 1978, in the morning, he was present at the opening of the 9th session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, which ruled out illness. According to many historians, he lost the favor of the top leadership and was subject to removal from the Politburo. 07/05/1978 celebrated his 40th wedding anniversary. He died on the night of July 17, 1978 at a country dacha. According to one version, he opened his veins, according to another he shot himself. M. S. Gorbachev wrote in his memoirs “Life and Reforms” that in 1968 F. D. Kulakov had part of his stomach removed and his health could no longer withstand his lifestyle and the associated stress: “He died unexpectedly, his heart stopped. I was told that on the last day there was a major scandal in the family. There was no one with him at night. The fact of death was discovered in the morning" (Gorbachev M.S. Life and Reforms. Book 1. M., 1995. P. 153). In 1969, during a medical examination, F. D. Kulakov was diagnosed with stomach cancer, but due to the fact that the process was at an early stage, the operation performed by the chief surgeon of the 4th Main Directorate under the USSR Ministry of Health V. S. Mayat led to complete cure of the onset of the disease. He abused alcoholic beverages, although he always had the pink face of a hypertensive patient. Doctors warned that excessive alcohol consumption could cause serious complications (he showed signs of coronary insufficiency), he held on for some time, and then breakdowns occurred again. E.I. Chazov was the first to enter the bedroom following a telephone call from the wife of F.D. Kulakov, who was unable to get out of bed at the dacha: “It became clear to me that he had a sudden cardiac arrest due to illness” (Chazov E. I. Rock. M., 2000. P. 45). When L.I. Brezhnev was informed of his death, he said: “It’s a pity for Fedya, he was a good man and an excellent specialist. Who will replace him now? (Ibid.). L. I. Brezhnev, A. N. Kosygin, M. S. Suslov and V. V. Grishin were absent from the funeral. They were on vacation, and M. S. Gorbachev subsequently called their decision not to interrupt their vacation to say goodbye to their colleague surprising. What also attracted attention was the fact that farewell to F. D. Kulakov took place not in the Hall of Columns of the House of Unions, due to his status as a member of the Politburo, but in the Red Banner Hall of the Central House Soviet army. According to researchers V. Solovyov and E. Klepikova, with F. D. Kulakov, “Andropov’s campaign for the political or physical elimination of rivals and enemies begins. This is a time of mysterious falls and no less mysterious deaths” (Rodina.. 1991, No. 2). According to A. N. Yakovlev, there is an assumption that F. D. Kulakov, bypassing Yu. V. Andropov, was removed by the people of the USSR Minister of Internal Affairs N. A. Shchelokov. Former second Secretary of the Stavropol Regional Committee of the CPSU V.A. Kaznacheev claims that on the evening before his death, security and a medical worker left F.D. Kulakov’s dacha under various pretexts. Subsequently, F. D. Kulakov’s dacha was occupied by M. S. Gorbachev, who moved to Moscow, and after him B. N. Yeltsin. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 3rd - 4th, 6th - 9th convocations. Hero of Socialist Labor (1978). Awarded three Orders of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. The manner of speech was ironic. Tall, plump brunette with regular facial features. He has luxuriant hair on his head and a hooked nose. Was interesting conversationalist. He treated people kindly. He had high efficiency. He greeted people warmly, with a friendly smile. There was deep sadness in the eyes. The ashes were buried in the Kremlin wall on Red Square in Moscow. The funeral ceremony was led by A.P. Kirilenko, who remained “on the farm” in the absence of L.I. Brezhnev, M.A. Suslov and A.N. Kosygin. A farewell speech on behalf of his fellow Stavropol residents on the podium of the Mausoleum was made by his successor as first secretary of the Stavropol regional committee, and then as secretary of the CPSU Central Committee for agrarian issues, M. S. Gorbachev. According to V. A. Kaznacheev, at the wake, M. S. Gorbachev’s wife asked the widow what privileges remained with the family after the death of a figure of such rank and, having learned that the widow could use the state machine and a special canteen, R. M. Gorbachev calmed down somewhat .
| Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee | ||
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| September 29 - July 17th | ||
| Minister of Bakery Products of the RSFSR | ||
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| - August 4 | ||
| 7th Chairman of the Penza Regional Executive Committee | ||
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| February - August | ||
village of Fitizh, Lgovsky district, Kursk province, Russian SFSR
Moscow, USSR
Biography
Graduated from the Rylsky Agricultural College (1938). In 1938-1941 - assistant manager of the Uritsky beet state farm (Tambov region), department manager, agronomist of the Zemetchinsky sugar plant (Penza region). Member of the CPSU since 1940. In 1941-1943 - 1st Secretary of the Zemetchinsky District Committee of the Komsomol, Head of the Zemetchinsky District Land Department (Penza Region), 1943-1944 - Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Nikolo-Pestravsky District Council, 1st Secretary of the Nikolo-Pestravsky District Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks ), since 1944 - head of the Agricultural Department of the Penza Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, head of the Penza Regional Land Department.
From February 1950 to August 1955 - Chairman of the Penza Regional Executive Committee. In 1955-1959 - Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the RSFSR (Morozova, Benediktova). Graduated from the All-Union Agricultural Institute of Correspondence Education (1957). In 1959-1960 - Minister of Bakery Products of the RSFSR. In 1960-1964 - First Secretary of the Stavropol Regional Committee of the CPSU.
It is known that Kulakov took care of M. S. Gorbachev, patronized his promotion along the party line in the Stavropol region, he also contributed to the promotion of Marat Gramov to work in the apparatus of the CPSU Central Committee; both of them worked together with Kulakov in the Stavropol region.
On February 3, 1978, in connection with his 60th anniversary, he was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor.
Daughter, Tamara Fedorovna Dzanagova, is a dentist at the Moscow Medical and Dental University. Son, Valery Fedorovich Kulakov.
Death
On the night of July 16-17, 1978, Kulakov, as reported by TASS, “died of acute heart failure with sudden cardiac arrest.” There are, however, versions of his murder or suicide.
According to the version and data cited by the ex-investigator for particularly important cases of the USSR Prosecutor's Office Alexander Chernov, F. D. Kulakov was shot dead in his dacha in the sauna, in the presence of the security of the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Yu. V. Andropov (In 1978 there was no Secretary General Andropov):
“In order to compromise a competitor in the struggle for the post of General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee F.D. Kulakov, and then bring him to death, Andropov, through intelligence and his agents in the Western media, spread information that Kulakov was “stalking” the General Secretary of the Central Committee Brezhnev and was applying for his position. This information was published in French, German, English and American newspapers. These newspapers were delivered by Andropov's agents to Moscow and, with translation, were placed on Brezhnev's desk. Andropov reported to Brezhnev about what the Western press wrote about and what Kulakov himself allegedly did. At one point, Brezhnev could not stand it and, without removing Kulakov from the Politburo, removed him from all affairs. And immediately after that, a few days later, Kulakov was found dead at the dacha.”
IN THE PHOTO: Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee F.D. Kulakov and the first secretary of the Stavropol regional party committee M.S. Gorbachev in the Blagodarnensky district. June 6, 1974.
PHOTO by Nikolai Ivanovich Sidorov.
(From the diary for 2010)
On June 6–7, 1974, Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Fyodor Davydovich Kulakov visited the Blagodarnensky district of the Stavropol Territory.
His visit to the Stavropol region was associated with a seminar on the problems of improving specialization and concentration of agricultural production.
ZHIGANOV Viktor Ivanovich, in the early 70s he worked as an instructor in the organizational department of the Blagodarny district party committee.
His memories of that time:
A plenum of the district party committee was held in the district House of Culture.
The buffet sold beer freely. I drank.
The first secretary of the Blagodarny district party committee, Viktor Antonovich Korobeinikov, asks me:
- Why did you drink?
I answer:
- They sell beer at the buffet, so I drank it!
Korobeinikov taught a lesson to the young instructor:
- Beer is not for you, but for the members of the plenum! And you're at work, don't drink!
SAVON Anatoly Ivanovich, former secretary Blagodarnensky district committee of the Komsomol:
After touring a number of agricultural facilities on collective farms in the region, the participants of the seminar-meeting were fed lunch.
Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Fyodor Davydovich Kulakov and his entourage were received at the district committee hotel. Although, officially it had the status of an institution of the regional consumer union.
Kulakov’s assistant set out for him a glass with an optical illusion, which contained very little vodka.
Fyodor Davydovich reprimanded him: “Put in a normal glass!”
The glass was set the same as that of all the participants in the feast.
IN AND. ZHIGANOV:
Relations between people, in particular in the party circle, were simpler!
After a strong drink, the secretaries of the Central Committee - F. Kulakov and the district committee - V. Korobeinikov began to play billiards.
The rest of the audience cheered wildly!
The instructor of the district party committee, Nikolai Ukleev, told the first secretary of the district party committee, Korobeinikov, which ball to hit.
Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee F.D. Kulakov did not like this.
He said:
- Get him out of here!
I took the drunken, frail Ukleev in my arms and carried him out into the yard.
A.N ZHDANOV, journalist, son of doctor Nikolai Stepanovich Zhdanov:
When Fyodor Davydovich Kulakov arrived in our area in 1974, he was “well” received.
I drank a lot...
Secretaries of the CPSU Central Committee do not come to the region every day!
By the morning, from an overdose of alcohol, the first secretary of the Blagodarny RK CPSU V.A. Korobeinikov felt bad.
To his house on the street. Komsomolskaya No. 00 called the general practitioner Zhdanov, my father.
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