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Alexei Kosygin, Russian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of the Soviet Union (born 1904)

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Alexei Kosygin

Soviet politician (1904–1980)

Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1964 to 1980 and initially led the Soviet Union as part of a triumvirate in the mid-to-late 1960s.
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Premier of the Soviet Union

Head of government of the USSR

The Premier of the Soviet Union was the head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). From 1923 to 1946, the name of the office was Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, and from 1946 to 1991 its name was Chairman of the Council of Ministers.…
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