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Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny () (–January 12, 1983) was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Supreme Soviet

The Supreme Soviet of the USSR was the highest legislative body in the Soviet Union in the interim of the sessions of the Congress of Soviets, and the only one with the power to pass constitutional amendments....
 of the USSR from 1965 to 1977.

An engineer, trained at the Technological Institute of the Food Industry in Kiev
Kiev

Kiev, also known as Kyiv , is the Capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River....
, he became deputy commissar of the Ukrainian
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
 food industry before becoming a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest Communist Party in the world....
 in 1950. He was elected a member of the central committee of the party in 1956 and of the presidium (later known as the politburo
Politburo

Politburo, short for Political Bureau, Russian language Politicheskoye Buro, is the executive organization for a number of political parties, most notably those of Communist Party....
) in 1960.

In 1965 he became chairman of the presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was a Soviet Union government of the Soviet Union body. This body was of the all-Union level , as well as in all Soviet republics ....
, or chief of state, succeeding Anastas Mikoyan
Anastas Mikoyan

Anastas Hovhannesi Mikoyan was an Armenian people Old Bolshevik and Soviet Union statesman during the Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev years....
.






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Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny () (–January 12, 1983) was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Supreme Soviet

The Supreme Soviet of the USSR was the highest legislative body in the Soviet Union in the interim of the sessions of the Congress of Soviets, and the only one with the power to pass constitutional amendments....
 of the USSR from 1965 to 1977.

An engineer, trained at the Technological Institute of the Food Industry in Kiev
Kiev

Kiev, also known as Kyiv , is the Capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River....
, he became deputy commissar of the Ukrainian
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
 food industry before becoming a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest Communist Party in the world....
 in 1950. He was elected a member of the central committee of the party in 1956 and of the presidium (later known as the politburo
Politburo

Politburo, short for Political Bureau, Russian language Politicheskoye Buro, is the executive organization for a number of political parties, most notably those of Communist Party....
) in 1960.

In 1965 he became chairman of the presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was a Soviet Union government of the Soviet Union body. This body was of the all-Union level , as well as in all Soviet republics ....
, or chief of state, succeeding Anastas Mikoyan
Anastas Mikoyan

Anastas Hovhannesi Mikoyan was an Armenian people Old Bolshevik and Soviet Union statesman during the Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev years....
. Podgorny was relieved of his chairmanship and removed from the politburo during a 1977 power struggle with Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, serving in that position longer than anyone other than Joseph Stalin....
.