When and where was Nikolai Podgorny born?
Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny was born on the 18th of February 1903 in the city of Karlovka to a Ukrainian working-class family.
Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny was born on the 18th of February 1903 in the city of Karlovka to a Ukrainian working-class family.
Podgorny served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine from 1957 to 1963 and became Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on the 6th of December 1965. He held these roles until he lost his Chairmanship of the Presidium on the 16th of June 1977 after being removed from the Politburo.
Brezhnev conspired to oust Podgorny by having Konstantin Chernenko review the 1936 Soviet Constitution to allow the Party leader to also become Chairman of the Presidium. A new constitution was drafted to include such a provision on the 7th of October 1977 when the 1977 Soviet Constitution was approved, leading to Podgorny's removal.
Nikolai Podgorny formed an unofficial Triumvirate alongside Premier Alexei Kosygin and First Secretary Leonid Brezhnev after participating in a coup replacing Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in October 1964. This collective leadership structure existed before Brezhnev moved to consolidate power against both Podgorny and Kosygin.
Podgorny died of cancer in Kiev on the 12th of January 1983 and was buried in Moscow at the Novodevichy Cemetery. His last public appearance occurred during his meeting with Urho Kekkonen, the President of Finland, followed by his attendance at the 61st anniversary reception of the October Revolution in November 1978.