Mazurov Kirill Trofimovich: biography and photos

This man was a prominent political figure in the country of the Soviets. During the Great Patriotic War, he established himself as a talented organizer of the partisan movement in Belarus. His extraordinary merits before the homeland were marked by multiple awards. Historiographers state that Mazurov Kirill Trofimovich never took responsible decisions under the hot hand, thanks to which he reached great heights in his political career. He carefully weighed all the pros and cons, so almost never made fatal mistakes.

On the facade of the road technical school in Gomel there is a memorial plate that perpetuated the memory of Mazurov. In honor of a politician, one of the streets of the city is also named. And today's representatives of the highest echelons of power in Belarus still consider Kirill Trofimovich a role model when it comes to managerial issues. What was remarkable about the biography of a politician and how he managed to get into power structures? Let's consider this issue in more detail.

Biographical information

Mazurov Kirill Trofimovich is a native of the village of Rudnia, which is located not far from Gomel.

He was born on April 7, 1914. The future manager grew up as an inquisitive boy. When he was six years old, he already wrote and read. Naturally, young Mazurov Kirill Trofimovich could not be proud of this. The family in which he was born was a large child, and he was the youngest child.

Childhood

Seeing that he gives great hopes, his parents send their son to study in Gomel, where he is accepted into the second class of a school specializing in training personnel for the railway transport of the USSR. At rest, the boy was identified to his uncle Rodion, who worked in the railway workshops. Father and mother dreamed that young Mazurov Kirill Trofimovich glorify their surname by becoming a major specialist in the system of the aforementioned mode of transport. However, he was destined for a somewhat different fate.

Relatives

The father of the "disobedient Belarusian" worked as a simple carpenter, although he was a master of all trades: he could put Russian stoves, cover the roof, put up huts ... He could not sit around and constantly manufacture something for his fellow villagers. He preferred to raise his children by word and rarely when punished.

Kirill Trofimovich's mother was the personification of a peasant woman. She was engaged in housekeeping and raising children.

His elder brother Vasily began his career as a railroad train builder, and then became secretary of the district committee. Another brother, Timofei, was a soldier in the Civil War during the Civil War, and after that he left for Siberia, and from there he moved to Barnaul.

Another brother of the party leader, Semyon, also worked on the construction of the railway, and then worked for some time at the Gomel factories, after which he left for relatives in the Altai. However, later he will return to his native Belarus and after the war he will work as a driver in Minsk.

Sister Sofya in many respects repeated the fate of the brothers Semyon and Basil: she built a railway, worked in factories, went to the Altai, and then returned to her homeland.

Road technical school

After school, the young man enters the local road school, planning after his graduation to build motorways.

However, in his younger years Mazurov Kirill Trofimovich dreamed of another career: he wanted to become a fighter pilot. However, the verdict of the chairman of the medical commission, who signed the necessary certificates for admission to the aviation school, was harsh: a young man can not fly, because his vision leaves much to be desired.

Start of work

In 1933, Kirill Trofimovich Mazurov receives a document about the end of the road technical school. The young man is hired to work as a road technician of the Parichsky district of the Gomel region. Showing diligence and diligence in the case, he quickly proved himself on the positive side. A few months later, the young man is transferred to the Bryansk region, where he is entrusted with a leading position (head of the district road department). But soon Mazurov gets a summons from the military registration and enlistment office and goes to serve the Motherland.

The beginning of a career on the party line

He is identified in the railway troops, and after demobilization a young man becomes an instructor of the political department on the Belarusian railway.

For some time he works as the head of the military-physical department of the local Komsomol cell.

In the early 40's Mazurov Kirill Trofimovich, whose biography contains many interesting and noteworthy facts, works in Gomel as secretary of the Komsomol city committee, and six months later he is confirmed as the 1st secretary of the Brest regional committee of the Komsomol.

Years of War

Soon fascist Germany attacked the USSR, and Mazurov went to the forefront to defend the Motherland. At first he was the political instructor of the company, then he was entrusted with the position of battalion commander, then Kirill Trofimovich became the instructor of the political department of one of the armies of the South-Western Front. A graduate of a road technical school in the war showed his best qualities, turning into a brave, brave and resolute commander. Mazurov Kirill Trofimovich, whose relatives saw him as an exclusively specialist railroader, on the battlefield also showed outstanding organizational skills.

The ideological inspiration of the partisans

It was he who was able to consolidate and lead the guerrilla movement of Belarus.

In one of the fights Mazurov was seriously wounded, after which he was sent to the hospital. After rehabilitation Kirill Trofimovich goes to the courses of the Red Army commanders. The local party leadership entrusted the young man with a mission, which consisted in carrying out propaganda activities in the rear of the enemy. Mazurov was able to create many Komsomol cells in guerrilla formations from Minsk to Mozyr, from Gomel to Brest. Politruk himself instructed the Komsomol workers and coordinated the activities of underground structures. Kirill Trofimovich wanted the partisans to wage an uncompromising struggle against the fascists on all fronts, demonstrating at the same time the iron will and steadfastness of spirit.

Continuation of political career

After the war, Mazurov continued his ascent to the political Olympus of the USSR. He organically joined the structure of the apparatus of the Communist Party. In the late 40's Kirill Trofimovich received the post of second and basic secretary of the Minsk City Party Committee.

In 1956, Mazurov took an even higher position in the hierarchy of the CPSU. He is appointed First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus. After nearly ten years, Kirill Trofimovich is already the first assistant to the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. For thirteen years he worked in a responsible post in the Soviet government. Mazurov Kirill Trofimovich, whose activity was focused on public administration, soon became a member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee.

In this high status the graduate of the road technical school stayed for more than 20 years, which shows only one thing: Mazurov's political career can only be envied.

Nickname

Kirill Trofimovich never changed the ideals of communism, which was proved by the events that took place in Czechoslovakia (in history they entered as "Prague Spring"). Naturally, the Soviet party elite could not but react to the attempt of democratization in this country. Troops were introduced here, and Mazurov was entrusted with the control of the situation, which in the second half of the 60's was better known as "General Trofimov." He had extensive power in Czechoslovakia of that period. Mazurov Kirill Trofimovich, whose photo during the "Prague Spring" often flashed in the pages of the newspapers, then will recall that he will be ordered by Leonid Brezhnev himself to solve the problem in the Slavic state. This turn of events for the former organizer of the partisan underground was unexpected, but the order is an order. General Trofimov arrived in the Czechoslovak capital to prevent bloodshed. And he brilliantly coped with the task.

Assistance to underground workers and colleagues in the shop

Not everyone knows that the merits of Kirill Trofimovich were not limited to the sphere of state administration. In particular, he was active in the rehabilitation of partisan commanders, who, for whatever reasons, became objectionable to the Soviet authorities.

He also tried to debunk and refute slanderous accusations against state and party figures. Also, the politician made a great contribution to the development of culture, science and economy of Belarus.

This front of work brought Mazurov medals and orders, as well as the title of Hero of Socialist Labor.

Personal life

Kirill Trofimovich and his wife Yanina Stanislavovna met before the war. But during the liberation of the homeland from the Nazis, they for the time lost contact. Only in 1943 they found each other, and after the victory they decided to sign. Mazurov's wife got a job at the teacher's college and even defended the candidate's. She gave birth to three children: Victor's son and daughters Natalia and Elena. Her first daughter became a Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), and the second daughter was the head of the economy of foreign countries of Moscow State University.

Political career was threatened

Naturally, the extraordinary and daring person was Kirill Trofimovich Mazurov. Interesting facts from his biography are not known to all. For example, one of these is connected with the person of Brezhnev. In the late 70's the party members were going to congratulate the Secretary General on his birthday. But what should I give to Leonid Ilyich? The question was not simple. In the end, they decided to appropriate the head of the party the next title of Hero of the Soviet Union. However, Mazurov did not support this idea, saying that "thus we will render Brezhnev a disservice ...". To his opinion, naturally, they did not listen, and the very next day Mikhail Suslov recommended to Kirill Trofimovich to write a statement "on his own" and never again to discredit the figure of the secretary general.

The sunset of Mazurov's political career was quite expected. Kirill Trofimovich was a supporter of reforms in the management system, and Brezhnev strongly opposed them.

When Yuri Andropov told Leonid Ilyich that in the West Brezhnev's successor sees Mazurov, the General Secretary could not help reacting. The resignation of the "recalcitrant Belarusian" was a mere formality.

Kirill Mazurov died on December 19, 1989. A statesman of the Soviet era was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery of the capital. After the funeral, the relatives of the deceased accidentally found a leaflet in which he wrote an edification to his own grandson. A fragment of this message is: "Be faithful to the Motherland, she will not forgive treason." These words are as relevant today as ever.