Efim Slavsky
Efim Slavsky | |
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Ефим Славский | |
E. P. Slavsky (1898–1991) | |
| Minister of Medium Machine-Building | |
| In office 24 July 1957 – 22 November 1986 | |
| Premier | Nikolai Ryzhkov Nikolai Tikhonov Alexei Kosygin Nikita Khrushchev Nikolai Bulganin |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Pervukhin |
| Succeeded by | Lev Ryabev |
| People's Commissar for Non-Ferrous Metallurgy | |
| In office 1945–1946 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 November 1898 Dmytriivsk, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | 28 November 1991 (aged 93) Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Moscow Institute of Nonferrous Metals |
| Occupation | Politician, engineer |
| Cabinet | Bulganin, Khrushchev, Kosygin, Tikhonov, Ryzhkov |
| Awards | Lenin Prize (1980) Stalin Prize (1949, 1951, 1984) Star of Peoples' Friendship (1978) Hero of Socialist Labor (1949, 1951, 1962) |
Efim Pavlovich Slavsky (Russian: Ефим Павлович Славский, Ukrainian: Юхим Павлович Славський; romanized: Yefim Pavlovich Slavskiy, Yukhym Pavlovych Slavskyi; 7 November 1898 – 28 November 1991) was a Soviet-Ukrainian politician and engineer best known for his role in liquidating the Kyshtym and Chernobyl nuclear accidents in the Soviet Union.
Before his political appointment, Slavsky worked as an engineer in the Soviet nuclear weapons program, where he became one of the senior program managers. Slavsky was later tasked with leading the Ministry of Medium Machine-Building, overseeing the Soviet nuclear program from 1956 until his forced retirement in 1986.