Vasily Kozlov (politician)
Vasily Kozlov | |
|---|---|
Васіль Казлоў | |
Kozlov, c. 1940s | |
| Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR | |
| In office 12 March 1947 – 17 March 1948 | |
| First Secretary | Nikolai Gusarov |
| Preceded by | Nadezhda Grekova |
| Succeeded by | Yevgeny Bugayev |
| Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Belarus | |
| In office 18 March 1948 – 2 December 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Nikifor Natalevich |
| Succeeded by | Sergei Prizky |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 February 1903 Zagorodnie, Russian Empire (now Zhlobin District, Belarus) |
| Died | 2 December 1967 (aged 64) Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus) |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1927–1967) |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Branch/service | |
| Years of service | 1925–1927, 1941–1944 |
| Rank | Major general |
| Commands | Minsk partisans |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Vasil Ivanovich Kozlov (Belarusian: Васіль Іванавіч Казлоў, romanized: Vasil Ivanavič Kazloŭ; Russian: Василий Иванович Козлов; 18 February 1903 – 2 December 1967) was a Soviet Belarusian partisan, politician, and recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union (1942).