Alexey Krutikov (politician)

Alexey Dmitrievich Krutikov (1902–1962) was a Soviet statesman and politician who served as Deputy People's Commissar (1940–1946) / Deputy Minister (1946–1948) for Foreign Trade in 1940-1948 and Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR in 1948-1949.

Early life

Krutikov was born in Filyaevo village, Gryazovetsky Uyezd of Vologda Governorate in peasant family. In 1917–1921 he finished a telegraphy school and worked as telegraphist. In 1924 was drafted to the Red Army. Later he accomplished the High pedagogical courses in Leningrad (1932) and worked as a school teacher in Pskov and Novgorod till 1934.

Awards and decorations

• Order of Lenin (twice)
• Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
• Battalion commissar

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