Mykhailo Burmystenko
Mykhailo Oleksiyovych Burmystenko (Ukrainian: Михайло Олексійович Бурмистенко; 22 November 1902 – 20 September 1941) was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician, who served as the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Ukrainian SSR from 1938 to 1941. Burmystenko died during the Battle of Kiev in 1941 and a memorial remains there in his memory.
Mykhailo Burmystenko | |
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| Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR | |
| In office 25 July 1938 – 20 September 1941 | |
| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | vacant (later Oleksandr Korniychuk) |
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| Born | 22 November 1902 Aleksandrovka, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 20 September 1941 (aged 38) Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian SSR |
| Political party | All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) (1919–1941) |
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