Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky was a prominent political figure in the Soviet Union.
He made a huge contribution to the development of the country's agriculture. Raised production in several regions. He supported the party changes proclaimed by Khrushchev, and actively participated in them. In particular, it was related to the well-known process of transferring the Crimean peninsula to the Ukrainian SSR.
Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky: biography
Dmitry was born on November 7, 1917 in the Luhansk region, in the city of Slavyanoserbsk. His parents were ordinary peasants. He worked hard since childhood. Since Dmitry was born in a difficult time, it was extremely difficult for parents. In the steppes ravaged by civil war and intervention, the spirit of little Dmitri was tempered. He graduated from a local school. One year before graduation, joins the Komsomol. Interested in communist ideology. It is active in the public life of the city. A year after graduation, she begins to work at the state farm. After two years of work, he passes exams and enters the Kharkov Institute of Agriculture. Dmitry finishes it in the thirty-ninth year. Immediately after that he was called up for military service in the Red Army.
The beginning of party activity
After demobilization, Dmitry became more and more interested in party activities. Joins the Higher Party School. At the same time, he continues to participate in the public life of youth.
Supervises the regional commissariat of the Komsomol. During his studies, Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky showed extraordinary abilities. He always looked for innovative solutions and studied modern farming methods.
When the war began, Dmitry was evacuated to the Altai Territory. There he works in the political department of the machine-tractor station. At the same time leads the local branch of the party. During the war years, the rear was quite difficult. Forced industrialization has provided many of the latest technology. However, tractor factories began to produce tanks, and crops for the front and rear still needed to be harvested.
Peace period
After the end of World War II, Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky works in the personnel department of the Central Committee of the party, inspects new members. In view of his outstanding abilities in the development of agriculture, he is sent to the Crimea. There he holds the post of second secretary of the Regional Commissariat.
During this period, Nikita Khrushchev decided to transfer Crimea to the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian SSR. Historians are still arguing over what exactly determined this decision. Among the most popular versions, Khrushchev’s desire to receive support from the party leaders of the Ukrainian SSR and the difficult economic situation on the peninsula is mentioned. Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky immediately supports this idea. While the first secretary of the Crimean regional committee Titov considers it inappropriate. As a result, he is removed from his post, and Polyansky takes her.
Party promotion
After the annexation of Crimea to the Ukrainian SSR, Dmitry Stepanovich goes to Orenburg. There he is engaged in raising agriculture. Two years later, receives the post of first secretary of the Krasnodar Territory. During its work, the region gives an unprecedented harvest, for which it is awarded state awards. The main innovation is the development of virgin lands - also the plan of Khrushchev.
After Stalin's death, a conflict is brewing in the Bolshevik Party. One of the groups is headed by Khrushchev. Opposition to him is Kaganovich, Molotov and Malenkov. Together they try to stop the bureaucratization of the party. Polyansky is on the side of Khrushchev. What gets promotion on the party ladder.
In the fifty-eighth year, unexpectedly for many, the post of chairman of the Council of Ministers is occupied by Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky. A photo of Khrushchev's comrade-in-arms was on the front pages of Soviet newspapers. Until the seventies, Polyansky was engaged in party activities. Has a great influence in the cabinet. But with the advent of Brezhnev, patronage comes to an end. First Polyansky entrusted to the Ministry of Agriculture.
But then transferred to a diplomatic post. He works as the USSR ambassador to Japan and Norway.
Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky: interesting facts
For all his long work in the party, he was awarded four Orders of Lenin. In addition, he had several medals. He lived all his life with Galina Danilovna. His daughter Olga is involved in Russian cinema. Grandson Danil became a popular cultural figure. At first he showed himself as a designer, known at many exhibitions in Germany. Also starred in the films of his father and in one German film.
Dmitry Stepanovich died on October 8, 2001 in Moscow. In his native Slavyanoserbsk there is a memorial plaque in his honor.