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Nikolai Alekseevich Voznesensky (1903 – 1950) Soviet economic planner who oversaw the running of Gosplan during the German-Soviet War

Nikolai Alekseevich Voznesensky (1903 – 1950) Soviet economic planner who oversaw the running of Gosplan during the German-Soviet War. A protege of Andrei Zhdanov, Voznesensky was appointed Deputy Premier in May 1940 at the age of thirty-eight.1 He was directly involved in the recovery of production associated with the movement of industry eastwards at the start of the war. His work The Economy of the USSR during World War II 2 is his account of these years.  Following the war, however, he was persecuted during the Leningrad Affair. In a secret trial, he was found guilty of treason, sentenced to death and executed the same day. Voznesensky was rehabilitated in 1954.
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Nikolai Alekseevich Voznesensky (1903 – 1950) Soviet economic planner who oversaw the running of Gosplan during the German-Soviet War
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Nikolai Alekseevich Voznesensky (1903 – 1950) Soviet economic planner who oversaw the running of Gosplan during the German-Soviet War. A protege of Andrei Zhdanov, Voznesensky was appointed Deputy Premier in May 1940 at the age of thirty-eight.1 He was directly involved in the recovery of production associated with the movement of industry eastwards at the start of the war. His work The Economy of the USSR during World War II 2 is his account of these years. Following the war, however, he was persecuted during the Leningrad Affair. In a secret trial, he was found guilty of treason, sentenced to death and executed the same day. Voznesensky was rehabilitated in 1954.
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