Pyotr Pospelov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pyotr Pospelov

Soviet scientist

Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1898

Place of Birth: Konakovo, Russia

Date of Death: 22-Apr-1979

Profession: politician, economist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Pyotr Nikolayevich Pospelov (Russian: ???? ??????´???? ?????´???) (20 June 1898 – 22 April 1979) was a high-ranked functionary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ("Old Bolshevik", since 1916), propagandist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1953), chief editor of Pravda newspaper, and director of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism.
He was known as a staunch Stalinist who quickly became a supporter of Nikita Khrushchev.