Background
Andreev, Andrei was born on October 30, 1895 in the village of Kuznetsovo near Smolensk.
Andreev, Andrei was born on October 30, 1895 in the village of Kuznetsovo near Smolensk.
During World War I worker at an ammunition works in Petrograd. Bolshevik activist, one of the organizers of the Metal Workers’ Trade Union. Took part in the October Revolution 1917.
Secretary of the VTSSPS (Soviet Trade Union Council), 1920-1922. Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party, 1924-1925. Head of the Railway Workers’ Trade Union, 1922-1927.
Minister of Transport of the USSR, 1931-1935. Veteran Stalinist member of the Politburo, 1932-1952. Chairman of the Supreme Soviet, 1938-1945.
Minister of Agriculture, 1943-1946. Adviser to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from July 1962. Not mentioned in official political publications after April 1970.