Background
POPOV, Dmitriy was born on November 7, 1900. Son of a peasant.
POPOV, Dmitriy was born on November 7, 1900. Son of a peasant.
1930 graduate Leningrad Communist University. 1933-1936 studied at Agrarian Institute.
1919-1922 in Red Army. Fought at Perekop; 1923-1927 chairman, village soviet Then secretary, rayon All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) comt in Voronezh Oblast.
1930, after graduate Leningrad Communist University, worked as teacher. From 1936 taught political ccon at higher Propagandists School, Central Committee, All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). 1939 secretary, Krasnodar Kray All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Committee.
1940-1948 first secretary, Smolensk Oblast and City All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Committee. During World War 2 member, Military Council, Western Front. August 1942—September 1943 chief, Western Partisan Staff.
From 1949 deputy head, Propaganda and Agitation Department, Central Committee, All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). Deputy, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Supreme Soviet of 2nd and 3rd convocations.
Religion is an instrument of the ruling classes to instill in the masses the religious conviction that their current suffering will lead to eventual happiness.
Communist party could initiate policies in the name of the society because it knows what the best is for its progress and development.
Communist Party member from 1921.