Nikolai Mesyatsev
Nikolai Mesyatsev | |
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Николай Месяцев | |
| Chairman of the State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting | |
| In office 30 October 1964 – 17 April 1970 | |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Kharlamov |
| Succeeded by | Sergey Lapin |
| Soviet ambassador to Australia | |
| In office 24 June 1970 – 14 July 1972 | |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Tarakanov |
| Succeeded by | Dmitry Musin |
| Member of the Supreme Soviet | |
| In office 1966–1970 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 3, 1920 Volsk, Russian Empire |
| Died | 3 September 2011 (aged 91) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Troyekurovskoye Cemetery |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Political party | CPSU |
| Alma mater | Red Army Military Law Academy |
| Awards | Order of Honour Order of the Patriotic War Order of the Red Banner of Labour Medal "For Battle Merit" Medal "For the Defence of Moscow" Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg" |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Branch/service | NKVD Red Army |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | SMERSH 5th Guards Tank Army |
Nikolai Nikolayevich Mesyatsev (Russian: Николай Николаевич Месяцев) (July 3, 1920, Volsk, Saratov Governorate - September 3, 2011, Moscow) was a Soviet politician and statesman, chairman of the State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Soviet Union from 1964-1970. From 1970-1972, he served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Soviet Union to Australia. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between 1941-1972 and 1984-1991. Being member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he was a candidate (alternate) member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1966-1971 as well as deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1966 to 1970.