Nikolay Psurtsev

Nikolay Psurtsev
Nikolay Psurtsev
Николай Псурцев
	Psurtsev on a 2025 stamp of Russia
Minister of Communications of the Soviet Union
	In office; 30 March 1948 – 3 September 1975
Prime Minister	Joseph Stalin; Georgy Malenkov; Nikolay Bulganin; Nikita Khrushchev; Alexey Kosygin
Preceded by	Konstantin Sergeychuk
Succeeded by	Nikolay Talyzin
Personal details
Born	4 February 1900; Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	9 February 1980 (aged 80); Moscow, Soviet Union
Resting place	Novodevichye Cemetery
Party	All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (since 1919)
Education	Military Electrotechnical Academy of Communications
Awards	Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of Lenin; Order of the October Revolution; Order of the Red Banner; Order of Kutuzov; Order of Suvorov Medals Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" ; Medal "For the Defence of Moscow" ; Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad" ; Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" ; Medal "For the Victory over Japan" ; Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" ; Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union"; Foreign Awards:; Order of the British Empire
Military service
Branch/service	Soviet Armed Forces
Rank	Colonel General
Commands	Communication Troops
Battles/wars	Great Patriotic War

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Nikolai Demyanovich Psurtsev (4 February 1900 – 9 February 1980) was a Soviet statesman and military leader who served as the Communication Troops and Minister of Communications of the Soviet Union.