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Petras Griškevičius

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Petras Griškevičius
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Lithuania
In office
18 February 1974 – 14 November 1987
Preceded byAntanas Sniečkus
Succeeded byRingaudas Songaila
Personal details
Born(1924-07-19)19 July 1924
Kriaunos, Rokiškis District, Lithuania
Died14 November 1987(1987-11-14) (aged 63)
Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1945–1987)
Occupationmilitary officer, politician

Petras Petrovičius Griškevičius (Russian: Пя́трас Пя́трович Гришкя́вичюс; 19 July 1924 – 14 November 1987) was a Lithuanian communist party official in the Lithuanian SSR. He was the First Secretary of the Lithuanian Communist Party (de facto leader of Lithuania) from 1974 to his death.

Early life and military career

He was born on 19 July 1924 in the village of Kriaunos, in the Rokiškis district of the Republic of Lithuania. He began his career in 1941 as a collective farmer in the eastern part of Chelyabinsk Region. At the beginning of World War II, Griškevičius retreated into the Russian SFSR. During the war, he was a member of the 16th Rifle Division (1942–1943) and a Soviet partisan (1943–1944) in Rokiškis district.[1]

Party career

After joining the communist party in 1945, he slowly rose through the ranks.[2] He worked in press censorship (1950–1955) before moving to the Vilnius City Committee of the Communist Party of Lithuania. There he worked at the secretariat (1955–1964) and central committee (1964–1971), becoming the first secretary in 1971.[2]

Leader of Soviet Lithuania

After the death of Antanas Sniečkus in 1974, Griškevičius succeeded him as the First Secretary of the Lithuanian Communist Party. He was also a delegate of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR (since 1965), delegate of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (since 1974), and member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (since 1976).[1] Griškevičius was described as a Brezhnevite,[3] conservative and "mediocre apparatchik", who opposed perestroika and especially glasnost.[4] He supported suppression of Lithuanian history and cultural heritage, replacing them with Soviet propaganda.[5]

Personal life and death

He died in Vilnius on November 14, 1987, and was buried at the Antakalnis Cemetery.

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b Zinkus, Jonas; et al., eds. (1985–1988). "Griškevičius, Petras". Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. I. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. p. 667. LCCN 86232954.
  2. ^ a b Misiunas, Romuald J.; Rein Taagepera; Georg von Rauch (1983). The Baltic States, years of dependence, 1940-1980. University of California Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-520-04625-2.
  3. ^ O'Connor, Kevin (2003). The history of the Baltic States. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-313-32355-3.
  4. ^ Denber, Rachel (1992). The Soviet nationality reader: the disintegration in context. Westview Press. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-8133-1027-5.
  5. ^ Ashbourne, Alexandra (1999). Lithuania: the rebirth of a nation, 1991-1994. Lexington Books. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-7391-0027-1.
Party political offices
Preceded by First Secretary of the Communist Party of Lithuania (LKP)
1974–1987
Succeeded by
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