Alexey Pavlovich Shitikov (; 14 March 1912 – 2 August 1993) was a Soviet communist party member and statesman.Konstantin Pronyakin. A Quarter of a Century in the Region. First Secretary of the Khabarovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Alexey Shitikov Turns 110 // Priamurskiye Vedomosti, No. 9, March 9, 2022, Page 15
Biography Shitikov was born in the village of Gorka, Kostroma Governorate.
In 1936, he was livestock specialist of the district land department, first Secretary of the Ardatovsky District Committee of the All–Union Leninist Communist Youth Union (Gorky Region). 1941–1945 – in the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army;The Feat of the People 1945–1948 – in the apparatus of the Khabarovsk Regional Committee of the All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks);Shitikov, Alexey Pavlovich. Nizhny Novgorod Biographical Encyclopedia 1948–1950 – Secretary of the Kamchatka Regional Committee of the All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks); 1950–1952 – in the apparatus of the Khabarovsk Regional Committee of the All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks); 1952–1955 – First Secretary of the Regional Committee of the All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) – Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast; 1955 – Secretary of the Khabarovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; ?–1957 – Second Secretary of the Khabarovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; 1957–1970 – First Secretary of the Khabarovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; 1970–1984 – Chairman of the Council of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
From 1970, he was Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of the Soviet Union, and from 1971, Chairman of the Soviet Committee for European Security and Cooperation.
In 1984 – retired.
In 1984–1991 – Chairman of the Presidium of the Soviet Society for Cultural Relations with Compatriots Abroad.
Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1961–1986). Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union of the 4th–11th convocations. He was buried in Moscow at the Kuntsevo Cemetery.
Awards Three Orders of Lenin; Order of the October Revolution; Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of Friendship of Peoples Order of the Red Star Order of the Badge of Honour
References
Sources Biography in the Handbook of the History of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union Shitikov Alexey Pavlovich – article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia Konstantin Pronyakin. A Quarter of a Century in the Region. First Secretary of the Khabarovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Alexei Shitikov Turns 110 // Priamurskiye Vedomosti, No. 9, March 9, 2022, Page 15