Ivan Fyodorovich (Hovhannes Tevadrosovich) Tevosian (Russian: Иван Федорович (Тевадросович) Тевосян, Armenian: Հովհաննես Թևատրոսի Թևոսյան; 1902 – 1958) was a Soviet politician of Armenian descent. Hero of Socialist Labor (1943).[1]
Since 1919 Tevosian was the secretary of Russian Communist Party Baku underground committee. Tevosian participated to the 10th Conference of the party.[1]
After finishing the Academy of Mountains in 1927, he worked as the chief engineer of "Elektrostal" factory (Moscow oblast). In 1939-40 he was the Shipbuilding Minister of USSR, in 1940-48 - the Minister of Black Metallurgy, in 1948-49 and again, in the 1950s - the Minister of Metallurgy of USSR, vice-chairman of the Soviet government. Since 1956 Tevosian was the Ambassador of the USSR in Japan.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Тевосян Иван Федорович in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978 (in Russian)
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