Zinovie Serdiuk

Zinovie Serdiuk
Зиновий Сердюк
Serdiuk in the 1970s
First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party
In office 8 February 1954 – 29 May 1961
Premier	Gherasim Rudi Alexandru Diordiță
Preceded by	Dimitri Gladki
Succeeded by	Ivan Bodiul
Personal details
Born	November 15, 1903 Harbuzynka, Yelisavetgradsky Uyezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	August 8, 1982(1982-08-08) (aged 78) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1925–1982) Communist Party of Ukraine (1938–1954) Communist Party of Moldova (1954–1961)

Zinovie Timofeevici Serdiuk (15 November 1903 – 8 August 1982) was a Ukrainian–Moldavian politician of the Soviet period.

Biography

Zinovie Serdiuk (Зиновий Тимофеевич Сердюк) was born on November 15, 1903, in Harbuzynka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire. He died on August 8, 1982, in Moscow.

In 1935–1936 he was a deputy chief of political administration of the Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route.

Zinovie Serdiuk was the First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party (February 8, 1954 – May 29, 1961). During his rule the main accent was pointed on the atheism, while in the economic sector the finishing of collectivization by formation of kolkhozes and sovkhozes everywhere in the Moldavian SSR. A number of industrial units were built.

References

• *** - Enciclopedia sovietică moldovenească (Chişinău, 1970–1977)

External links

• (in Russian) Биография
• (in Russian) Кто есть кто в Правительствах СССР