Mikhail Porfirevich Georgadze is a well-known Soviet party leader. He was born on February 28 (March 12 according to the new style), 1912 in Central Georgia, in the small town of Chiatura. At that time, this part of Transcaucasia was part of the Russian Empire. He went down in history primarily as one of the leaders of the Communist Party. For 26 years, Mikhail Georgadze was the secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (from 1957 to 1982).
A person who was born before the revolution, survived the Civil and Patriotic Wars, important historical milestones in the development of the country, the change of rulers from Stalin to Brezhnev - throughout his life he held high and responsible government posts, received government awards, was repeatedly a deputy of party congresses.
Before 1982 rolls around…
Native to Imereti
The town of Chiatura is located in the foothills of Imereti, the central part of the then Tiflis province.
Here were mines where manganese was mined. Chiatura miners representedperhaps the only proletariat of Georgia. The city became a stronghold of the Bolshevik Party.
Probably, the birthplace of the future communist leader played an important role in the development of his party career. The choice of profession Mikhail Georgadze, secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in the future, determined from a young age, having entered the department of mechanization of an agricultural technical school. He worked as a tractor driver, and then as a foreman of the tractor brigade.
Tbilisi period
The Communist Party of the Soviet state paid great attention to the southern republics. Georgia specialized mainly in subtropical crops. The high performance of the five-year plan of 1946-1950 was an incentive for a further rise in agriculture.
In 1952, to the post of deputy. M. P. Georgadze was appointed Minister of Agriculture and the Department of Supply of Agricultural Products of the Georgian SSR. A certain role in this decision was played by the fact that he was a native of Georgia, which means he had to know the state of affairs "from the inside." Career quickly went up. Two years later Georgadze headed the Ministry of Agriculture of the GSSR. In 1954, he became the second secretary of the Communist Party of Georgia, after Mzhavanadze, the second state official in the republic.
In the spring of 1956, rallies took place in Gori, Tbilisi and Sukhumi in defense of the "bright" name of Joseph Stalin. They were called by the report of N. S. Khrushchev at a closed meeting dedicated to exposing the "cult of personality".
Several hundred thousand people were aggressive and demanded that the head of the government of the republic speak to the people. Comrade Mzhanavadze arrived at the square, talked for a long time, promising to support the people and not let Stalin be offended. At the request of members of the government, Marshal of the People's Republic of China Zhu De, a participant in the 20th Congress of the CPSU, who was vacationing in Georgia, spoke on Lenin Square. From the procession to the monument to Stalin, he refused. The 2nd Secretary of the Communist Party of Georgia Mikhail Georgadze went to the monument with two Chinese members of the delegation, one of whom made a speech. No speeches were heard from Georgadze.
Moscow period
Not even a year has passed since the Georgian leader was recalled to Moscow. From February 1956, Mikhail Georgadze was the secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. In the capital, in 1941, he graduated from MIMESH, having received a diploma in mechanization and electrification of the agricultural industry. Upon graduation, he worked for 10 years in the People's Commissariat of Agriculture, and then in the ministry, where he made a career from an ordinary engineer to the head of a department. In 1942 he joined the ranks of the CPSU.
Mikhail Georgadze - Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, whose biography is not replete with many facts. But she left her historical mark on paper.
For 26 years, behind the removals and appointments, from the head of the Cabinet of the Council of Ministers, comrade. Kosygin, to the Minister of Culture comrade. Furtseva in all state resolutions and decrees under the resolution of L. I. Brezhnev was signed: M. P. Georgadze - Secretary of the PresidiumSupreme Soviet of the USSR.
End of an era
With the death of Brezhnev, an entire era ended. With the coming to power of Andropov, the country began the fight against corruption and embezzlement. The entire apparatus of the ministry, heads of central departments were arrested.
The list of high-ranking persons convicted of bribery was replenished with new names. The "Georgadze case" appeared. The secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, who had been sitting in the Kremlin since the time of Stalin, turned out to be a great lover of luxury and the arts. In the historical chronicles of Igor Bunich, there is a whole list of riches found in the hiding places of Giorgadze's dacha: whole piles of jewelry, diamonds and diamonds, 100 bars of gold (20 kg each), 2 million dollars and 40 million rubles, valuable paintings by famous artists, including painting by Leonardo da Vinci.
Investigators were most surprised by the toilet bowls found in the house, made of gold of the highest standard.
Departure
In 1982, on November 23, Georgadze committed suicide. The secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR passed away before the end of the investigation. He was 70 years old.
Soon his widow, Tatyana Ivanovna Georgadze, hastily left for Tbilisi.
M. P. is buried Georgadze in Moscow at the Novodevichy cemetery. On the wall of the house, on the street. Spiridonovka 18, where the statesman lived, a memorial plaque was installed.
