Aleksandr Yezhevsky

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Yezhevsky (Russian: Александр Александрович Ежевский; 3 November [O.S. 21 October] 1915 – 15 January 2017) was a Soviet statesman, minister of tractor and agricultural machinery (tractor and agricultural engineering) of the USSR (1980–1988). He was born in Tulun, Irkutsk Governorate, Russian Empire.^[1]

Aleksandr Yezhevsky
Александр Ежевский
Aleksandr Yezhevsky, 2014
Minister of tractor and agricultural machinery of the USSR
In office 1980–1988
Personal details
Born	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Yezhevsky 3 November [O.S. 21 October] 1915 Tulun, Irkutsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	15 January 2017(2017-01-15) (aged 101) Moscow, Russia

Since 2004, he had been Chief Researcher of All-Russian Research Institute of Technology, repair and maintenance of machines and tractors (GOSNITI).^[2]

In January 15, 2017 he died in Moscow at the age of 101.^[3][4]

Awards

• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 2nd (2015) and 4th class (1995)^[5]
• Hero of Socialist Labour^[6]
• Honored Engineer of the Russian Federation^[6]
• Member of the Bureau of Mechanization of the Russian Agricultural Academy^[6]
• Honorary Citizen of the city of Russa (Bulgaria)^[6]
• Four Orders of Lenin^[6]
• Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour^[6]