Ivan Nosenko

Ivan Isidorovich Nosenko (Russian: Иван Исидорович Носенко; 19 April 1902 – 2 August 1956) was a Soviet politician and from 1939 until his death in 1956. He was the People's Commissar for Shipbuilding of the USSR. He was the father of notable Soviet defector and KGB officer, Yuri Nosenko.

Ivan Nosenko
Иван Носенко
Minister of Shipbuilding Industry of the USSR
In office 19 April 1954 – 2 August 1956
Premier	Georgy Malenkov Nikolai Bulganin
Preceded by	Position re-established
Succeeded by	Andrei Redkin
In office 17 April 1940 – 15 March 1946
Preceded by	Ivan Tevosian
Succeeded by	Aleksei Goreglyad
Personal details
Born	19 April 1902 Berlevets, Bryansky Uyezd, Russian Empire
Died	2 August 1956(1956-08-02) (aged 54) Moscow, Russian SFSR
Resting place	Kremlin Wall Necropolis
Citizenship	Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1925–1956)
Awards	3 Orders of Lenin
Military service
Rank	Engineer Rear Admiral

Biography

Nosenko was born in the village of Berlevets in Bryansky Uyezd and joined the Nikolayev Shipyard as a messenger boy in 1914. He became a trade unionist, and after completing military service and graduating from the Nikolayev Shipbuilding Institute, returned to the yard as a manager. Nosenko joined the All-Union Communist Party (b) in 1925. Between 1938 and 1939 he was the managing director of the Baltic Yard in Leningrad. He was appointed Narkom (minister) of shipbuilding in 1940 and was also the 1st deputy commissar of the tank industry during the war. He was elected to the Supreme Soviet in 1954.

He died on August 2nd 1956. At his funeral, important leaders of the Soviet Union, including Nikita Khrushchev, Georgy Malenkov, Nikolai Bulganin and Kliment Voroshilov, formed the honor guard.^[1] He has been commemorated with a bronze plaque in the Kremlin wall.^[2]

Awards and honors

• Three Orders of Lenin
• Order of Nakhimov, 1st class (1945)
• Three Orders of the Red Banner of Labour
• Order of the Red Star (1942)
• Order of the Badge of Honour (1938)