Dmitry Aleksandrovich Krivoshein. Photo: Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons .
Dmitry Aleksandrovich Krivoshein (1905, Kirsanov, Tambov province — 1979, Moscow) was a Soviet state official and agronomist; father of Tatyana Timofeevna’s husband, Aleksandr Dmitrievich Krivoshein.
In Tatyana Timofeevna’s family notebook he appears in the Krivoshein chart (1905–1979; buried at Lyuberetskoye cemetery — per the notebook).
In this archive
| Who | Father-in-law of Tatyana Timofeevna |
| Wife | Nina Vasilievna Krivosheina (née Petrova) (1907–1991) — chart portrait |
| Son | Aleksandr Dmitrievich Krivoshein (1926–1988) — husband of T. T. |
Brief biography
Born into a meshchane family (Kirsanov). Member of the VKP(b) from 1938.
Graduated from the Leningrad Agricultural Institute in 1930.
Worked as agronomist and state-farm director (Orenburg area; Ivanovo industrial region; RKKA state farm).
| Years | Post |
|---|---|
| 1938–1939 | Deputy chair, Rostov regional executive committee (agriculture) |
| 1939–1943 | People’s Commissar of grain and livestock state farms of the RSFSR; collegium member, USSR People’s Commissariat of State Farms |
| 1943–1946 | Head of the Main Administration of Southern State Farms |
| 1946–1949 | Chair of the Crimean regional executive committee |
| Jun–Nov 1949 | Chair of the Amur regional executive committee |
| 1950–1953 | Director, “Lyuberetskie polya orosheniya” state farm (Moscow region) |
| 1953–1954 | Deputy director, Potato Institute |
| 1954–1959 | Director, “Varskie” state farm (Ryazan region) |
| 1959–1961 | Deputy director, Moscow livestock state-farm trust |
| from 1961 | Senior seed agronomist, Mossovet model farm |
In August 1949 most of the Crimean obkom bureau was repressed; on 2 September 1949 his son Aleksandr was arrested. D. A.’s autobiography records conviction under Art. 111 for 10 years; Tatyana Timofeevna’s notebook records Art. 58 and 10 years. Details, the article conflict and the camp path are on Aleksandr Dmitrievich’s page
. D. A. Krivoshein was removed from the Amur post; in 1950 he was at the disposal of the Central Committee.
According to the father’s autobiography, the son was fully rehabilitated in 1954 and reinstated at work.
Awards
- Order of Lenin (1939)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1945)
Sources
- Wikipedia (RU): Krivoshein, Dmitry Aleksandrovich
- Museum “House on the Embankment” biography (autobiography)
- Family notebook of T. T. Krivosheina — “Krivosheins” chart
Public biographies and the family manuscript agree on main dates; service details follow the open sources above.
See also: Nina Vasilievna · Aleksandr Dmitrievich · Genealogy from the notebook · About Tatyana Timofeevna