Sokolov Alexander Alexandrovich (born June 13, 1930, in Gorky, into the family of a diesel engine specialist; in 1941 he studied and worked in the selo of Zubilikh in Krasnobakovskiy District.[1]) — Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pechersky Bread Plant JSC, laureate of the USSR Council of Ministers Prize. In 1954 he graduated from the shipbuilding department of the Gorky Polytechnic Institute, after which he worked at the Krasnoye Sormovo Plant as a foreman, section chief, shift supervisor, and deputy shop chief; from 1956 to 1959 he served as deputy secretary of the plant's party committee.[1] From 1967 to 1974 — Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Gorky City Soviet of People's Deputies.

From 1974 to 1986 — First Secretary of the Gorky City Committee of the CPSU. During his tenure leading the city he oversaw a number of major projects: the construction of Avtozavodskaya Hospital No. 40 and thirty-five polyclinics, eight general-education schools, and a section of Gagarin Avenue; in 1970, under his leadership, the city was awarded the Order of Lenin.[1] From 1986 to 1991 — Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Regional Soviet of People's Deputies. In 1991 he was elected Chairman of the Regional Soviet of People's Deputies.

Achievements

He was awarded the Order of the October Revolution and four Orders of the Red Banner of Labour. He is a laureate of the State Prize and a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of two convocations.[1][2]

The title of Honorary Citizen of the City of Nizhny Novgorod was conferred by resolution of the City Duma of the city of Nizhny Novgorod dated June 17, 1998, No. 35.

Alexander Alexandrovich Sokolov passed away on April 8, 2014. On August 17, 2019, on City Day, a memorial plaque of black granite, funded by patrons of the arts, was unveiled on the façade of house No. 1 on Minin Street, where he had lived.[2]

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  1. opentextnn.ru — Alexander Alexandrovich Sokolov was born in Gorky into the family of a diesel engine specialist. During the Great Patriotic War, in 1941, he studied and worked in the selo of Zubil (archive)
  2. NIA "Nizhny Novgorod" — A memorial plaque to Nizhny Novgorod Honorary Citizen Alexander Sokolov was unveiled on Minin Street (archive)