Mikhail Rodionov | |
|---|---|
| Михаил Родионов | |
 Rodionov in 1939 | |
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR | |
| In office 23 March 1946 – 9 March 1949 | |
| President | Nikolai Shvernik Ivan Vlasov |
| Preceded by | Alexei Kosygin |
| Succeeded by | Boris Chernousov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 October 1907 |
| Died | 1 October 1950 (aged 42) |
| Resting place | Levashovo Memorial Cemetery |
| Party | All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1929–1949) |
Mikhail Ivanovich Rodionov (Russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Родио́нов; 25 October [O.S. 12 October] 1907 – 1 October 1950) was a Soviet-Russian statesman who, from 1946 to 1949, was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR. He was purged during the Leningrad affair.
He created a proposal for a new state flag of the RSFSR, but it was rejected. It consisted of a traditional Russian tricolour flag with a hammer and sickle in the middle.[citation needed] Together with Nikolai Voznesensky, he was sentenced to death in 1950 based on accusations of embezzlement from the Soviet State budget for "unapproved business in Leningrad", which was labeled anti-Soviet treason, at the Leningrad Affair case. He was a close companion of Alexei Kosygin.[citation needed]
