Alexandra Ovchinnikova
Soviet politician
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| Intro | Soviet politician | ||||||
| Places | Russia | ||||||
| was | Historian Politician | ||||||
| Work field | Social science Politics | ||||||
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| Birth | 25 October 1914, Nyurbinsky District, Russia | ||||||
| Death | 8 June 2009Yakutsk, Russia (aged 94 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Scorpio | ||||||
| Politics: | Communist Party Of The Soviet Union | ||||||
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Alexandra Yakovlevna Ovchinnikova (sometimes translated as Aleksandra) (Russian: Александра Яковлевна Овчинникова) (1914–2009), a native Yakut, served as President of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. A daughter of illiterate cattle-breeders west of Yakutsk, she became a road engineer. She was named president of Yakutia, a largely ceremonial position, in 1963, and served until 1979. She was succeeded by Yevdokiya Nikolayevna Gorokhova. She died at age 95 in 2009.