Ivan Kazanets


Ivan Pavlovych Kazanets was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician, who served as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR from 1963 to 1965. He was the minister of ferrous metallurgy of the Soviet Union for almost 20 years.

Biography

Ivan Kazanets was born in Lotsmanska village in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, central Ukraine.

Awards

During his public service, Ivan Kazanets received numerous civil and state awards and recognitions, including the Order of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, and 20 medals, four of which are from foreign countries. In 1996, he became a meritorious metallurgist of the Russian Federation.