Aleksei Kuznetsov

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Aleksei Aleksandrovich Kuznetsov (1905—1950) (Russian: Алексей Александрович Кузнецов) was a Soviet statesman, CPSU (since 1925) functionary, Lieutenant General, member of CPSU Central Committee (1939-1949). He was 1st Secretary (deputy leader) to Leningrad CPSU gorkom (city committee) and obkom (oblast committee), and during the Siege of Leningrad helped organize the city's defense.

He was arrested in 1949 as part of the Leningrad Affair show trial, executed in 1950 and rehabilitated posthumously.