Mykola Pidhornyi is remembered in public life for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Mykola Pidhornyi as Soviet politician (1903-1983).
Mykola Pidhornyi was born at Karlivka in 1903. His recorded nationality is Ukrainian State. He was educated at National University of Food Technologies.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, mass movements, total war and the collapse of empires reshaped what a political career could be.
He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine (1957–1963), deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1954–1977) and member of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1947–1967).
His political affiliation is recorded as Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
The test of a public life is what remained possible afterwards that had not been possible before.
Formal honours included the "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal (1973), Order of Lenin (1973) and Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1948).
That the career was made in Ukrainian State is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Mykola Pidhornyi died in 1983, aged 80. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine (1957–1963)
- deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1954–1977)
- member of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1947–1967)
- Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1965–1977)
- "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal — 1973
- Order of Lenin — 1973
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour — 1948
- Educated at National University of Food Technologies
