Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as the Premier of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1980 and was one of the most influential Soviet policymakers in the mid-1960s along with General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev.
Kosygin in 1966
The House on the Embankment was a building completed in 1931 to house the government elite; Kosygin lived there.
Kosygin at the Glassboro Summit Conference, 23 June 1967
Kosygin with Egypt President Gamal Abdel Nasser at a visit to Cairo, May 1966
Premier of the Soviet Union
The Premier of the Soviet Union was the head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Twelve individuals held the post. Among the most known are Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin.
Premier of the Soviet Union
Image: Vladimir Lenin
Image: Alexei Rikov 1924(cropped)
Image: Vyacheslav Molotov