Ivan Romanovich Alekseev

Ivan Romanovich Alekseev was a Soviet official of the internal affairs bodies, Major General of Police, and the head of the Omsk Oblast Department of Internal Affairs from 1973 to 1984. He was one of the organizers of the systemic strengthening of the personnel and material base of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Biography

He was born on January 7, 1918, to a peasant family in the village of Novo-Znamenka, Pokrovo-Marfinsky Uyezd, Tambov Governorate.
1936: Graduated from Tambov Secondary School No. 2.
1936-1939: Studied at the Institute for Advanced Training of Public Education Personnel.
1939: Teacher at a secondary school of the Uvarovo Village Council. Conscripted by the Uvarovo Military Commissariat.
1939-1940: Studied at the Velikiye Luki Military Infantry School of the Vologda Oblast.
1940: By decision of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party, seconded to work in the special department of the NKVD.
1941-1945: Operative of SMERSH in the operational apparatuses of combat units of the Voronezh Front. Participated in battles, wounded. Participant in the Battle of Stalingrad and battles for the liberation of the Voronezh Oblast.
1945-1955: Teacher of special disciplines at the Tallinn Police School.
1955-1957: Senior teacher of special disciplines at the Kaliningrad Police School.
1956: Studied at the Higher Party School.
05.12.1957 - 02.06.1965: Lieutenant Colonel, Head of the Omsk Police School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR.
1957-1970: Head of the Party Committee.
1964-1970: Deputy Head of the Regional Directorate for the Protection of Public Order of the Omsk Oblast Executive Committee.
23.06.1965 - 1970: Head of the Omsk Higher School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
1970-1984: Head of the Omsk Oblast Department of Internal Affairs.
Upon completion of his service, he continued to participate in the activities of veterans' and public organizations, gave lectures, and served as a mentor for the younger generation of police officers.

Awards

For combat and labor merits, he was awarded 7 orders and 23 medals, among them:

Two Orders of the Red Star;
Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class;
Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class;
Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour;
Order of the October Revolution;
Medal "For Battle Merit";
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945";
Honored Employee of the Ministry of Public Order Protection;
One of the streets in the center of Omsk is named after Ivan Alekseev.

Personal life

Ivan Romanovich Alekseev met his future wife, Nina Voznesenskaya, at a front-line hospital in 1944, where Nina worked as a doctor. Their marriage was concluded at the front, shortly after Alekseev's appointment as head of counterintelligence. According to Nina's recollections, there was no courtship as such, but Alekseev's feelings were expressed in his actions. They lived together for 46 years, 4 months, and 18 days. In 1945, they had a daughter, Victoria, who became a doctor, and in 1956, a son, Andrey, who followed in his father's footsteps and rose to the rank of general.