Mikhail Grulenko

Mykhailo Vasylyovych Hrulenko was a Czechoslovak, Ukrainian and Soviet politician, who served as the 1st Secretary of the Stanislav Oblast Regional Committee of CPU.

Early life

Hrulenko was born in 1904 in the village of Konotop, which was then part of the Chernigov Governorate in the Russian Empire, into a large family as he was the ninth child. His father was a carpenter. Upon the outbreak of the Russian Revolution, he became a worker, and joined the Bolsheviks ahead of the October Revolution.

He was eventually elected Secretary of the Komsomol cell for the local Konotop locomotive depot. He then became Secretary of the Konotop District Committee of the Komsomol. Prior to going to a higher school, he was the Head of the Department of Culture and Propaganda for the Shostka District Committee of the Komsomol. He was then a cadet of the higher party school. Upon returning, he became the instructor for the Chernihiv district committee, before going back into various party work.
He then became Head of the Political Department of Fedorovsky state farm, which was located within Kharkiv Oblast. From May 1938 up until November 1939, he was the 2nd Secretary of the Kamianets-Podilskyi Regional Committee. Simultaneously, he headed the provisional administration on the newly occupied Polish territories by the Soviet Union, which was incorporated into Stanislav Oblast. Then, from November 1949 to 1941, he was 1st Secretary of the Stanislav Oblast Regional Committee of CPU.
In August 1941 Grulenko died at the World War II Eastern Front near Uman, Kiev Oblast.
He has been listed on the "decommunization list" in Ukraine, which identifies former Soviet officials whose names cannot be used for public memorialization.