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Demyan Korotchenko

Brief summary: a Soviet party bureaucrat, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR (1947–1954), responsible for implementing union-level decisions on the forced resettlement of Crimea with Ukrainian peasants in the postwar decade.

Overview

Demyan Serhiyovych Korotchenko (1894–1969) headed the government of the Ukrainian SSR (the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR) during the period of postwar reconstruction and the preparation for the transfer of the Crimean Oblast to Ukraine (1947–1954). Under his direct leadership, republican resolutions were adopted to implement union-level plans for the resettlement of Ukrainian peasants to the Crimean Oblast of the RSFSR and to allocate funds from the Ukrainian budget for the development of the peninsula's infrastructure.

Key Details / Subtopics

  • Administration of resettlement programs (1949–1953): Signed resolutions of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR (in particular Resolution No. 3893 of 29 December 1949 and Resolution No. 1406 of 13 June 1951), which obliged the executive committees of oblast councils to ensure implementation of the union-level plans for resettling peasants from Western, Central, and Northern Ukraine to Crimea.
  • Correspondence with the Crimean leadership: Received petitions from the chairman of the Crimean Oblast Executive Committee Dmytro Polyansky regarding the demand to accept resettlers exclusively as whole collective farms and brigades and to redistribute resettlement plans among the oblasts of the Ukrainian SSR.
  • Securing financing: Approved the allocation of budget funds of the Ukrainian SSR for providing 10-year loans and benefits to resettler families in Crimea.