Mr. Evgeni Evgenievich Alekseevsky

Mr. Evgeni Evgenievich Alekseevsky (1906-1979) was a prominent organizer of socialist agriculture, member of the CPSU Central Committee, Deputy of the USSR Supreme Soviet, the Socialist Labour Hero, USSR Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Management. He has contributed much to strengthening and developing international cooperation in land reclamation and water management. He headed the Soviet delegation to meetings of Heads of Water Economy bodies of CMEA member countries, coordinating the cooperation between the Socialist countries in the field of land reclamation and water management. He also signed the International Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area. At his initiative the Russian versions of "Irrigation and Drainage in the World - A Global Review" and "the Multilingual Technical Dictionary on Irrigation and Drainage" were published. He was honored with the title of Hero of Socialist Labour, awarded 4 Orders of Lenin, 4 Orders of Red Banner, Orders of Bogdan Khmelnitsky and the Order of the Badge of Honour.