Nonna Muravyova

Nonna Aleksandrovna Muravyova (Нонна Александровна Муравьёва; August 13, 1906 – January 2, 1986) was a Soviet state, party and public figure. She served as Minister of Social Security of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1952–1961) and Chairman of the Central Auditing Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1961–1966).

Early career
She was born into a working-class family.

In 1920–1923, she worked at a dyeing and finishing factory in Kamenka. Here she joined the Russian Communist Youth Union, in 1923–1926 – at a linen factory in Novopistsovo. "Here she plunges headlong into the seething social life characteristic of the youth of the Russian Communist Youth Union of the 1920s: she participates in meetings, Sunday work, a sports club, and in the oral newspaper Blue Blouse. Together with her peers, she more than once went with amateur concerts to the sponsored villages of Afonovo, Nasakino, Oltuhovo, etc. Nonna becomes a pioneer leader – one of the first in the Vichuga Region. It was at this time that her remarkable organizational abilities began to manifest."

Member of the All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1926. In 1938, she graduated from the All–Union Industrial Academy of Light Industry Named After Vyacheslav Molotov.

In 1926–1930, she was a teacher at the orphanage "Communa No. 1", which was first located in Vichuga, and then was transferred to Staraya Vichuga.

Since 1930 – at party work.
 * 1930–1931 – Head of the Mass Propaganda Sector of the party organization of the Krasin Factory in Staraya Vichuga;
 * 1931 – Instructor of the women's department of the Ivanovo Regional Committee of the All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks);
 * 1932–1934 – Head of the women's department of the Ivanovo Regional Committee of the All–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).

In leadership positions

 * 1938–1939 – Director of the Spinning and Weaving Factory "Hammer and Sickle" (Pushkino, Moscow Region);
 * 1939–1944 – Deputy People's Commissar of Light Industry of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic;
 * 1944–1946 – Director of the Research Institute of Popular Fiber;
 * 1946–1952 – Chairman of the Central Committee of the Trade Union of Textile Workers;
 * 1952–1961 – Minister of Social Security of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic;
 * 1961–1966 – Chairman of the Central Auditing Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union;
 * 1961–1966 – Chairman of the Commission for the Establishment of Personal Pensions Under the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.

Since July 1966 – Member of the Party Control Committee under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Member of the Central Auditing Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1956–1971). Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union of the 6th Convocation. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of the 3–5th Convocations.

Since 1974 – retired. She was Deputy Chairman of the Society of Soviet–Finnish Friendship and Cultural Relations, a member of the Committee of Soviet Women.

In 1982, the Nonna Muravyova Prize was established in Vichuga, awarded to the best women activists of the city.

She was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Awards and titles

 * Order of the Red Banner of Labour (August 15, 1956);
 * Order of the Badge of Honour (July 20, 1940) – for overfulfillment of the 1939 Plan, successful work and initiative in fulfilling special orders of the Government (for light industry);
 * Three more orders;
 * Medals;
 * Honorary citizen of Vichuga.