# Boris Balashov

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| name         = Boris Aleksandrovich Balashov<br />Бори́с Алекса́ндрович Балашо́в
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| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1927|12|7}}
| birth_place   = [Saratov](/source/Saratov), USSR
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1974|1|20|1927|12|7}}
| death_place   = [Moscow](/source/Moscow), USSR
| resting_place = Moscow, Russia
| occupation   = [journalist](/source/journalist), Editor-in-Chief
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| education    = Diploma of [Higher Education](/source/Higher_Education)
| alma_mater   = Saratov State University
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| subject      = [philately](/source/philately)
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'''Boris Aleksandrovich Balashov''' ({{langx|ru|Бори́с Алекса́ндрович Балашо́в}}; 7 December 1927{{spaced ndash}}20 January 1974) was Editor-in-Chief of the Soviet [magazine](/source/magazine) ''"[Filateliya SSSR](/source/Filateliya_SSSR)"'' (''"[Philately](/source/Philately) of the [USSR](/source/USSR)"'').

== Biography ==
Born in 1927 in the family of a worker. He started working at one of the [Saratov](/source/Saratov) plants, where he worked as a planer and, then, as an electrician.

After graduating from the Saratov State University, he was on the leading [Komsomol](/source/Komsomol) work as a division head of the Saratov Regional Committee of [VLKSM](/source/VLKSM) (Komsomol), and the editor of a provincial youth newspaper ''“Komsomolets”''.

From 1958 to 1961, he worked as a head of the Press Section and, then, as a head deputy of the [Propaganda](/source/Propaganda) and Agitation Division of the Central Committee of VLKSM.

At the later phase of his life, he was an Editor-in-Chief deputy and Editor-in-Chief for three Soviet magazines including ''"Filateliya SSSR"'' (1968–1974).<ref>{{cite journal|author=Anonymous| date=March 1974 |script-title=ru:Памяти товарища|journal=Филателия СССР|issue=3|pages=46|language=ru}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [Filateliya](/source/Filateliya)

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.balashoff.com/1926-1950.html|script-title=ru:Балашов Борис Александрович. 1926 год — 1950 год|accessdate=2009-10-28|work=Балашовы от А до Я. Единая информационно-электронная база данных носителей фамилии Балашов (Balashov)|publisher=Балашовъ|language=Russian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028041752/http://www.balashoff.com/1926-1950.html|archive-date=2010-10-28|url-status=dead}}

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