Roman Rudenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Roman Rudenko

Ukrainian lawyer

Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1907

Place of Birth: Chernigov Governorate

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1981

Profession: military personnel, politician, jurist

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Roman Andriyovych Rudenko (Ukrainian: ????? ?????????? ???????, Russian: ????´? ?????´???? ????´???, 30 July 1907 – 23 January 1981) was a Ukrainian Soviet lawyer.
Procurator-General of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1944 to 1953, Rudenko became Procurator-General of the entire Soviet Union after 1953.
He is well known internationally for acting as chief prosecutor for the USSR at the 1946 trial of the major Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg.
He was also chief prosecutor at the "Trial of the Sixteen" (Polish Underground leaders) held in Moscow the year before.
At the time he served at Nuremberg, Rudenko held the rank of Lieutenant-General within the USSR Procuracy. In 1961 Rudenko was elected to the CPSU Central Committee.
In 1972 he was awarded the Soviet honorary title of Hero of Socialist Labor.