Boris Kravtsov

Kravtsov was born in Moscow on 28 December 1922.^[1] In 1941 he graduated from high school and joined the Red Army.^[2] He was part of the Soviet military forces which liberated Ukraine from the Nazi invasion.^[3] In September 1945 Kravtsov began his studies at the Moscow Law School and graduated in 1947.^[1] Following his graduation he worked as a judge in different regions.^[1] He also graduated from the All Union Correspondence Law Institute in 1952.^[1] He was named the deputy prosecutor of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) in 1960 and in 1971 he became the prosecutor of the RSFSR.^[1] On 12 April 1984 he was appointed minister of justice of the Soviet Union replacing Vladimir Terebilov in the post.^[4] Kravtsov was in office until 7 June 1989.^[1]

Kravtsov was a member of the Communist Party between 1943 and 1991.^[1] He served as a deputy at the Supreme Soviet in the 11th convocation from 1984 to 1989.^[2] He retired from public office in 1989.^[1]

Kravtsov married Tatyana Ivanovna Kravtsova.^[2] He has two daughters.^[2]

Awards

For his activities in World War II Kravtsov was given the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union in May 1944.^[1] In February 2022, he was awarded the highest degree of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland".^[3] As of 2024, he is the last living Hero of the Soviet Union who received his award during the Great Patriotic War.

Kravtsov also received the following awards:^[1]

• Honorary citizen of Moscow (29 January 2025)^[5]
• Order of Alexander Nevsky (26 December 2017)
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (7 April 1994)
• Order of Lenin (19 March 1944)
• Order of the October Revolution (27 December 1982)
• Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (25 October 1967; 31 August 1971)
• Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class (11 March 1985)