page_title: Roman Rudenko
hierarchical_section_title: Roman Rudenko
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Серия «Выдающиеся юристы России». Р.А. Руденко (1907-1981)
context_page_description: Roman Andriyovych Rudenko 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" 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.
context_section_description: Roman Andriyovych Rudenko (Ukrainian: Роман Андрійович Руденко, Russian: Рома́н Андре́евич Руде́нко, 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.
caption: Rudenko on a 2015 Russian stamp
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