In 1928 he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and in 1935 graduated from Mariupol ' Metallurgical Institute .
Petro Shelest was born in a peasant Ukrainian family in a village near Kharkiv in 1908 .
In 1928 Petro Shelest joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and in 1935 graduated from Mariupol ' Metallurgical Institute .
Petro Shelest was born in a peasant Ukrainian family in a village near Kharkiv in 1908 .