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Nikolai Ryzhkov
Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov was a Russian politician. He served as the last chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 and was succeeded by Valentin Pavlov as prime minister. The same year, he lost his seat on the Presidential Council, going on to become Boris Yeltsin's leading opponent in the 1991 presidential election of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Repub…
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Born 28 September 1929 · Died 28 February 2024 · Q366524
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2024· 6 entries
San Diego Union-Tribune: Soviet ex-premier Nikolai Ryzhkov, who vainly tried to prevent USSR’s economic meltdown, dies at 94
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PanARMENIAN.Net: Former head of USSR government Nikolai Ryzhkov dies
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Former Soviet Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov Dies At 94
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Died 2024-02-28.
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Republican Herald: Nikolai Ryzhkov, Soviet Premier Who Presided Over Economic Chaos, Dies at 94
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2019· 2 entries
Awarded Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation (2019).
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Won Stolypin Medal, 2nd class (2019).
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2014· 3 entries
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class (2014).
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Won Stolypin Medal, 1st class (2014).
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Ryzhkov supported the introduction of Russian troops into Ukraine, and in 2022, he expressed his support for the annexation of four regions from Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Honour (2013).
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded National Hero of Armenia (2008).
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The Armenian Government awarded Ryzhkov their highest state decoration, the National Hero of Armenia
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2005· 2 entries
Won Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan" (2005).
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“In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan”
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (2004).
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2003· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Federation Council of Russia (2003–2023).
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2000· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the State Duma (2000–2003).
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1997· 2 entries
Won Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" (1997).
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“In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow”
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1996· 1 entry
Ryzhkov was one of the founders of the CPRF-led alliance of leftists and nationalists known as the People's Patriotic Union of Russia (NPSR) and was elected chairman of its Duma faction
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1991· 2 entries
Election won: 1991 presidential election.
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Campaign: 1991 presidential election.
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1990· 2 entries
Was blamed on Ryzhkov, even though it was Gorbachev who had delayed Ryzhkov's proposed reform
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Weakened the power of the government apparatus; a move Ryzhkov and his second cabinet opposed
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1987· 1 entry
Began drafting the Law on the State Enterprise, which restricted the authority of central planners
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1986· 1 entry
Ryzhkov stated that he, along with the rest of the Soviet leadership, were already discussing the possibility of creating a market economy in the Soviet Union
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1985· 3 entries
Awarded Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class (1985).
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1985–1991).
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Career landmark: Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee (1985–1990).
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1983· 1 entry
“Speech in the aftermath of the Soviet shootdown of Korean Air Lines Flight 007”
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1982· 2 entries
Career landmark: Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1982–1985).
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“Excerpts of letter written to American peace activist Samantha Smith”
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1979· 3 entries
Awarded USSR State Prize (1979).
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1979).
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And was elected to the CPSU Central Committee in 1981
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1976).
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1975· 1 entry
And appointed to the post of First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Heavy and Transport Machine Building
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1974· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1974).
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the October Revolution (1971).
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1970· 2 entries
Won Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (1970).
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“In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin”
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1969· 1 entry
Awarded USSR State Prize (1969).
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1966· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1966).
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And 1985, the Order of the October Revolution in 1971, the Order of Lenin in 1976 and 1979 and the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 4th class (27 September 2004 – for outstanding contribution to the strengthening of th
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1959· 1 entry
Worked first in local industry before being moved into government in the 1970s, working his way up through the hierarchy of Soviet industrial ministries
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1929· 1 entry
Born 1929-09-28.
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