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Yury Luzhkov
Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov was a Russian politician who served as mayor of Moscow from 1992 to 2010. Before the election of Gavriil Popov as the first mayor of Moscow, he also headed the capital in 1990–1991 as chairman of the Mosgorispolkom. He was the vice-chairman and one of the founders of the ruling United Russia party. During Luzhkov's time, Moscow's economy expanded and he presided over larg…
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science · Russian politician (1936–2019) · politician · scientist · statesperson · mayor · engineer · also Yury Luzhkov, Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov, Yuri Luzhkov, Luzhkov
Born 21 September 1936 · Died 10 December 2019 · Q156379
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2026· 1 entry
2019· 6 entries
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Putin, Thousands Of Muscovites Bid Farewell To Former Mayor Yury Luzhkov
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Digital Journal: Putin leads tributes as ex-Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov dies
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Yury Luzhkov, Who Steered Moscow's Post-Soviet Transformation As Mayor, Dies At 83
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TASS: Former Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov dies at 83
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Died 2019-12-10.
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TASS: Yury Luzhkov, ex-Moscow mayor who changed the face of Russia’s capital, passes away
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2017· 2 entries
UPI: Topic: Yury Luzhkov
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The farm produced a total of 10,000 tons of grain (barley, wheat, buckwheat), and its buckwheat harvest covered 2/3 of the regional need
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2016· 1 entry
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (2016).
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2010· 2 entries
Luzhkov made public his plans to honour Soviet leader Joseph Stalin with ten posters of him in the city of Moscow, for the first time in around fifty years after Nikita Khrushchev's criticism of Stalin-period policies
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Luzhkov became head of Veedern, the agricultural enterprise with the territory of 5,500 hectare in the North-West of Russia
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class (2006).
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“60 years of education of the Kaliningrad region”
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2005· 3 entries
Awarded Order of the Friendship of Peoples (2005).
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“For Services to the Chechen Republic”
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Was given an award from the International Fund of Unity of Orthodox Christians
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Military Merit (2003).
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Privacy International awarded Luzhkov the runner-up position in its Most Egregiously Stupid Award for the propiska rules
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2002· 3 entries
Awarded European handicraft prize (2002).
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Luzhkov proposed returning to Lubyanka Square the fifteen-ton iron statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky, founder of the Soviet Cheka
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On the initiative of Luzhkov, in the same year Luzhkov became the scientific leader of this faculty and an honorary professor at the university
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Dr. Friedrich Joseph Haass-Preis (2001).
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Awarded Order of Francisc Skorina (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Honour (2000).
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1999· 2 entries
Earned Gold Olympic Order (1999).
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In order to improve the housing conditions of Moscovites, Yury Luzhkov initiated a major demolition programme to replace Moscow’s old five-story apartment blocks that were unsuitable for renovation because of the outdate
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1998· 1 entry
As Boris Yeltsin's political troubles grew partly because of the August economic crisis, Luzhkov formed his own national political faction, Otechestvo (Fatherland), to serve as his base for the upcoming presidential elec
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1996· 3 entries
Awarded Honored Builder of the Russian Federation (1996).
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Won Medal of Francysk Skaryna (1996).
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Luzhkov, hoping to advance his political stature on a national level, became the main advocate for a claim to the city of Sevastopol in Ukraine
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (1995).
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1993· 1 entry
Won Medal "Defender of a Free Russia" (1993).
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1992· 1 entry
Career landmark: mayor of Moscow (1992–2010).
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1991· 3 entries
And had two daughters, Elena (born 1992) and Olga (born 1994), and owned a home in the affluent Kensington area of London, purchased in 2013 through an offshore company domiciled in Gibraltar
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Career landmark: Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (1991–1991).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Moscow (1991–2001).
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1981).
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1976).
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1958· 1 entry
And had two sons with her, Mikhail and Alexander
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1954· 2 entries
Won Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" (1954).
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The city of Sevastopol was not included into the Oblast, the territory, which was transferred to Ukraine by Nikita Khrushchev
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1936· 1 entry
Born 1936-09-21.
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