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| Name | Nikolai Ryzhkov |
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Belgorod, , Russia |
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September 28, 1929
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| Died | February 28, 2024
(94 years)
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| Info | Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov
In 1950 he began to work for the Sverdlovsk Uralmash Plant and joined the Communist party (1956) in the age of 27. After graduation from the Kirov Urals Polytechnic Institute (1959), Ryzhkov was promoted to senior welder at the same plant. Then he became chief engineer in 1965 and finally, in 1970, director-general of the Uralmash Production Amalgamation.
In 1975 Ryzhkov was made first deputy minister of heavy and transport machine building of the USSR. In 1979 he was appointed first deputy chairman of the State Planning Committee. The 26th party congress elected Nikolay Ryzhkov to serve on the Central Committee (1981-1991). When a long-time associate of Leonid Brezhnev, Andrey Kirilenko fell out of grace in the beginning of the 15-month rule of Yury Andropov, Ryzhkov occupied his place in the Secretariat (Nov. 22, 1982 - Oct. 15, 1985) and was made head of the Economic Department of the Central Committee. Rotation in the top party leadership in 1985 related to the election of Mikhail Gorbachev General Secretary, led to inclusion of Ryzhkov in the Politburo as a full member (Apr. 23, 1985 - July 13, 1990). On Sept. 27, 1985, Ryzhkov replaced Nikolay Tikhonov as chairman of the Council of Ministers.
Ryzhkov closely worked with Mikhail Gorbachev and supported his policies targeted at the revival of Soviet economy through introducing advanced technology and decentralized planning. However, he refused to accept the market-type pricing and other mechanisms and by 1990 his premiership had come under intense criticism from all sides. On Dec. 26, 1990, the USSR Supreme Soviet promulgated the law abolishing the Council of Ministers and replacing it with the Cabinet of Ministers. During the parliamentary session discussing the draft law, Ryzhkov suffered a heart attack (Dec. 1990) and was hospitalized (1). The Supreme Soviet approved Valentin Pavlov as prime minister on Jan. 14, 1991, ending the term of the last Council of Ministers. Ryzhkov retired, but in Dec. 1993 he was elected as deputy to the Russian State Duma. In 1996 he became chairman of the Executive Committee of the People's Patriotic Union of Russia.
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