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Nikolai Ryzhkov

Nikolai Ryzhkov

Former Premier of the Soviet Union
Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov was a Russian politician. He served as the last Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers. Responsible for the cultural and economic administration of the Soviet Union during the Gorbachev era, Ryzhkov was succeeded as... Wikipedia
Born: 1929, Toretsk, Ukraine
Died: February 28, 2024 (age 94 years), Moscow, Russia
Education: Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education «Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N.Yeltsin» (1953–1959) and Машиностроительный колледж ДГМА (1946–1950)
Party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Previous offices: Senator of the Russian Federation (2012–2023), Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1985–1991), and Premier of the Soviet Union (1985–1991)
Organization founded: People's Patriotic Union of Russia
Full name: Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov