Vladimir Chirskov (Russian: Владимир Чирсков; born 24 April 1935) is a Russian economist who served as the minister of construction of oil and gas industries between 22 February 1984 and 24 August 1991 being the last Soviet politician to hold the post.

Vladimir Chirskov
Minister of Construction of Oil and Gas Industries
In office
22 February 1984 – 24 August 1991
PremierNikolai Ryzhkov
Preceded byBoris Shcherbina
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born
Vladimir Grigoryevich Chirskov

(1935-04-24) 24 April 1935 (age 89)
NationalityRussian
Political partyCommunist Party

Biography

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Chirskov was born on 24 April 1935.[1] He graduated from the All Union Finance and Economic Institute by correspondence obtaining a degree in economics.[2] He started his career at the Tyumazyneftesroy trust in the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.[2] Then he served as a managing director of the Tyumen gaz mechanizatsia trust and headed the Glavsibtruboprovodstroy in the Tyumen Oblast.[2] He was the first deputy minister of the construction of the enterprises of oil and gas industry between 1978 and 1984.[2] Then he appointed as the minister of this institution on 22 February 1984[3] which he held until 1991.

Chirskov was a member of the Communist Party's central committee.[2] He is the recipient of the USSR State Prize and the Soviet Ministers' Prize USSR.[3]

References

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  1. ^ The CPSU Central Committee and Central Auditing Commission, Members. Central Intelligence Agency. 1986. p. 5.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Soviet Union: Political Affairs" (PDF). JPRS: 8. 12 December 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b "USSR Report. Energy" (PDF). Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 4 August 1984. p. 43. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2022.
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