Boris Shcherbina
Boris Yevdokimovich Shcherbina (Ukrainian: Борис Євдокимович Щербина; 5 October 1919 – 22 August 1990) was a Ukrainian Soviet politician. He was a vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1984 to 1989. He was in charge of Soviet crisis management of two major catastrophes: the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and the 1988 Armenian earthquake.[1][2]
Boris Shcherbina | |
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| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |
| In office 13 January 1984 – 7 June 1989 | |
| Chairman | |
| Minister of Construction of the Oil and Gas Industries | |
| In office 11 December 1973 – 13 January 1984 | |
| Chairman | |
| Preceded by | Aleksei K. Kortunov |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir G. Chirskov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 October 1919 Debaltsevo, Ukrainian SSR |
| Died | 22 August 1990 (aged 70) Moscow, Russian SFSR |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Spouse(s) | Raisa Pavlovna Shcherbina |
| Children | Yuri Borisovich Shcherbina |
| Occupation | Railway engineer |
| Known for | Crisis management of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and 1988 Armenian earthquake; Chairman of the Chernobyl Commission |
| Awards | Hero of Socialist Labor |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Service years | 1939–1942 |
| Conflict | Russo-Finnish War |
References
- ↑ Hewitt, Ed A.; Winston, Victor H. (1 December 2010). Milestones in Glasnost and Perestroyka: Politics and People. Brookings Institution Press. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-0-8157-1914-4.
- ↑ Plokhy, Serhii (15 May 2018). Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe. Basic Books. pp. 299–. ISBN 978-1-5416-1708-7.