Yegor Ligachyov
Yegor Kuzmich Ligachev (Russian: Его́р Кузьми́ч Лигачёв, 29 November 1920 – 7 May 2021) was a Soviet politician. He was a high-ranking official in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU).[1] He was the Second Secretary of the Party when Mikhail Gorbachev was serving as General Secretary.
Yegor Ligachev Его́р Лигачёв | |
|---|---|
| Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |
| In office March 1985 – 1990 | |
| General Secretary | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Gorbachev Grigory Romanov |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Ivashko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 November 1920 Dubinkino, Russian SFSR |
| Died | 7 May 2021 (aged 100) Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality | Soviet and Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union Communist Party of the Russian Federation |
Ligachev was born on 29 November 1920 in Dubinkino. It is close to Novosibirsk. He died on 7 May 2021 in Moscow, aged 100.[2]
Yegor Ligachyov Media
Ligachyov (right) meets with German farmers in Neuzelle during a visit to East Germany in 1989.
Ribbon bar of the Order of Lenin. The Soviet Union (USSR).
SU Order of the October Revolution ribbon
SU Order of the Red Banner of Labour ribbon
SU Order of the Patriotic War 1st class ribbon
SU Order of the Badge of Honour ribbon
SU Medal In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ribbon
SU Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 ribbon
SU Medal For the Development of Virgin Lands ribbon
Ribbon of the Jubilee Medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
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References
- ↑ "Excerpts From Remarks by Yeltsin and Ligachev": New York Times, 2 July 1988. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
- ↑ Скончался Егор Лигачев (in Russian)
More reading
- Inside Gorbachev's Kremlin: The Memoirs of Yegor Ligachev. Pantheon Books: 1993 (ISBN 0-679-41392-8)
- Ligachev on Glasnost and Perestroika. Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies, no. 706: 1989.
Other websites
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