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.
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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