Yegor Ligachyov
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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 |
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.
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]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Excerpts From Remarks by Yeltsin and Ligachev": New York Times, 2 July 1988. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
- ↑ Скончался Егор Лигачев (in Russian)
More reading[change | change source]
- 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[change | change source]
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