Serafim Kolpakov

Serafim Kolpakov (Russian: Серафим Колпаков; 1933–2011) was a Soviet engineer who served as minister of metallurgy in the 1980s. He was a member of the central committee of the Soviet Communist Party.

Serafim Kolpakov
Minister of Metallurgy
In office
5 July 1985 – 10 April 1991
Premier
Preceded byIvan Kazanets
Succeeded byOleg Soskovets
Personal details
Born
Serafim Vasilyevich Kolpakov

10 January 1933
Lipetsk, Soviet Union
Died15 November 2011(2011-11-15) (aged 78)
Resting placeTroyekurovskoye cemetery, Moscow
NationalityRussian
Political partyCommunist Party
Alma mater

Biography

Kolpakov was born in Lipetsk, Lipetsk Oblast, on 10 January 1933.[1] He graduated from the Lipetsk Mining and Metallurgical College and the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys obtaining a bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineer.[1] He also received his PhD in technical sciences.[2]

Following his graduation he worked at the Ashinsky Metallurgical Plant in the Chelyabinsk Oblast, at the Lipetsk Tractor Plant, and then at the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant.[1] In the periods 1978-1979 and 1982-1985 Kolpakov served as deputy minister of ferrous metallurgy.[1] In July 1985 he was appointed minister of ferrous metallurgy replacing Ivan Kazanets in the post.[3] Kolpakov's tenure continued until 1989, and in the period 1989-1990 he was the minister of metallurgy.[1] He also served at the central committee of the Communist Party.[2]

In 1992 Kolpakov was elected president of the International Union of Metallurgists[4] and became a member of the steering committee of a non-profit company, Russian Steel Consortium, in 2001.[1]

Kolpakov died of heart attack on 15 November 2011.[1] A funeral ceremony took place on 18 November, and he was buried at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow.[1]

References
  1. "Умер бывший министр металлургии СССР". Lenta (in Russian). 16 November 2011. Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. "Soviet Union: Political Affairs" (PDF). JPRS: 19. 12 December 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2022.
  3. David Marples (December 1986). "Crisis in Soviet Industry? An Examination of the Soviet Steel Industry in the 1980s". Canadian Slavonic Papers. 28 (4): 373. JSTOR 40868660.
  4. Alex Gurov (March 2008). "Metal-Expo in Moscow - A key event for the Russian steel industry". Steel Times International. 32 (2): 55. ProQuest 1056347.
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