Vasily Zakharov

Vasily Zakharov (Russian: Василий Захаров; 5 January 1934 – 17 October 2023) was a Soviet and Russian economist who served as the minister of culture between 1986 and 1989 in the Soviet Union. He was a member of central committee of the Communist Party.

Vasily Zakharov
Minister of Culture
In office
17 August 1986 – June 1989
PremierNikolai Ryzhkov
Preceded byPyotr Demichev
Personal details
Born
Vasily Georgiyevich Zakharov

(1934-01-05)5 January 1934
Khriply, Firovsky district, Kalinin region, RSFSR
Died17 October 2023(2023-10-17) (aged 89)
NationalityRussian
Political partyCommunist Party
Alma materLeningrad State University

Biography

Zakharov was born in the village of Khriply, Firovsky district, Kalinin region, on 5 January 1934.[1] He is a graduate of Leningrad State University where he received a PhD in economics in 1957.[2] He later became a full professor.[3] He taught at the Tomsk Polytechnic Institute and Leningrad Technological Institute.[2]

Zakharov's career at the Communist Party began in 1973 when he was named as the head of the propaganda and agitation department in Leningrad.[3] He moved to Moscow in 1983 because of his appointment as first deputy chief of the propaganda department of the party's central committee.[4] From January 1986 he worked as the second secretary of the Moscow City central committee under Boris Yeltsin.[3][4] In March 1986 Zakharov became one of the central committee members of the Communist Party.[4] On 17 August 1986 he was named the minister of culture, replacing Pyotr Demichev in the post.[2][4] In June 1989 Zakharov was again proposed by Soviet Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov as minister of culture.[5] However, he and other five nominees were rejected by the Supreme Soviet in July 1989.[6]

Zakharov died on 17 October 2023, at the age of 89.[1]

References
  1. "О кончине В.Г.Захарова". www.mid.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  2. "Soviets Appoint Non-Artist Culture Minister". Associated Press. Moscow. 16 August 1986. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. "Foreign News Briefs". United Press International. Moscow. 16 August 1986. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  4. "A Soviet Propagandist Is New Culture Chief". The New York Times. 17 August 1986. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  5. David Remnick (27 June 1989). "Soviet Premier Loses Fierce Fight over Nominees for Top Posts". The Washington Post. Moscow. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  6. "Soviet legislature rejects 2nd Cabinet nominee". Austin American-Statesman. Moscow. Associated Press. 6 July 1989. ProQuest 196403. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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