Boris Shcherbina
Soviet Ukrainian politician (1919–1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Boris Yevdokimovich Shcherbina (Russian: Борис Евдокимович Щербина; Ukrainian: Борис Євдокимович Щербина, romanized: Borys Yevdokymovych Shcherbyna; 5 October 1919 – 22 August 1990) was a Ukrainian Soviet politician who served as a Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1984 to 1989. During this period he supervised Soviet crisis management of two major catastrophes: the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and the 1988 Armenian earthquake.[1][2]
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Quick Facts Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Chairman ...
Boris Shcherbina | |
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Борис Щербина | |
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |
In office 13 January 1984 – 7 June 1989 (1984-01-13 – 1989-06-07) | |
Chairman | |
Minister of Construction of the Oil and Gas Industries | |
In office 11 December 1973 – 13 January 1984 (1973-12-11 – 1984-01-13) | |
Chairman | |
Preceded by | Aleksei K. Kortunov [ru] |
Succeeded by | Vladimir Chirskov |
Personal details | |
Born | (1919-10-05)5 October 1919 Debaltsevo, Donets Governorate, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Debaltseve, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine) |
Died | 22 August 1990(1990-08-22) (aged 70) Moscow, Soviet Union |
Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1939–1990) |
Spouse | Raisa Pavlovna Shcherbina |
Children | Yuri Borisovich Shcherbina |
Occupation | Railway engineer |
Known for | Crisis management of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and 1988 Armenian earthquake; Chairman of the Chernobyl Commission |
Awards | Hero of Socialist Labor |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Soviet Union |
Service years | 1939–1942 |
Conflict | The Winter War [clarification needed] |
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