Volodymyr Shcherbytsky
Soviet Ukrainian politician (1918–1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Volodymyr Vasyliovych Shcherbytsky[lower-alpha 1] (17 February 1918 – 16 February 1990) was a Ukrainian Soviet politician who served as First Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party from 1972 to 1989. A close ally of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, Shcherbytsky replaced reformist leader Petro Shelest in 1972 as part of a crackdown on the Ukrainian intelligentsia. Shcherbytsky ruled as a neo-Stalinist, overseeing Russification of Ukrainian society as well as a rapid shift to nuclear power, ultimately resulting in the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Shcherbytsky was removed in 1989 amidst widespread protests against his rule, and died months later.
Volodymyr Shcherbytsky | |
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Володимир Щербицький | |
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine | |
In office 25 May 1972 – 28 September 1989 | |
Preceded by | Petro Shelest |
Succeeded by | Vladimir Ivashko |
Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |
In office 23 October 1965 – 25 May 1972 | |
Preceded by | Ivan Kazanets |
Succeeded by | Oleksandr Liashko |
In office 28 February 1961 – 26 June 1963 | |
Preceded by | Nikifor Kalchenko |
Succeeded by | Ivan Kazanets |
First Secretary of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Committee | |
In office 7 July 1963 – 23 October 1965 | |
Preceded by | Nikita Tolubeev |
Succeeded by | Oleksiy Vatchenko |
In office December 1955 – December 1957 | |
Preceded by | Andrei Kirilenko |
Succeeded by | Anton Gayevoy |
Personal details | |
Born | (1918-02-17)17 February 1918 Verkhnodniprovsk, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets, Russian SFSR (now Ukraine) |
Died | 16 February 1990(1990-02-16) (aged 71) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Resting place | Baikove Cemetery, Kyiv |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1948–1989) |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | Soviet Union |
Branch/service | Red Army |
Years of service | 1941–1945 |
Rank | Captain |
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