Vasily Zakharov

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

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.

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. ^ a b "О кончине В.Г.Захарова". www.mid.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Soviets Appoint Non-Artist Culture Minister". Associated Press. Moscow. 16 August 1986. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Foreign News Briefs". United Press International. Moscow. 16 August 1986. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d "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.