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Victor Chernomyrdin

Russian diplomat and politician (1938-2010) · Russia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 72

Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin was a Soviet and Russian politician and businessman. He was the Minister of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union, after which he became first chairman of Gazprom energy company and the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of Russia (1992-1998) based on consecutive years.

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Russian Federation Government Certificate of Honour2008
Russian Federation Government Certificate of Honour2003
Order of the October Revolution
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Badge of Honour
Order of Friendship
Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Order of Parasat
Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh 2nd class
Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Mkhitar Gosh Medal
Order of Merit
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class
Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour
Weapon of Honor
Honorary worker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh
Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude

About this person

He was a key figure in Russian politics in the 1990s and a participant in the transition from a planned to a market economy. From 2001 to 2009, he was Russia's ambassador to Ukraine. After that, he was designated as a presidential adviser.

Country
Russia
Category
Politicians
Type
Public Official
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1938 to 2010 · aged 72

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