Vladilen Valentinovich Nikitin (Russian: Владилен Валентинович Никитин; 30 October 1936 – 27 May 2021) was a Russian engineer and politician. He served as first deputy premier during the Gorbachev Era.

Biography

Nikitin was born in 1936.[1] He attended the Omsk Agricultural Institute and then the Higher Party School at the CPSU Central Committee and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering.[1]

Nikitin worked as senior engineer until 1976 when he was appointed chairman of the Tyumen Oblast.[1][2] In 1985, he became minister of agriculture and then first deputy chairman of the state agroindustrial committee, Gosagroprom.[1][3] He served as first deputy prime minister under Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.[4] He was also appointed chairman of the state commission for food and purchasing, becoming the first executive of the body.[3] He was fired by Gorbachev on 31 August 1990 due to cigarette shortage which caused demonstrations in Moscow.[4]

He died on 27 May 2021, and was buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Soviet Union". JPRS Report. 12 December 1989. Archived from the original on 12 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Russia - Provincie Oblast". Portal Estoria. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b Eugene Huskey (1992). Executive Power and Soviet Politics: The Rise and Decline of the Soviet State. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe. p. 168. ISBN 9781563240607.
  4. ^ a b "Gorbachev Dismisses One of His Top Aides In Cigarette Shortage". The New York Times. Reuters. 31 August 1990. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Памяти В.В. Никитина". Communist Party of the Russian Federation (in Russian). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  6. ^ "НИКИТИН Владилен Валентинович (1936 – 2021)". Moscow-Tombs (in Russian). Retrieved 19 October 2023.
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