| Nikolai Ryzhkov Николай Рыжков |
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| In office September 27, 1985 – January 14, 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Nikolai Tikhonov |
| Succeeded by | Valentin Pavlov |
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| Born | September 28, 1929 Donetsk Oblast, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov (Russian: Николай Иванович Рыжков, Nikolaj Ivanovič Ryžkov; born September 28, 1929) was a Soviet official and, after the breakup of the Soviet Union, a Russian politician. Premier of the Soviet Union is the commonly used English term for the offices of Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (Председатель Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tikhonov ( Russian: Николай Александрович Тихонов Kharkiv, May 14, 1905 Moscow For other uses see Pavlov (disambiguation. Valentin Sergeyevich Pavlov (Валентин Сергеевич Павлов September 26, Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Donetsk Oblast (Донецька область Donets’ka oblast’; also referred to as Donechchyna — Донеччина is an oblast (province The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. The Soviet Union 's collapse into independent nations began early in 1985 Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (or Premier of the Soviet Union) from September 27, 1985 to January 14, 1991 during the era of glasnost and perestroika under Mikhail Gorbachev. Premier of the Soviet Union is the commonly used English term for the offices of Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (Председатель A premier is a title for the Head of government in some countries The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. (Гла́сность)is literally defined as publicity and sometimes figuratively interpreted as "tipping a vase to let someone see into the vase but not the bottom of the vase" (Перестройка) is the Russian term (now used in English for the economic reforms introduced in June 1987 by the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev ( Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov;; born 2 March 1931 in Privolnoye Stavropol Krai) is a Russian politician
A technocrat, Ryzhkov rose through the ranks first as a welder at the Sverdlovsk Uralmash Plant and then as chief engineer and, in 1970-1975, manager of the Uralmash Production Amalgamation, one of the largest Soviet companies. Technocracy: A form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control "technocracy is described as that society in which those who govern justify themselves Between 1924 and 1991 Yekaterinburg Russia was also known as Sverdlovsk and in railway timetables it still is Uralmash is a heavy machine production facility of the Russian engineering corporation OMZ. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
He joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1956 and became first deputy minister of heavy and transport machine building in 1975. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He became first deputy chairman of the Soviet planning agency, Gosplan, in 1979. Gosplan or State Planning Committee ( Russian: ru Госпла́н) was the committee responsible for economic planning in the Soviet Union. In 1981 he was elected to the Central Committee of the CPSU. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 The Central Committee, abbreviated in Russian as ЦК, "Tse-ka" was the highest body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU On November 22, 1982, after Leonid Brezhnev's death and Yuri Andropov's rise to power, Central Committee Secretary Kirilenko was forced to retire and his place was taken by Ryzhkov, who was also put in charge of the Central Committee's Economics Department. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (Ю́рий Влади́мирович Андро́пов Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov) ( &ndash 9 February 1984 was a Soviet politician Andrei Pavlovich Kirilenko ( October 26, 1906 - May 12, 1990) was a leading official of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, in After Mikhail Gorbachev's elevation to the post of the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, Ryzhkov was made a member of the ruling Politburo on April 23, 1985. The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( First Secretary in 1953-1966 was the title synonymous with leader of the Soviet Union after Politburo, short for Political Bureau, Russian Politicheskoye Buro, is the executive organization for a number of Political parties, most notably Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at 5 months later, on September 27, 1985, the octogenarian Soviet premier Nikolai Tikhonov was sent into retirement and Ryzhkov took his place. Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tikhonov ( Russian: Николай Александрович Тихонов Kharkiv, May 14, 1905 Moscow
Ryzhkov supported Gorbachev's attempt to revive and restructure the Soviet economy through decentralising planning (see central planning) and introducing new technology. A planned economy or directed economy is an Economic system in which the Government or Workers' councils manages the Economy. However, he resisted Gorbachev's later attempts to introduce market mechanisms into the Soviet economy. When the Politburo was restructured at the XVIIIth Congress of the Communist Party in July 1990, all government officials except Gorbachev were excluded from it and Ryzhkov lost his Politburo seat by default. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) In December 1990 he was hospitalized with a heart condition (rumored to have been invented to cushion the blow) and, while he was recovering, the Supreme Soviet adopted a new law replacing the Council of Ministers with a new Cabinet of Ministers. The Supreme Soviet of the USSR (Верхо́вный Сове́т СССР Verkhóvnyj Sovét SSSR) was the highest legislative body in the Soviet Union in Council of Ministers of the USSR (Совет Министров СССР tr The law was passed on December 26, 1990, but the new structure was not put in place until January 14, 1991 when Valentin Pavlov took over as prime minister. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. For other uses see Pavlov (disambiguation. Valentin Sergeyevich Pavlov (Валентин Сергеевич Павлов September 26, This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation.
After recovering in early 1991, Ryzhkov was the Communist candidate in the first election of the President of the Russian Federation (not to be confused with the President of the Soviet Union) on June 12, 1991. The President of Russia (Президент России or the President of the Russian Federation, Президент Российской The President of the Soviet Union was the Head of State of the USSR from March 15, 1990 to December 25, 1991. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. He won less than 17% of the vote to Boris Yeltsin's 57% and retired from politics, spending the next few years working in banking and investment industries. In December 1995 he was elected to the new Russian Duma from the Power to the People block and in 1996 became a leader of the left wing Peoples' Power faction in the Duma. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 A Duma (Ду́ма is any of various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) In the late 1990s he participated in the Communist-led alliance of leftists and nationalists known as People's Patriotic Union of Russia. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999
| Preceded by Nikolai Tikhonov |
Premier of the Soviet Union 1985–1991 |
Succeeded by Valentin Pavlov |