Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin (Вадим Викторович Бакатин) (born November 6, 1937) was a Russian Soviet political figure. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person He served as the interior minister of the Soviet Union from 1988 to 1990. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) He was the last chairman of KGB in 1991 before it ceased to exist with the collapse of the Soviet Union, and now is the last suviving former chairman. KGB ( Transliteration of "КГБ" is the Russian abbreviation of Committee for State Security ( Komityet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosty He later served as the first chairman of Interrepublican Security Service between 1991 and 1992. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)
He was born in Kiselyovsk, Kemerovo Oblast and educated at Novosibirsk Construction Engineering Institute and Academy of Social Sciences. Kiselyovsk (Киселёвск is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Kemerovo Oblast (Ке́меровская о́бласть Kemerovskaya oblast) often called Kuzbass (ru Кузба́сс after the Kuznetsk Basin
Career: 1960-71 - supervisor, chief engineer, director of construction works. 1964-91 - Member of the CPSU. 1971-73 - chief engineer of housing construction combine. 1973-75 - Second Secretary of Kemerovo City Committee. 1977-83 - Secretary of Kemerovo District Committee. 1985 - Inspector of CPSU Central Committee. 1985-87 - First Secretary of Kirov District Committee. 1986-90 - Member of CPSU Central Committee. 1987-88 - First Secretary of Kemerovo District Committee. 1988-90 - USSR Minister of Internal Affairs. 1990(Jan-Nov) - Member of the Presidential Council. 1991(Aug-Dec) - Head of KGB. 1991-92 - Head of Interrepublican Security Service. 1992 - Vice-President and Director of Department of Political and International Relations of the international "Reforma" Fund.