/ Stars that died in 2023: Vasily Starodubtsev, Russian politician, Governor of Tula Oblast (1997–2005), member of the Gang of Eight (1991), died he was 80.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Vasily Starodubtsev, Russian politician, Governor of Tula Oblast (1997–2005), member of the Gang of Eight (1991), died he was 80.

Vasily Alexandrovich Starodubtsev [1] was a Soviet/Russian politician and governor of Tula Oblast from 1997 to 2005 died he was 80..[2][3] He was also one of the GKChP members during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt[2] and was a leader of the Agrarian Party of Russia.

(Russian: Василий Александрович Стародубцев) (December 25, 1931, Volovchik village, Lipetsk Oblast - December 30, 2011, Novomoskovsk, Tula Oblast)

Starodubtsev graduated from Voronezh Agricultural Institute and All-USSR Correspondence Agricultural Institute. For many years he was a chairman of kolkhoz in Novomoskovsk district. Among his awards were Hero of Socialist Labour title, three Orders of Lenin, USSR State Prize, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Badge of Honour. He had Candidate of Sciences degree in agriculture and was a corresponding member of VASKhNIL.
Starodubtsev was a member of the Federation Council of Russia (1993–96; also in 1997–2001 as a region governor) and of the State Duma (2007–11).
Starodubtsev was a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.


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