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Yegor Ligachyov Егор Лигачёв | |
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| Born | 29 November 1920 Dubinko, Russian SFSR |
| Died | 7 May 2021 (aged 100) Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Yegor Kuzmich Ligachyov (29 November 1920 – 7 May 2021) was a Soviet politician. During Gorbachev's rule, he supported the anti-alcohol campaign and organized against consumerism and corruption.[1]
Early life[edit | edit source]
Ligachyov was born in Siberia in 1920. He moved to Moscow and became an aviation engineer before going back to Novosibirsk to build planes for the Great Patriotic War. He joined the CPSU in 1944 and became the head of the Novosibirsk district in 1959. He became a member of the Politburo in 1983 under General Secretary Andropov.[1]
Struggle against Gorbachev[edit | edit source]
Ligachyov failed to be elected as Deputy General Secretary at the 28th Party Congress in 1990 and then left the party to found the Soviet Peasant Union and CPRF.[2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny (2010). Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union: 'Promise and Foreboding, 1985–86' (pp. 111–126). [PDF] iUniverse.com. ISBN 9781450241717
- ↑ Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny (2010). Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union: 'Crisis and Collapse, 1989-91' (p. 187). [PDF] iUniverse.com. ISBN 9781450241717