Vadim Bakatin
Vadim Bakatin | |
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Вадим Бакатин | |
Alexander Vlasov | |
Succeeded by | Boris Pugo |
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Born | Kiselyovsk, Kemerovo Oblast, Soviet Union | 6 November 1937
Died | 31 July 2022 Moscow, Russia | (aged 84)
Nationality |
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Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1964–1991) |
Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin (Russian: Вадим Викторович Бакатин; 6 November 1937 – 31 July 2022) was a Russian politician who served as the last chairman of the
Early life and education
Vadim Bakatin was born in Kiselyovsk, Kemerovo Oblast, in 1937. He graduated from the Novosibirsk Civil Engineering Institute and the Academy of Social Sciences under the CPSU Central Committee.[7]
Career
From 1960 to 1971, Bakatin was supervisor, chief engineer, and director of construction works. From 1964 to 1991, he was the member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. From 1986 to 1990, he served as a member of the CPSU Central Committee. Bakatin was appointed Minister of Interior of the Soviet Union in 1988, replacing
After the disintegration of the KGB, he served as head of the Inter-republican Security Service of the Soviet Union.
Bakatin had been put forth as a candidate for the Communist Party's nomination for the 1990 Soviet Union presidential election. However, he decided not to compete.[9]
In 1991, Vadim Bakatin as Chief of the KGB revealed to the U.S. ambassador
In 1992, Bakatin was appointed vice-president and director of the Department of Political and International Relations of the international "Reforma" fund. From 1997 on, Bakatin was a director/advisor of
1991 presidential campaign
Bakatin was a candidate in the 1991 Russian presidential election. His running mate was Ramazan Abdulatipov. He ultimately placed last in the election out of six candidates, receiving 2,719,757 votes (3.5% of the votes cast).
Personal life
Vadim Bakatin, his grandson, (born 24 June 1998) was an International football player and played for AS Monaco FC at youth level.[11][12][13]
Bakatin died on 31 July 2022 at a hospital in Moscow, Russia, at the age of 84.[14][15]
Quotes
The traditions of chekism must be eradicated, must cease to exist as an ideology.[16]
References
- ^ Указ Президента СССР от 06.11.1991 N УП-2818
- ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 15 января 1992 г. № 22 «Об освобождении от должностей руководителей министерств и ведомств»
- ^ Постановление Верховного Совета СССР от 29 августа 1991 г. N 2370-I «О членах Кабинета Министров СССР»
- ISBN 0-374-52738-5
- ^ J. Michael Waller. Russia: Death and Resurrection of the KGB.
- ^ a b J. Michael Waller. Ibid.
- ^ "Soviet Union: Political Affairs" (PDF). JPRS. 12 December 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ Starov, Vadim (7 September 2012). "MVD. The Ministry of Internal Affairs. Systema Spetsnaz". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Первый и последний: как Горбачев стал президентом СССР BBC Russian, 11 March 2015
- ISBN 978-0-275-94633-3
- ^ "Vadim BAKATIN | U19 | AS Monaco FC". www.asmonaco.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Подписать контракт с профессиональным клубом и говорить семье, что я футболист, всегда было моей мечтой». Как внук последнего председателя КГБ СССР делает карьеру в "Монако" - Еженедельник "Футбол"". www.ftbl.ru. Archived from the original on 31 August 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Наш человек в "Монако". Как Вадим Бакатин пробивает себе дорогу в большой футбол". Life.ru. 25 July 2016.
- ^ В Москве умер последний председатель КГБ СССР Вадим Бакатин (in Russian)
- ^ Trevelyan, Mark (August 2022). "Vadim Bakatin, last head of Soviet KGB, dies at 84". Reuters.
- ISBN 0-8133-2323-1
External links
- NUPI profile
- Media related to Vadim Bakatin at Wikimedia Commons