Vyacheslav Khizhnyakov

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Vyacheslav Khizhnyakov
Вячеслав Хижняков
Federation Council
In office
12 May 1999 – 5 April 2004
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin
Preceded byYury Yarov
Succeeded byAlexander Kotenkov
Ataman of the military Cossack society "Great Don Army"
In office
1997 – 12 May 1999
Succeeded byViktor Vodolatsky
Head of Volgodonsk
In office
1991–1996
Personal details
Born
Vyacheslav Fadeyevich Khizhnyakov

(1952-02-06) 6 February 1952 (age 72)
Nogliki, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma materRostov Institute of Agricultural Engineering
AwardsOrder of Friendship

Vyacheslav Fadeyevich Khizhnyakov (

Federation Council from 1999 to 2004. He was the Ataman of the Don Cossacks [ru], and the first ataman of the military Cossack society "Great Don Army
" from 1997 to 1999.

He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[1]

Biography

Vyacheslav Khizhnyakov was born on 6 February 1952. From 1969 to 1975, he was a mechanic at the Volgodonsk chemical plant. In 1975, he graduated from the Rostov Institute of Agricultural Engineering with a degree as a foundry engineer. From 1975 to 1983, he was a foreman, then senior foreman, and then the head of the casting shop, and chief metallurgist of Pishmash Production Association in Kirovograd. From 1983 to 1986, he was the head of the PDO of the Volgodonsk plant of radio equipment. From 1987 to 1990, he was the deputy director for Production and Sales, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Volgodonsk Experimental Plant. From 1990 to 1991, he was the Deputy Chairman of the executive committee of the Volgodonsk City Council of People's Deputies, which he supervised on economic issues.

From 1991 to 1996, Khizhnyakov was the head of Volgodonsk. In 1993, Khizhnyakov ran for the elections to the State Duma from the Choice of Russia party, but was not elected. From 1996 to 1999, he was an advisor to the Governor of Rostov Oblast, and then the Deputy Governor of Rostov Oblast for Cossacks and Ecology. From 1997 to 1999, Khizhnyakov became the first military ataman of the military Cossack society "Great Don Army".[2][3]

On 12 May 1999, Khizhnyakov became the

Federation Council.[4]

The press has repeatedly accused Khizhnyakov of maintaining ties with the entrepreneur and head of the Olimp [ru] criminal group Yevgeny Kudryavtsev. Khizhnyakov was removed from the post as Plenipotentiary Representative in the Federation Council on 5 April 2004, after a commission of the Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted an investigation in Volgodonsk into mass extortion from entrepreneurs by members of Olimp. He was appointed assistant to the Plenipotentiary Representative in the Central Federal District instead.[5]

Family

Khizhnyakov is married and has two daughters.

References

  1. ^ О присвоении квалификационного разряда Хижнякову В.Ф. (Decree 1167) (in Russian). President of Russia. 6 September 1999.
  2. ^ "В Новочеркасске убит войсковой атаман донского казачества Недвигин" (in Russian). Channel One. 6 June 1999. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  3. ^ Sergey Kisin (26 January 2005). "Атаман погиб за рыночные ценности" (in Russian). Kommersant (Rostov). p. 12. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 12.05.1999 г. № 581". Kremlin.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Медведев и бандит" (in Russian). abos.ru. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.