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Boris Shcherbina

1919 - 1990

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Boris Yevdokimovich Shcherbina (Russian: Борис Евдокимович Щербина; Ukrainian: Борис Євдокимович Щербина, romanized: Borys Yevdokymovych Shcherbyna; 5 October 1919 – 22 August 1990) was a Ukrainian Soviet politician who served as a Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1984 to 1989. Originally from Ukraine, Shcherbina was influential in the development of the oil and gas industry in Siberia, particularly in Tyumen Oblast. In 1986, he was appointed head of the Chernobyl commission to investigate the cause of the disaster and oversee its management. Two years later, he was put in charge of handling refugees caused by the 1988 Armenian earthquake. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Shcherbina is the 4,032nd most popular politician (down from 3,027th in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 111th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Boris Shcherbina was a Soviet politician. He was the head of the Soviet Union's NKVD, which was the predecessor to the KGB. He was most famous for his role in the Great Purge.

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Among politicians, Boris Shcherbina ranks 4,032 out of 19,576. Before him are Ramiro II of León, Gotthard Kettler, Joseph Berchtold, Nakşidil Sultan, Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, and Vitold Fokin. After him are Philip I, Prince of Taranto, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Gustavo Petro, Violet Jessop, Hilderic, and Alaungpaya.

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Among people born in 1919, Boris Shcherbina ranks 45. Before him are Jennifer Jones, Gerhard Barkhorn, Oleg Penkovsky, César Manrique, Mordechai Anielewicz, and Martin Balsam. After him are Lex Barker, Jackie Robinson, Godfrey Hounsfield, Mohamed Boudiaf, René Barrientos, and Elisabeth Volkenrath. Among people deceased in 1990, Boris Shcherbina ranks 41. Before him are Rex Harrison, Manly P. Hall, Bruno Kreisky, Lawrence Durrell, Sergio Corbucci, and Jacques Demy. After him are Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Yiannis Ritsos, Ugo Tognazzi, Angelo Schiavio, Capucine, and Viktor Tsoi.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Boris Shcherbina ranks 137 out of 1,365. Before him are Milla Jovovich (1975), Oleksandr Turchynov (1964), Vladimir Gelfand (1923), Nikolai Ryzhkov (1929), Gregory Skovoroda (1722), and Vitold Fokin (1932). After him are Pacatianus (200), Valentyn Sylvestrov (1937), Nikolay Nekrasov (1821), Isaac Stern (1920), Ephraim Katzir (1916), and Semion Mogilevich (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Boris Shcherbina ranks 45. Before him are Yevgeny Primakov (1929), Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875), Sviatopolk II of Kiev (1050), Oleksandr Turchynov (1964), Nikolai Ryzhkov (1929), and Vitold Fokin (1932). After him are Pacatianus (200), Ephraim Katzir (1916), Stanisław Żółkiewski (1547), Vsevolod I of Kiev (1030), Leo Kanner (1894), and Eupraxia of Kiev (1071).

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