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Nikolai Ryzhkov

1929 - 2024

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Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov (Russian: Николай Иванович Рыжков; Ukrainian: Микола Іванович Рижков; 28 September 1929 – 28 February 2024) was a Russian politician. He served as the last chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 and was succeeded by Valentin Pavlov as prime minister. The same year, he lost his seat on the Presidential Council, going on to become Boris Yeltsin's leading opponent in the 1991 presidential election of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. He was the last surviving premier of the Soviet Union following the death of Ivan Silayev on 8 February 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolai Ryzhkov is the 3,938th most popular politician (up from 4,151st in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 144th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Nikolai Ryzhkov was a Soviet politician who served as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1985 to 1990. He was also the last head of state of the Soviet Union.

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Among politicians, Nikolai Ryzhkov ranks 3,938 out of 19,576. Before him are Florian Geyer, Dayan Khan, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Sigeric, Sher Shah Suri, and Mieszko II Lambert. After him are Abdur Rahman Khan, Joseph Wirth, Qi of Xia, Emperor Keikō, Guo Jia, and Robert III of Worms.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Nikolai Ryzhkov ranks 81. Before him are Mike Hawthorn, Dick Clark, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, George Steiner, Helmut Rahn, and Lata Mangeshkar. After him are Chadli Bendjedid, P. Ramlee, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Stirling Moss, Yozo Aoki, and Michael Michai Kitbunchu. Among people deceased in 2024, Nikolai Ryzhkov ranks 71. Before him are Susan Wojcicki, Bernard Hill, Renato Martino, Carl Weathers, Kurt Hamrin, and Nguyễn Phú Trọng. After him are Salvatore Schillaci, Dikembe Mutombo, Andrew Schally, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, Angelo Amato, and Marcello Gandini.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Nikolai Ryzhkov ranks 134 out of 1,365. Before him are Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (1895), Olga Kurylenko (1979), Sviatopolk II of Kiev (1050), Milla Jovovich (1975), Oleksandr Turchynov (1964), and Vladimir Gelfand (1923). After him are Gregory Skovoroda (1722), Vitold Fokin (1932), Boris Shcherbina (1919), Pacatianus (200), Valentyn Sylvestrov (1937), and Nikolay Nekrasov (1821).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Nikolai Ryzhkov ranks 43. Before him are Anastasia of Kiev (1023), Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1640), Yevgeny Primakov (1929), Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875), Sviatopolk II of Kiev (1050), and Oleksandr Turchynov (1964). After him are Vitold Fokin (1932), Boris Shcherbina (1919), Pacatianus (200), Ephraim Katzir (1916), Stanisław Żółkiewski (1547), and Vsevolod I of Kiev (1030).

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