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Viktor Chernomyrdin

1938 - 2010

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Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (Russian: Ви́ктор Степа́нович Черномы́рдин, IPA: [ˈvʲiktər sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ tɕɪrnɐˈmɨrdʲɪn]; 9 April 1938 – 3 November 2010) was a Soviet and Russian politician and businessman. He was the Minister of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union (13 February 1985 – 17 July 1989), after which he became first chairman of Gazprom energy company and the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of Russia (1992–1998) based on consecutive years. He was a key figure in Russian politics in the 1990s and a participant in the transition from a planned to a market economy. From 2001 to 2009, he was Russia's ambassador to Ukraine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Chernomyrdin is the 24th most popular diplomat, the 266th most popular biography from Russia (up from 275th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Diplomat.

Viktor Chernomyrdin is most famous for being the Prime Minister of Russia from 1992 to 1998. He was instrumental in Russia's transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Viktor Chernomyrdin ranks 24 out of 90. Before him are Alva Myrdal, Folke Bernadotte, Jean Kennedy Smith, Chaim Herzog, Chiune Sugihara, and Hasekura Tsunenaga. After him are Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, George F. Kennan, William J. Burns, Alfonso García Robles, Megasthenes, and Thomas Klestil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Viktor Chernomyrdin ranks 52. Before him are Donald Knuth, Alpha Condé, Gary Gygax, César Luis Menotti, José Altafini, and Otto Rehhagel. After him are Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, Kenny Rogers, Robert Nozick, Derek Jacobi, Lynn Margulis, and Jiří Menzel. Among people deceased in 2010, Viktor Chernomyrdin ranks 32. Before him are Ali Hassan al-Majid, Francesco Cossiga, Harry Mulisch, Algirdas Brazauskas, Gennady Yanayev, and Bruno Cremer. After him are Jean Simmons, Alice Miller, Dino De Laurentiis, Miep Gies, Vladimir Arnold, and Joan Sutherland.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Viktor Chernomyrdin ranks 266 out of 3,761. Before him are Algirdas Julien Greimas (1917), Johann Georg Hamann (1730), Viktor Korchnoi (1931), Viktor Vasnetsov (1848), Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891), and Igor Kurchatov (1903). After him are Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804), Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937), Nikolai Yudenich (1862), Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (1553), Alexander Blok (1880), and Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Russia

Among diplomats born in Russia, Viktor Chernomyrdin ranks 2. Before him are Alexandra Kollontai (1872). After him are Vatslav Vorovsky (1871), Max Jakobson (1923), and Vasily Nebenzya (1962).

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