Anatoly Stepanovich Tyazhlov (russian: Анатолий Степанович Тяжлов; October 11, 1942 – July 28, 2008) was a Russian

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

who served as the

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Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...

from 1991 until 2000. Tyazhlov was born in the city of Kopeysk in the South Ural. Before entering politics, he worked in construction organizations in the Chelyabinsk, Orenburg and Moscow regions. He graduated from the Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute in 1964. From 1959 to 1969 he worked as a fitter at the Kopeysk Coal trust, as a bricklayer at the Chelyabinsk Civil Construction trust, then as a foreman, technologist, shop manager, head of department, chief engineer of the Orenburg precast concrete plant. Until August 1991 he was a member of the

CPSU "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first)Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...

. In 1990–91 — Chairman of the executive committee of the Moscow Regional Council. On 16 October 1991, by decree of the President of Russia

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

, Tyazhlov was appointed

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of Moscow Oblast. On 17 December 1995, he was elected

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. Tyazhlov was politically close to Boris Yeltsin,

Viktor Chernomyrdin Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (russian: Ви́ктор Степа́нович Черномы́рдин, ; 9 April 19383 November 2010) was a Soviet and Russian politician and businessman. He was the Minister of Gas Industry of the Soviet Unio ...

and Yury Luzhkov, and he supported the integration between Moscow City and Moscow Oblast. In 1993 he was elected as a deputy of the first Federation Council (1994–96). In 1996–99 he was an ''ex officio'' member of the second Federation Council. On 19 December 1999, at the second gubernatorial elections, he came fourth (13% of the vote) and dropped out of the race. Tyazhlov also ran for the

3rd State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 3rd convocation (russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации III созыва) is a ...

from the

Fatherland – All Russia Fatherland – All Russia (russian: Отечество – Вся Россия; ОВР; ''Otečestvo – Vsä Rossija'', ''OVR'') was a political bloc that existed in Russia from 1998 to 2002. It was formed from the movement Fatherland, chaire ...

bloc and became one of the deputies of the lower house (1999–2003). He died on July 28, 2008, at the age of 65.

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1942 births 2008 deaths People from Kopeysk South Ural State University alumni Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1994–1996) Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1996–2000) Third convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Governors of Moscow Oblast Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery {{Russia-politician-stub