Arkady Mikhaylovich Chernetsky (russian: Арка́дий Миха́йлович Черне́цкий; born May 8, 1950) is a Russian politician who has served as Mayor of

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

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since January 1992 to November 2, 2010.

Early life

Arkady Mikhailovich Chernetsky was born on May 8, 1950, in

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to an engineer (his father) and a surgeon (his mother). In 1972, he graduated from the metallurgical department of the

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. From 1972 to 1974 Chernetsky served as a tank platoon commander in the Soviet army. He was stationed in the Turkmenia Military District. He completed his term of service as a colonel. After leaving the army, he began working at a factory where he remained for over ten years. Chernetsky achieved a number of

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government awards.

Political career

In 1987, Chernetsky was elected as a deputy in the Sverdlovsk City Board of People's Deputies in 1987. A year later, he became a member of the Sverdlovsk City Committee CPSU. In January 1992, he was appointed the City Administration Chief. From 1994 to 1995 he was a member of the Sverdlovsk regional government. From 1995 to 1996 he was the chair of the Yekaterinburg municipal Duma. Chernetsky is also the president of the Ural-Siberian

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Center.

Other achievements

* Orders of

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: Order of Prince Daniel 3rd class and Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh 3rd class * Russian Mayor of 1995 * Honored Industrial Engineer of the Russian Federation (awarded in 1997) * Honored Citizen of Yekaterinburg (awarded in August 1999) * Order of Honour (awarded in 2000) * Order of Friendship (2015) * Honored Citizen of Sverdlovsk Oblast (2020) * Order of Alexander Nevsky (2021)Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 5 июня 2021 года № 340 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
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References

External links

Yekaterinburg Website (English version)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chernetsky, Arkady Mayors of Yekaterinburg Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000) Living people 1950 births