Alexei Alexeyevich Bolshakov (russian: Алексе́й Алексе́евич Большако́в; 17 December 1939 — 21 April 2017) was a

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politician who served as a First Deputy Chairman of Government of the Russian Federation from 1994 to 1997, during the

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. His main role as deputy prime minister was cooperation with other

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countries and later overseeing industry.

Biography

Born on 17 December 1939 in the

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, he graduated from the M. A. Bonch-Bruevich Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute with the specialty of electrical-radio engineer. Bolshakov later attended the Institute of Management of the National Economy. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s he held several senior positions in various enterprises in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. In 1991, around the time of the

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's collapse, he became the head of economic development committee for Saint Petersburg. From 1991 to 1994 Bolshakov headed a high-speed railway project.In St. Petersburg died former Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Bolshakov
. Rusreality.com. Published 23 April 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017. In November 1994, Bolshakov was appointed Deputy Chairman of Government of the Russian Federation for cooperation with

countries. In August 1996

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appointed him as one of the First Deputy Prime Ministers, Bolshakov being responsible for managing industry and communications. He was described as being neither a committed reformer nor particularly opposed to the

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.Boudreaux, Richard (16 August 1996)
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''. Retrieved 14 May 2018. After retiring from the government in 1997, Bolshakov held positions in a number of private companies.Hoffman, David (18 March 1997)
Yeltsin Picks Reformist for Cabinet Post
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''. Retrieved 15 December 2017. He died in Saint Petersburg on 21 April 2017.

References

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