Leonid Vasilyevich Potapov (russian: Леони́д Васи́льевич Пота́пов; 4 July 1935 – 12 November 2020) was the President of the

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/ref> from August 1991 to July 2007. He was reelected three times (in 1994, 1998 and 2002); in 2002 he received 68% of the vote.

Biography

Potapov was born in

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, Buryatia. In 1959 he graduated as an Engineer from Khabarovsk Institute of Railway Transport. From January to April 1990 he was nominal Vice President (Vice Chairman of Supreme Council) of

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. In April 1990 he returned to Buryatia and was nominated as a local communist party chief (1st secretary of CPSU Buryatian branch). In October 1991 he became Chairman of the Supreme Council. He died from

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on 12 November 2020, aged 85.

Honours and awards

Order of Merit for the Fatherland Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

; ** 3rd class (7 August 2007) - for outstanding contribution to strengthening Russian statehood and many years of diligent work ** 4th class (11 May 1998) - for outstanding contribution to the socio-economic development of the republic, strengthening friendship and cooperation between nations *

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(26 June 1995) - for services to the state, achievements in work and significant contribution in strengthening friendship and cooperation among peoples and selfless actions in rescuing the dying *

Order of October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...

* Distinguished Engineer of the Buryat ASSR * Honorary citizen of the city of

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* Honorary Professor of the Buryat State University, Modern University for the Humanities,

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Irkutsk State Technical University National Research Irkutsk State Technical University (full name in Russian: ''Иркутский национальный исследовательский технический университет''), formerly Irkutsk State Technical Uni ...

and the

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References

External links

Official presidential website
1935 births 2020 deaths People from Buryatia Heads of the Republic of Buryatia Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1994–1996) Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1996–2000) Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia {{Russia-politician-stub