Mikhail Shchadov (1927–2011) was a Russian engineer who served as the
minister of coal industry between 15 December 1985 and 24 August 1991, being the last Soviet minister to hold the post.
Early life and education
Shchadov was born in the village of Kamenka,
Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and N ...
on 14 November 1927.
He graduated from
Tomsk Polytechnic Institute majoring in
mining engineering
Mining in the engineering discipline is the extraction of minerals from underneath, open pit, above or on the ground. Mining engineering is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, and ...
in 1953.
[ He also graduated from the All-Union Financial and Economic Correspondence Institute with a degree in economics in 1965.][ The same year he also graduated from the Higher Party School which was attached to the ]central committee of the Communist Party
Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states. In such party organizations, the ...
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Career
Shchadov began his career at the age of 15 working in a mine in Cheremkhovo
Cheremkhovo ( rus, Черемхо́во, p=tɕɪrʲɪmˈxovə) is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
History
Cheremkhovo was founded in 1772.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of adm ...
as a site manager.[ Then he became the chief engineer and head of a mine.][ Next he was named as the manager of a trust, Mamslyuda, in 1961 which he held until 1963.][ From 1966 he worked at the Vostsibugol plant as deputy head and then head of the plant.][He was made the general director of the Vostsibugol production association.][ In 1977 he was appointed deputy minister of coal industry and in 1981 first deputy minister.][ He was named the minister of coal industry on 15 December 1985, replacing Boris F. Bratchenko in the post. Shchadov served in the cabinet led by ]Nikolai Ryzhkov
Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov ( uk, Микола Іванович Рижков; russian: Николай Иванович Рыжков; born 28 September 1929) is a Soviet, and later Russian, politician. He served as the last Chairman of the Coun ...
.
Shchadov's term was extended in March 1989.[ He remained in office until 24 August 1991 when he was fired due to his support for the coup against Mikhail Gorbachev.][
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Party career
Shchadov joined the Communist Party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...
in 1947.[ He became a deputy at the Supreme Soviet in the 11th convocation and was a member of the Communist Party's central committee in the period 1986–1990.][
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In popular culture
Shchadov was portrayed in Chernobyl
Chernobyl ( , ; russian: Чернобыль, ) or Chornobyl ( uk, Чорнобиль, ) is a partially abandoned city in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, situated in the Vyshhorod Raion of northern Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Chernobyl is about no ...
, TV mini series, dated 2019, but the show lowered his age and depth of experience in the coal industry for dramatic purposes.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shchadov, Mikhail
20th-century Russian engineers
1927 births
2011 deaths
Members of the Central Committee of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Eleventh convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Members of the Supreme Soviet of Russia
Mining engineers
People from Irkutsk Oblast
People's commissars and ministers of the Soviet Union
Soviet economists
Soviet engineers
Tomsk Polytechnic University alumni