Vasily Alexandrovich Starodubtsev (russian: Василий Александрович Стародубцев; December 25, 1931 in Volovchik village,

Central Black Earth Oblast Central Black Earth Oblast (russian: Центрально-Чернозёмная область, ''Tsentralno-Chernozyomnaya oblast'') was an ''oblast'' (a first-level administrative and municipal unit) of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist ...

, now

Lipetsk Oblast Lipetsk Oblast (russian: Липецкая область, Lipetskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Lipetsk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,173,513. Geography Lipets ...

– December 30, 2011 in Novomoskovsk,

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and

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n politician and governor of

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'' (noting recent election of Vasily Starodubtsev to replace Nikolai Sevruygin as governor)(26 September 2010)
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''Газета по-киевски'' (Kiev Gazette) (in Russian) (noting he was governor from 1997 through 2005) He was also the Chairman of the Peasants Union of the USSR, during which he served as a member of the

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in the

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. He was a leader of the Agrarian Party of Russia.

Biography

Starodubtsev graduated from Voronezh Agricultural Institute and All-USSR Correspondence Agricultural Institute. For many years he was a chairman of

kolkhoz A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz., a contraction of советское хозяйство, soviet ownership or ...

in Novomoskovsk district. Among his awards were

Hero of Socialist Labour The Hero of Socialist Labour (russian: links=no, Герой Социалистического Труда, Geroy Sotsialisticheskogo Truda) was an honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It repre ...

title, three

Orders of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

Order of the 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 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 ...

. He had

Candidate of Sciences Candidate of Sciences (russian: кандидат наук, translit=kandidat nauk) is the first of two doctoral level scientific degrees in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. It is formally classified as UNESCO's ISCED level 8, "do ...

degree in agriculture and was a corresponding member of

VASKhNIL VASKhNIL (), the acronym for the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences or the V.I. Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sciences (), was the Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. w ...

. Starodubtsev was a member of the

Federation Council of Russia The Federation Council (russian: Сове́т Федера́ции – ''Soviet Federatsii'', common abbreviation: Совфед – ''Sovfed''), or Senate (officially, starting from July 1, 2020) ( ru , Сенат , translit = Senat), is th ...

(1993–96; also in 1997–2001 as a region governor) and of the

State Duma The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper house ...

(2007–11). Starodubtsev was a member of the

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1931 births 2011 deaths People from Lipetsk Oblast Expelled members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Soviet politicians Governors of Tula Oblast Communist Party of the Russian Federation members Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1994–1996) Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1996–2000) State Committee on the State of Emergency members Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the USSR State Prize VASKhNIL Fifth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Sixth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) {{Russia-politician-stub