Viktor Ivanovich Dorkin (russian: Виктор Иванович Доркин; October 3, 1953 – March 30, 2006) was a Russian politician. He served as Mayor of Dzerzhinsky, Moscow Oblast from 1991 to his death. Dorkin grew up in Novodevichinsky sovkhoz in Shigonsky District of

Kuybyshev Oblast Samara Oblast ( rus, Сама́рская о́бласть, r=Samarskaya oblast, p=sɐˈmarskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Samara. From 1935 to 1991, it was known as Kuyb ...

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. He obtained a degree in

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in 1976 from Kuybyshev Politechnical School. After graduation, he was assigned to Lyubertsy Science and Research Institute of Chemical Technology. There, he worked hard, advancing from engineer to senior research officer and deputy chief of the 142nd laboratory. In 1990, he was elected as a chairman of the Dzerzhinsky town council. In 1991, he became the head of the local government board of Dzerzhinsky. In 1996, he was elected

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of Dzerzhinsky. In 1999, he was re-elected as the head of the local government board of Dzerzhinsky. Dorkin was married and had two children. He was assassinated in 2006. The prosecutor's office named Dmitry Lukin, former vice-president of the local football club Orbita, as mandator in the assassination. He was arrested at Vnukovo Airport near Moscow in 2016 and acquitted by jury two years later.

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Official website of Dzerzhinsky
* Mayor of the town of Dzerzhinsky near Moscow shot dead 1953 births 2006 deaths People from Samara Oblast Mayors of places in Russia People from Moscow Oblast Assassinated Russian politicians {{Russia-mayor-stub