Aleksei Mikhailovich Chaly (russian: Алексей Михайлович Чалый; born 13 June 1961) is a businessman and formerly ''de facto'' mayor of
Sevastopol
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. He declared himself mayor in February 2014, amidst the
Crimean crisis, after the resignation of
Volodymyr Yatsuba
Volodymyr Hryhorovych Yatsuba (Ukrainian: Володимир Григорович Яцуба; born on 1 July 1947), is a Ukrainian politician who served as Governor of Sevastopol from 2011 to 2014./(website has automatic Google Translate
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, the
Viktor Yanukovych
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-appointed mayor.
With Chaly as mayor, Sevastopol participated in the
March 2014 referendum in which
Crimea
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voted to separate itself politically from
Ukraine
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and
accede to Russia. On 1 April 2014 he was appointed as
Governor of Sevastopol City by Russia. On 14 April, he was replaced by
Sergey Menyaylo.
Biography
Chaly was born on 13 June 1961 in
Moscow
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to students of the
Moscow Power Engineering Institute. Parents: inventor and scientist Michail Chaly, mother Alevtina Chalaya, Candidate of Engineering, university professor. Grandson to Soviet vice-admiral Vasily Chaly, hero of the
Great Patriotic War, Commander-In-Chief of the Black Sea Squadron (1956–1961). The family moved to
Sevastopol
Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...
,
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
when he was one year old.
Chaly graduated from the
Sevastopol National Technical University
Sevastopol State University (formerly Sevastopol National Technical University (SevNTU), Sevastopol Instrument Engineering Institute (SIEI)) is a university in Sevastopol, Crimea.
History
Sevastopol Instrument Engineering Institute was founded ...
.
Since 1987 he has been the head of "Tavrida Electric", producing switchgear and anti-wreck technology. At the moment of political crisis in Ukraine in 2014 he had Russian citizenship.
He was involved with restoration of the memorials of the
World War II
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, producing the documentary series "Sevastopol Tales". In 2011 he received the international award "For faith and fidelity" as a symbol of recognition of his contribution to the Motherland.
During the Crimean crisis
On 23 February 2014, a meeting of citizens opposed to the
Euromaidan movement that
ousted the Ukrainian government from power in
Kyiv
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led to Chaly being proclaimed as "mayor" of Sevastopol. The
Sevastopol City Council
The Sevastopol City Council (russian: link=no, Севастопольский городской совет, ua, Севастопольська міська рада, Crimean Tatar: Aqyar şeer şurası) is the unicameral legislature of the Ukr ...
handed power to Chaly on 24 February, following the resignation of
Volodymyr Yatsuba
Volodymyr Hryhorovych Yatsuba (Ukrainian: Володимир Григорович Яцуба; born on 1 July 1947), is a Ukrainian politician who served as Governor of Sevastopol from 2011 to 2014./(website has automatic Google Translate
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as the city administrator appointed by the
President of Ukraine
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(at the time the city had no elected mayor).
[Contemporary Ukraine: Dynamics of Post-Soviet Transformation]
by Taras Kuzio, M.E. Sharpe, 1998, (page 44)
On 26 February, Chaly declared that Sevastopol would not submit to orders of the acting leader of the Ukrainian home office, Arsen Avakov
Arsen Borysovych Avakov hy, Արսեն Բորիսի Ավակով (born 2 January 1964) is a Ukrainian politician and businessman. From 2014 to 2021 he was Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs, first being appointed in the first cabinet of P ...
. Simultaneously, he invited officers of the officially disbanded Berkut riot police unit to the city. He said that they can become a basis for future defence groups in the city.
Chaly visited the Kremlin in Moscow
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on 18 March 2014 to sign the Treaty on Accession of the Republic of Crimea to Russia together with Russian President Vladimir Putin
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and Crimean Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov
Sergey Valeryevich Aksyonov (russian: Сергей Валерьевич Аксёнов, uk, Сергій Валерійович Аксьонов, ro, Serghei Valerievici Aksionov; born 26 November 1972) is a Russian politician serving, since ...
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has announced an investigation into Chaly for allegedly steering some ₴23.9 million from his charitable organisation to bankroll anti-Ukraine activity.
On 1 April 2014 he was appointed as acting Governor of Sevastopol City by Russia and occupied this position till 14 April 2014, when he resigned and was replaced by Sergey Menyaylo.