Boris Shcherbina
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Soviet politician (1919–1990), vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers
Key facts
- Chairman
- Nikolai Tikhonov Nikolai Ryzhkov
- Preceded by
- Aleksei K. Kortunov [ ru ]
- Succeeded by
- Vladimir Chirskov
- Born
- ( 1919-10-05 ) 5 October 1919, Debaltsevo, Donets Governorate , Ukrainian SSR , (now Debaltseve , Donetsk Oblast , Ukraine )
- Died
- 22 August 1990 (1990-08-22) (aged 70), Moscow , Soviet Union
- Resting place
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- Party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1939–1990)
- Spouse
- Raisa Pavlovna Shcherbina
- Children
- Yuri Borisovich Shcherbina
- Occupation
- Railway engineer
- Known for
- Crisis management of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and 1988 Armenian earthquake ; Chairman of the Chernobyl Commission
- Awards
- Hero of Socialist Labor
- Allegiance
- Soviet Union
- Service years
- 1939–1942
- Unit
- 316th ski squadron
- Conflict
- The Winter War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Debaltseve
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- Chernobyl liquidator
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Russian
- Participant in
- 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Image
- Dom-gil-sherbina-tyumen-1 (cropped).jpg
- Significant event
- Chernobyl disaster
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- Commons category
- Boris Evdokimovich Shcherbina
- date of birth
- 1919-10-05
- date of death
- 1990-08-22
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Encyclopedic overview
Boris Yevdokimovich Shcherbina (Russian: Борис Евдокимович Щербина; Ukrainian: Борис Євдокимович Щербина, romanized: Borys Yevdokymovych Shcherbyna; 5 October 1919 – 22 August 1990) was a Soviet politician who served as a Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1984 to 1989.
Shcherbina was influential in the development of the oil and gas industry in Siberia, particularly in Tyumen Oblast. In 1986, he was appointed head of the commission set to investigate the cause of the Chernobyl disaster and oversee its management. Two years later, he was put in charge of handling refugees caused by the 1988 Armenian earthquake. Shcherbina retired in 1989, before dying in 1990. It is unknown how large of a role radiation caused by Chernobyl played in his death.
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