# Vladimir Chirskov

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**Vladimir Grigoryevich Chirskov** (Russian: Владимир Григорьевич Чирсков; born 24 April 1935) is a Russian economist who served as the [minister of construction of oil and gas industries](/source/Ministry_of_Construction_of_Oil_and_Gas_Industries) between 22 February 1984 and 24 August 1991 being the last Soviet politician to hold the post.

## Biography

Chirskov was born on 24 April 1935.[1] He graduated from the All Union Finance and Economic Institute by correspondence obtaining a degree in economics.[2] He started his career at the Tyumazyneftesroy trust in the [Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic](/source/Bashkir_Autonomous_Soviet_Socialist_Republic).[2] Then he served as a managing director of the Tyumen gaz mechanizatsia trust and headed the Glavsibtruboprovodstroy in the [Tyumen Oblast](/source/Tyumen_Oblast).[2] He was the first deputy minister of the construction of the enterprises of oil and gas industry between 1978 and 1984.[2] Then he appointed as the minister of this institution on 22 February 1984[3] which he held until 1991.

Chirskov was a member of the [Communist Party](/source/Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union)'s central committee.[2] He is the recipient of the [USSR State Prize](/source/USSR_State_Prize) and the Soviet Ministers' Prize USSR.[3]

## References

1. [*The CPSU Central Committee and Central Auditing Commission, Members*](https://books.google.com/books?id=c2OjKMkg-MIC&pg=PA5). Central Intelligence Agency. 1986. p. 5.

1. ["Soviet Union: Political Affairs"](https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA346380.pdf). *JPRS*. 12 December 1989. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220301050610/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA346380.pdf) 1 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["USSR Report. Energy"](https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA355231.pdf). Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 4 August 1984. p. 43. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220305074616/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA355231.pdf) 5 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine.

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