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Viktor Chernomyrdin | |
|---|---|
Виктор Черномырдин | |
 Chernomyrdin in 2006 | |
| Prime Minister of Russia | |
| Acting 23 August 1998 – 11 September 1998 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | Sergey Kiriyenko |
| Succeeded by | Yevgeny Primakov |
| In office 14 December 1992 – 23 March 1998 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | Yegor Gaidar (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Sergey Kiriyenko |
| Ambassador of Russia to Ukraine | |
| In office 21 May 2001 – 11 June 2009 | |
| Nominated by | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Ivan Aboimov |
| Succeeded by | Mikhail Zurabov |
| Acting President of Russia | |
| In office 5 November 1996 – 6 November 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Boris Yeltsin |
| Succeeded by | Boris Yeltsin |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Russia | |
| In office 30 May 1992 – 14 December 1992 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Yeltsin (de facto) Yegor Gaidar (acting) |
| Minister of the Gas Industry (Soviet Union) | |
| In office 13 February 1985 – 17 July 1989 | |
| Premier | Nikolai Tikhonov Nikolai Ryzhkov |
| Preceded by | Vasily Dinkov |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin 9 April 1938 Chernyi Otrog, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 3 November 2010 (aged 72) Moscow, Russia |
| Political party | Communist (1961–1991) Independent (1991–1995) Our Home – Russia (1995–2001) United Russia (2001–2010) |
| Spouse |
Valentina Chernomyrdina
(m. 1961; died 2010) |
| Children | Andrey Vitali |
| Awards | Order of Friendship |
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (Russian: Ви́ктор Степа́нович Черномы́рдин, IPA: [ˈvʲiktər sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ tɕɪrnɐˈmɨrdʲɪn]; 9 April 1938 – 3 November 2010) was a Soviet and Russian politician and businessman. He was the Minister of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union (13 February 1985 – 17 July 1989), after which he became first chairman of Gazprom energy company and the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of Russia (1992–1998) based on consecutive years. He was a key figure in Russian politics in the 1990s and a participant in the transition from a planned to a market economy. From 2001 to 2009, he was Russia's ambassador to Ukraine. After that, he was designated as a presidential adviser.[1]
Chernomyrdin was known in Russia and Russian-speaking countries for his language style, which contained numerous malapropisms and syntactic errors.[2] Many of his sayings became aphorisms and idioms in the Russian language, two examples being the expression "We wanted the best, but it turned out like always." (Russian: Хотели как лучше, а получилось как всегда) and "The thing that never happens just happened again" (Russian: Никогда такого не было, и вот опять).[3]
Chernomyrdin died on 3 November 2010 after a long illness. He was buried beside his wife in Novodevichy Cemetery on 5 November, and his funeral was broadcast live on Russian federal TV channels.[4]
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- ^ Мы хотели как лучше... Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, a story of the main Chernomyrdin's proverb by Konstantin Dushenko, an aphorism collector (in Russian)]
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