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Nikolai Ryzhkov

1929 - Today

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Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov (Russian: Николай Иванович Рыжков; Ukrainian: Микола Іванович Рижков; 28 September 1929 – 28 February 2024) was a Russian politician. He served as the last Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers (the post was abolished and replaced by that of Prime Minister in 1991). Responsible for the cultural and economic administration of the Soviet Union during the Gorbachev era, Ryzhkov was succeeded as premier by Valentin Pavlov in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolai Ryzhkov has received more than 564,225 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Nikolai Ryzhkov is the 3,598th most popular politician (up from 3,958th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 135th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Nikolai Ryzhkov was a Soviet politician who served as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1985 to 1990. He was also the last head of state of the Soviet Union.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nikolai Ryzhkov ranks 3,598 out of 15,577Before him are Masamune, Muhammad al-Nasir, Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria, Kato Svanidze, Vladimir Kryuchkov, and Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark. After him are Ebrahim Raisi, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Ferdinand II of León, Blanche II of Navarre, Emperor Tenmu, and Antiochus XI Epiphanes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Nikolai Ryzhkov ranks 76Before him are Bruno Cremer, George Stinney, Lennart Johansson, Claes Oldenburg, Jean-Joseph Sanfourche, and Alfred Moisiu. After him are Ágnes Heller, Vera Miles, Chadli Bendjedid, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Gordon Moore, and Hebe Camargo.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Nikolai Ryzhkov ranks 119 out of 1,083Before him are Sofia Rotaru (1947), Stanislaw Ulam (1909), Roman Shukhevych (1907), Georgy Gapon (1870), Sviatopolk II of Kiev (1050), and Roald Hoffmann (1937). After him are Arkhip Kuindzhi (1842), Catherine Dolgorukov (1847), Dmitry Bortniansky (1751), Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902), Ivan Sirko (1610), and Mikhail Kirponos (1892).

Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Nikolai Ryzhkov ranks 42Before him are Boris Shcherbina (1919), Vsevolod I of Kiev (1030), Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1640), Nikolai Tikhonov (1905), Oleksandr Turchynov (1964), and Sviatopolk II of Kiev (1050). After him are Ivan Sirko (1610), Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875), Ephraim Katzir (1916), Sviatoslav II of Kiev (1027), Leo Kanner (1894), and Stanisław Żółkiewski (1547).