Boris Shcherbina
Boris Yevdokimovich Shcherbina (Ukrainian: Борис Євдокимович Щербина, romanized: Borys Yevdokymovych Shcherbyna, Russian: Борис Евдокимович Щербина; 5 October 1919 – 22 August 1990) was a Ukrainian Soviet politician who served as a Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1984 to 1989. During this period he supervised Soviet crisis management of two major catastrophes: the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and the 1988 Armenian earthquake.
Boris Shcherbina | |
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Борис Щербина | |
Shcherbina in 1985 | |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |
| In office 13 January 1984 – 7 June 1989 | |
| Chairman | |
| Minister of Construction of the Oil and Gas Industries | |
| In office 11 December 1973 – 13 January 1984 | |
| Chairman | |
| Preceded by | Aleksei K. Kortunov |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Chirskov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 October 1919 Debaltsevo, Ukrainian SSR (now Debaltseve, Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Died | 22 August 1990 (aged 70) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Political 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 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Service years | 1939–1942 |
| Conflict | The Winter War |
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