AKA Yegor Kuzmich Ligachev

Born: 29-Nov-1920
Birthplace: Dubinkino, Siberia, Russia

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Politician

Nationality: Russia
Executive summary: Former Politburo hardliner

Full member of the Communist Party Central Committee starting 1976. Hardliner opponent of Mikhail Gorbachev, admitting in hindsight that he "realized too late" the strength of democratic reformism in Gorbachev.

    Member of the Russian Duma (elected three times in democratic era)
    Member of the Soviet Politburo (ousted 1990)

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