MOSCOW, October 3 Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov called the outgoing senator from the Belgorod region, Nikolai Ryzhkov, irreplaceable, noting that there are fewer and fewer people with such a biography and track record in the country.
Previously, the 94-year-old politician resigned early as a member of the Federation Council.
«»I want to say that this kind of people are irreplaceable. We are all unique, individual, but with such a biography and track record there are fewer and fewer people left in the country. You see, this is a whole era, the real one. If you count when he started, in the 50s, he worked for over 70 years. Huge length of service, vast experience, unique practice in all positions and positions, faithfully devoting his strength to serving the country, people and great ideals, so we wish you success,” Zyuganov said .
He also said that Ryzhkov has an extensive political biography that deserves respect, noting that they worked together in the State Duma in the 90s, trying to correct the economic situation.
“»At Uralmash he started as a foreman at one time and went through all the steps to the general director of this largest plant, then he worked as a deputy minister, then in the State Planning Committee. And for more than five years he was the chairman of the Council of Ministers, so his biography is unique in this regard, we wish him health strong,» the parliamentarian concluded.
Ryzhkov, who previously headed the Council of Ministers of the USSR, explained his departure due to age. However, he hopes to continue working in the Federation Council as a voluntary adviser to the Speaker of the Federation Council Valentin Matvienko.
Ryzhkov was the oldest senator, he was 94 years old. The former chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR represented the government of the Belgorod region in the Federation Council for 20 years — since 2003.
Nikolai Ivanovich was born on September 28, 1929 in the Donetsk region, USSR. Graduated from the Ural Polytechnic Institute named after. CM. Kirova (mechanical engineer). Worked in production. Then he continued his career along the party line.
From 1985 to 1991, he served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. In 1986, he headed the headquarters for eliminating the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and in 1988, he coordinated the same work after the earthquake in the city of Spitak in Armenia.
In 1991, Ryzhkov participated in the first presidential elections in Russia, in which he lost to Boris Yeltsin. He was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the II and III convocations.
Awarded two Orders of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, Orders «For Services to the Fatherland» I and IV degrees, the October Revolution, the Patriotic War I degree, Honor, medals. Laureate of USSR State Prizes in 1969 and 1979.