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Vitaly Vorotnikov was a Soviet politician who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from October 1982 to October 1988. He was born in Voronezh, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, on 20 January 1926. He was the son of Ivan Vorotnikov, a worker in a local factory, and his wife, Anna. Vitaly Vorotnikov graduated from the Voronezh Institute of National Economy in 1949 and began working in the local party apparatus. He rose through the ranks of the Communist Party and was appointed First Secretary of the Voronezh Oblast Committee in 1971. In 1979, he was appointed a member of the Politburo and in 1982, he was elected First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. During his tenure as First Secretary, Vitaly Vorotnikov implemented a number of reforms, including the introduction of glasnost and perestroika. He also oversaw the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan and the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with the United States. Vitaly Vorotnikov retired from politics in 1988 and died on 18 August 2010 at the age of 84. He was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.

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Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 20 January 1926
Birthday 20 January
Birthplace Voronezh, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Date of death (2012-02-19)
Died Place Moscow, Russia
Nationality Russia

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2012

Vorotnikov died on 19 February 2012 at the age of 86.

1983

After being recalled from Cuba when Brezhnev died and a short stint in charge of the Communists of Krasnodar Krai, Vorotnikov was finally brought to Moscow, where he was to occupy the top positions in the government of the RSFSR. He became a candidate member of the Politburo and soon a full member. From 1983 to 1988 he was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR, and from 1988 to 1990 Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR. During his long retirement, Vorotnikov wrote several volumes of memoirs.

1954

After graduation, Vorotnikov kept working at the plant after the war in both managerial and Communist Party organizing positions. At the same time he was taking evening classes at the Kuybyshev Aviation Institute, finally earning his engineering degree in 1954.

1950

From the position of the chairman of the Communist Party committee at his plant (1950–1960) Vorotnikov advanced to a position of responsibility in the Kuybyshev Oblast Part Committee (1960). After occupying a number of positions of regional importance in Russia's Kuybyshev and Voronezh Oblasts for almost 20 years, he served as the Soviet ambassador to Cuba from 1979 to 1982. In fact, he was exiled by Brezhnev to this post.

1940

Vorotnikov was born in Voronezh, and in 1940 entered a local Aviation Industry community college, majoring in aircraft engine technology. After the Soviet Union entered World War II and adult workers left for the Red Army service, 16-year-old Vitaly took a job at the Voronezh Steam Locomotive Repair plant. Soon the front line approached the city, and he was evacuated to Kuybyshev, where he spent most of the war working for Kuibyshev aviation plant No. 18 and studying at Kuybyshev Aviation Technology School.

1926

Vitaly Ivanovich Vorotnikov (Russian: Вита́лий Ива́нович Воротнико́в; 20 January 1926 – 19 February 2012) was a Soviet politician and diplomat who was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR between 1988 and 1990.