Vladilen Nikitin
First Deputy Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers
In office
27 July 1989 – 31 August 1990
PremierNikolai Ryzhkov
Minister of Agriculture
In office
28 May – 23 November 1985
PremierNikolai Ryzhkov
Preceded byVitaly Vorotnikov
Succeeded byVictor Nikonov
Personal details
Born
Vladilen Valentinovich Nikitin

(1936-10-30)30 October 1936
Omsk, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Died27 May 2021(2021-05-27) (aged 84)
Resting placeVagankovo Cemetery, Moscow, Russia
NationalityRussian
Political partyCommunist Party
Alma materOmsk Agricultural Institute
Higher Party School
AwardsOrder of the October RevolutionOrder of the Red Banner of Labour

Vladilen Valentinovich Nikitin (Russian: Владилен Валентинович Никитин; 30 October 1936 – 27 May 2021) was a Russian engineer and politician. He served as first deputy premier during the Gorbachev Era.

Biography

Nikitin was born in 1936.[1] He attended the Omsk Agricultural Institute and then the Higher Party School at the CPSU Central Committee and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering.[1]

Nikitin worked as senior engineer until 1976 when he was appointed chairman of the Tyumen Oblast.[1][2] In 1985, he became minister of agriculture and then first deputy chairman of the state agroindustrial committee, Gosagroprom.[1][3] He served as first deputy prime minister under Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.[4] He was also appointed chairman of the state commission for food and purchasing, becoming the first executive of the body.[3] He was fired by Gorbachev on 31 August 1990 due to cigarette shortage which caused demonstrations in Moscow.[4]

He died on 27 May 2021, and was buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Soviet Union". JPRS Report. 12 December 1989. Archived from the original on 12 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Russia - Provincie Oblast". Portal Estoria. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b Eugene Huskey (1992). Executive Power and Soviet Politics: The Rise and Decline of the Soviet State. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe. p. 168. ISBN 9781563240607.
  4. ^ a b "Gorbachev Dismisses One of His Top Aides In Cigarette Shortage". The New York Times. Reuters. 31 August 1990. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Памяти В.В. Никитина". Communist Party of the Russian Federation (in Russian). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  6. ^ "НИКИТИН Владилен Валентинович (1936 – 2021)". Moscow-Tombs (in Russian). Retrieved 19 October 2023.
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