Soviet leaders 1991

RL 290/91 August 18, 1991
 
 The Soviet Leadership on the Eve of the Coup
 
 Alexander Rahr
 
 
 
 Top Leadership Bodies
 
 USSR President
 Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich
 
 
 USSR Vice President
 Yanaev, Gennadii Ivanovich
 
 
 Members of USSR Council of the Federation
 Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich USSR President
 Yanaev, Gennadii Ivanovich USSR Vice President
 El'tsin, Boris Nikolaevich RSFSR President
 Kravchuk, Leonid Makarovich Chairman, Ukrainian SSR Supreme
 Soviet
 Dementei, Nikolai Ivanovich Chairman, Belorussian SSR
 Supreme Soviet
 Karimov, Islam President of Uzbekistan
 Nazarbaev, Nursultan President of Kazakhstan
 Gamsakhurdia, Zviad President of Georgia
 Mutalibov, Ayaz President of Azerbaijan
 Landsbergis, Vytautas Chairman, Lithuanian Supreme
 Council
 Snegur, Mircea President of Moldavian SSR
 Gorbunovs, Anatolijs Chairman, Latvian Supreme
 Council
 Akaev, Askar President of Kyrgyzstan
 Makhkamov, Kakhar President of Tajikistan
 Ter Petrossyan, Levon Chairman, Supreme Soviet of
 Armenian Republic
 Niyazov, Saparmurad President of Turkmenistan
 Ruutel, Arnold Chairman, Estonian Supreme
 Council
 
 USSR Cabinet of Ministers
 Pavlov, Valentin Sergeevich USSR Prime Minister
 Doguzhiev, Vitalii Khusseinovich USSR First Deputy Prime Minister
 Velichko, Vladimir Makarovich USSR First Deputy Prime Minister
 Shcherbakov, Vladimir Ivanovich USSR First Deputy Prime Minister
 Rakhimova, Bikhodzhal USSR Deputy Prime Minister
 Laverov, Nikolai Pavlovich USSR Deputy Prime Minister
 Maslyukov, Yurii Dmitrievich USSR Deputy Prime Minsiter
 Ryab'ev, Lev Dmitrievich USSR Deputy Prime Minister
 Sen'ko, Fedor Petrovich USSR Deputy Prime Minister
 
 
 Members of USSR Security Council
 Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich
 Yanaev, Gennadii Ivanovich
 Pavlov, Valentin Sergeevich
 Yazov, Dmitrii Timofeevich
 Kryuchkov, Vladimir Aleksandrovich
 Pugo, Boriss Karlovich
 Bessmertnykh, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich
 Bakatin, Vadim Viktorovich
 Primakov, Evgenii Maksimovich
 
 
 Defense Council attached to USSR President
 Chairman:
 Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich
 Deputy Chairman:
 Baklanov, Oleg Dmitrievich
 Members:
 Pavlov, Valentin Sergeevich
 Yazov, Dmitrii Timofeevich USSR Defense Minister
 Moiseev, Mikhail Alekseevich Chief, General Staff, USSR
 Armed Forces
 Kryuchkov, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Chairman, USSR KGB
 Bessmertnykh, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich USSR Foreign Minister
 Belousov, Igor' Sergeevich Chairman, USSR State
 Military-Industrial
 Commission
 Lushev, Petr Grigor'evich USSR First Deputy Defense
 Minister
 
 
 Apparatus of USSR President
 
 Head of Apparatus
 Boldin, Valerii Ivanovich
 Administration of Affairs
 Bystrov, Evgenii Ivanovich head
 Gulyashko, Viktor Aleksandrovich deputy head
 Panskov, Vladimir Georgievich deputy head
 
 Committee for Coordination of Activities of Law-Enforcement
 Organs
 Golik, Yurii Vladimirovich chairman
 
 Press Service
 Ignatenko, Vitalii Nikitovich head
 Grigor'ev, Sergei Aleksandrovich aide
 Tumarkin, Vladimir Il'ich aide
 
 General Department
 Butin, Vladimir Vasil'evich head
 Mamai, Valerii Borisovich deputy head
 Tsygankova, Lyubov' Ivanovna deputy head
 Chumakova, Vera Nikolaevna group head
 
 Department for Questions of Defense and State Security
 Baklanov, Oleg Dmitrievich head
 Belyakov, Oleg Sergeevich first deputy head
 Sannikov, Aleksandr Nikolaevich first deputy head
 Gorelovsky, Ivan Ivanovich deputy head
 Kataev, Vitalii Leonidovich deputy head
 
 Department for Socioeconomic Development and Political
 Prognosis
 Milyukov, Anatolii Illarionovich head
 
 Department for Juridical Expertise
 Kuz'min, Vladimir Maksimovich head
 Khovansky, Nikolai Aleksandrovich sector head
 
 Information Service
 Kobyakov, Yurii Aleksandrovich consultant
 Kosarev, Vladimir Grigor'evich consultant
 Medvedev, Nikolai Yakovlevich consultant
 Palladin, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich consultant
 
 Group for Letters and Reception of Citizens
 L'vov, Gennadii Nikolaevich deputy head
 Konova, Svetlana Ivanovna deputy head
 Akmalov, Rashid sector head
 Kipkee, Ruslan Kurmatovich sector head
 
 
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet
 
 Chairman, USSR Supreme Soviet
 Luk'yanov, Anatolii Ivanovich
 
 Aides to Chairman, USSR Supreme Soviet
 Zubarev, Vadim Grigor'evich
 Ivanov, Vladimir Vladimirovich
 Kossov, Valentin Ivanovich
 
 Chairman, Council of the Union
 Laptev, Ivan Dmitrievich
 
 Chairman, Council of Nationalities
 Nishanov, Rafik Nishanovich
 
 Permanent Commission, Council of the Union, for Planning, Budget,
 and Finance
 Kucherenko, Viktor Grigor'evich chairman
 
 Permanent Commission, Council of the Union, for Labor and Social
 Policy
 Gritsenko, Nikolai Nikolaevich chairman
 
 Permanent Commission, Council of Nationalities, for Economic Ties
 between Republics and Autonomous Territorial Units
 Sharipov, Yurii Kamalovich chairman
 
 Permanent Commission, Council of Nationalities, for Nationalities
 Policies and Interethnic Relations
 Tarazevich, Georgii Stanislavovich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for Legislation and Law and Order
 Kalmykov, Yurii Khamzatovich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for Government Construction
 Pivovarov, Nikolai Dmitrievich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for Defense and State Security
 Sharin, Leonid Vasil'evich chairman
 Subcommittee for Armed Forces:
 Strukov, Nikolai Alekseevich chairman
 Subcommittee for State Security:
 Nemtsev, Evgenii Ivanovich chairman
 Subcommittee for Defense Industry:
 Utkin, Vladimir Fedorovich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for International Affairs
 Dzasokhov, Aleksandr Sergeevich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Comittee for Economic Reform
 Vologzhin, Valentin Mikhailovich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for Industry and Energy
 Kurgashin, Vladimir Egorovich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for Construction
 Komarov, Yurii Trofimovich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for Agrarian and Food Policy
 Veprev, Arkadii Filimonovich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for Transportation, Communications,
 and Information Technology
 Tetenov, Valentin Afanas'evich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for All-Union Consumer Market
 Kiselev, Gennadii Nikolaevich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for Culture
 Stel'mashorok, Vladimir Ivanovich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for Science and Technology
 Ryzhov, Yurii Alekseevich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for Education and Upbringing
 Belyaev, Vladimir Nikitich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for Health
 Borodin, Yurii Ivanovich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for Women's Affairs and Family and
 Demographic Policy
 Rakhmanova, Marina Nikolaevna chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for Veterans' and Invalids' Affairs
 Bosenko, Nikolai Vasil'evich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for Internationalist Soldiers'
 Affairs
 Shet'ko, Pavel Vadimovich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for Youth Policy
 Tsybukh, Valerii Ivanovich chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for Ecology
 Salykov, Kakimbek chairman
 
 USSR Supreme Soviet Committee for Glasnost', Citizens' Rights,
 and Appeals
 Foteev, Vladimir Konstantinovich chairman
 
 
 Secretariat, USSR Supreme Soviet
 
 Secretariat
 Rubtsov, Nikolai Fedorovich head
 Yanovich, Aleksei Aleksandrovich first deputy head
 Vladimirtsev, Rostislav Nikolaevich deputy head
 Tereshkovich, Erik Konstantinovich deputy head
 
 Department for Questions of Economic Development
 Pimenov, Valerii Ivanovich head
 
 Department for Questions of Social and Cultural Development 
 Cherkeziya, Otari Evtikhievich head
 
 Department for Questions of the Work of Soviets of People's
 Deputies 
 Sliva, Anatolii Yakovlevich deputy head
 
 Department for Questions of Interethnic Relations
 Shishov, Lev Dmitrievich head
 
 Department for Questions of Legislation and Law and Order 
 Kolyushin, Evgenii Ivanovich head
 
 Department of International Affairs
 Andreev, Vladimir Ivanovich deputy head
 
 Department for Letters and Reception of Citizens
 Salyukov, Boris Sergeevich head
 
 Department for Awards
 Shvetsova, Lyudmila Ivanovna head
 
 Department for Questions of Citizenship and Appeals for Pardon
 Cheremnykh, Gennadii Grigor'evich head
 
 General Department
 Tereshkovich, Erik Konstantinovich head
 (also deputy head of Secretariat)
 
 Department for Publication of Documents
 Bunin, Ivan Afanas'evich head
 
 Sector for Information
 Ageshin, Yurii Andreevich head
 
 Sector for Cadres
 Sirozhenko, Valerii Aleksandrovich deputy head
 
 Sector for Questions of Defense and State Security
 Babushkin, Viktor Alekseevich deputy head
 
 Ninth Sector
 Mal'chikov, Viktor Mikhailovich head
 
 Press Center of the USSR Supreme Soviet
 Maslennikov, Arkadii Afrikanovich head 
 Bogush, Elena Grigor'evna secretary
 Kulikov, Valentin Ivanovich deputy head
 Belyaev, Andrei Igorevich aide
 Kovalev, Eduard Vasil'evich aide
 Sorokin, Evgenii Aleksandrovich aide
 Grigor'yants, Al'ber Aramovich aide
 Filippov, Ivan Nikolaevich aide
 
 Administration of Finances 
 Kasatkin, Vitalii Vasil'evich head
 Popov, Nikolai Ivanovich first deputy head
 Artykhov, Vitalii Grigor'evich deputy head
 Tikhonov, Yurii Nikolaevich deputy head
 
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