Albert Ivanovich Rachkov (; 22 June 1927 – 5 January 2023) was a Soviet and Russian diplomat and politician. He served as the second secretary of the

Communist Party of Turkmenistan The Communist Party of Turkmenistan (; ) was the ruling communist party of the Turkmen SSR which operated as a republican branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. From 1985, it was led by Saparmurat Niyazov. On 16 December 1991, as ...

from 1980 to 1986. Rachkov died in

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on 5 January 2023, at the age of 95.

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