Oleg Dmitriyevich Baklanov (russian: Олег Дмитриевич Бакланов; 17 March 1932 – 28 July 2021) was a

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politician, and high functionary in government and industry. He was a scientist and businessman. As Minister of General Machine Building, he was responsible for the Soviet space industry during the 1980s.

Biography

Baklanov worked in an instrument engineering factory in Kharkov, Soviet Ukraine, and later became chief of the factory. He was appointed Engineering Industry Minister of the Soviet Union in 1983 and was a deputy to the

Supreme Soviet The Supreme Soviet (russian: Верховный Совет, Verkhovny Sovet, Supreme Council) was the common name for the legislative bodies (parliaments) of the Soviet socialist republics (SSR) in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USS ...

from 1981 to 1991. Baklanov was a secretary of the

CPSU Central Committee The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, – TsK KPSS was the executive leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, acting between sessions of Congress. According to party statutes, the committee directe ...

from February 1988 to April 1991Бакланов Олег Дмитриевич
and was responsible for defense issues in this role. He was a member of the

State Committee on the State of Emergency The State Committee on the State of Emergency (), abbreviated as SCSE (), was a group of eight high-level Soviet officials within the Soviet government, the Communist Party, and the KGB, who attempted a coup d'état against Mikhail Gorbachev o ...

during the

1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt The 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, also known as the August Coup,, "August Putsch". was a failed attempt by hardliners of the Soviet Union's Communist Party to forcibly seize control of the country from Mikhail Gorbachev, who was Soviet ...

. From March until his arrest on August 23, 1991 he was the First Deputy Chairman of the Defense Council under the

President of the Soviet Union The president of the Soviet Union (russian: Президент Советского Союза, Prezident Sovetskogo Soyuza), officially the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (), abbreviated as president of the USSR (), was ...

(he was formally dismissed from office a month after his arrest). Baklanov was brutally beaten and arrested by the security police for his role in the 1991 coup d'état attempt. He was released on recognizance not to leave in January 1993 and amnestied by the State Duma in 1994. After his release, he became the chairman of the board of governors at the Rosobshemash company.

Death

Baklanov died on 28 July 2021, and was buried in the

Federal Military Memorial Cemetery The Federal Military Memorial Cemetery (Russian: Федеральное военное мемориальное кладбище) is a national cemetery of Russia, located in Mytishchinsky District, Moscow Oblast, on the north-eastern outskirts o ...

on 30 July. Prior to his death he was the last surviving member of the State Committee on the State of Emergency.

Honours and awards

Hero of Socialist Labour The Hero of Socialist Labour (russian: links=no, Герой Социалистического Труда, Geroy Sotsialisticheskogo Truda) was an honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It repre ...

(1976) *

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration ...

(1976) *

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

, twice *

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...

(1960) * Lenin Prize (1982) * Chairman of the Society of Friendship and cooperation between the peoples of Ukraine and Russia * Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics Tsiolkovsky * International Academy of Information Technology * Academician of the Academy of Security, Defence and Law Enforcement.

References

1932 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Russian engineers Politicians from Kharkiv Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Expelled members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union State Committee on the State of Emergency members Eleventh convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Heroes of Socialist Labour Lenin Prize winners Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Soviet engineers Burials at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery {{Soviet-bio-stub