Vitaly Husseynovich Doguzhiyev (russian: Виталий Хуссейнович Догужиев;

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, 25 December 1935 –

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, 3 October 2016) was a

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official appointed as the First Deputy Prime Minister of the

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in 1991. Together with Vladimir Velichko, he was the last official on this position before the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Life and career

He graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk University in 1958. During the events of August 19-22, 1991, due to the illness of the USSR Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov, Doguzhiev was temporarily assigned the duties of the head of government.Би-би-си , Россия , Хроника путча. Часть II
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Ivan Silayev Ivan Stepanovich Silayev (russian: Ива́н Степа́нович Сила́ев; born 21 October 1930) is a former Soviet and Russian politician. He served as Prime Minister of the Soviet Union through the offices of chairman of the Commi ...

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Vitaly Doguzhiyev
at WarHeroes.ru 1935 births 2016 deaths People from Donetsk Oblast People's commissars and ministers of the Soviet Union Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Russian communists Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the USSR State Prize Heroes of Socialist Labour Heads of government of the Soviet Union Oles Honchar Dnipro National University alumni {{USSR-politician-stub