Yuri Mikhailovich Churbanov (russian: Ю́рий Миха́йлович Чурба́нов; 11 November 1936 – 7 October 2013) was a Soviet politician and the son-in-law of longtime General Secretary

Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; uk, links= no, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, . (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between 1964 and ...

Life and career

Churbanov was born on 11 November 1936. As a young boy he was an active member of the Komsomol. He attended the

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in the 1960s and studied in the Faculty of Law. In 1967 he started working as a

police officer A police officer (also called a policeman and, less commonly, a policewoman) is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, "police officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of the ...

, and in 1971 before his marriage to

Galina Brezhneva Galina Leonidovna Brezhneva (russian: Галина Леонидовна Брежнева, link=no; 18 April 1929 – 30 June 1998) was the daughter of Soviet politician and longtime General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and Viktoria Brezhneva. Li ...

, became a Lieutenant colonel of the Police. His marriage to Galina was arranged by her father, General Secretary

. When marrying Galina Churbanov left his wife and his two children. A friend of Galina has told the Russian media that there was no love between the two, and that they kissed only two times: the first at their wedding and the second when Churbanov was sent to jail. However, Churbanov's marriage to Galina led to him being rapidly promoted. When he married Galina he was working as a police officer, however, four years later he was First Deputy Minister of the

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and held the military rank of General. Churbanov was arrested on charges of embezzlement and corruption along with Galina's brother,

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, for his involvement in the Uzbek cotton scandal. In 1990, when Churbanov was still in jail, Galina filed for a

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. Churbanov died on 7 October 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Churbanov, Yuri Brezhnev family Soviet politicians 1936 births Members of the Central Auditing Commission of the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Candidates of the Central Committee of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 2013 deaths Russian politicians convicted of corruption