Alexey Andreyevich Chernyshyov (; born 29 March 1939) is a Russian politician who served as the 2nd Governor of

Orenburg Oblast Orenburg Oblast (also Orenburzhye) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), mainly located in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name Chkalov Oblast in honor of Valery Chkal ...

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. He is a member of the

Agrarian Party of Russia The Agrarian Party of Russia (APR; ''Agrarnaya Partiya Rossii'', Аграрная Партия России, АПР) was an Agrarianism, agrarian political parties in Russia, political party in Russia. Founded in February 1993, it was among the ...

. He became the head of the oblast government in 1999. Chernyshyov is active in promoting

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

trade as Orenburg Oblast shares a long border with Kazakhstan.

References

* Official website of Orenburg Oblast
Governor of Orenburg Oblast
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Alexey Chernyshyov Profile
1939 births Living people People from Orenburg Oblast Governors of Orenburg Oblast Communist Party of the Soviet Union members First convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Second convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1996–2000) Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000) {{Russia-StateDuma-Deputy-stub