Anatoly Stepanovich Tyazhlov (; October 11, 1942 – July 28, 2008) was a Russian

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who served as the member of the State Duma from 2000 to 2003. He also served as the first

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from 1991 to 1999.

Biography

Tyazhlov was born in the city of

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in the South Ural. Before entering politics, he worked in construction organizations in the Chelyabinsk, Orenburg and Moscow regions. He graduated from the Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute in 1964. From 1959 to 1969 he worked as a fitter at the Kopeysk Coal trust, as a bricklayer at the Chelyabinsk Civil Construction trust, then as a foreman, technologist, shop manager, head of department, chief engineer of the Orenburg precast concrete plant. Until August 1991 he was a member of the

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. In 1990–91 — Chairman of the executive committee of the Moscow Regional Council. On 16 October 1991, by decree of the President of Russia

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, Tyazhlov was appointed Head of Administration of Moscow Oblast. On 17 December 1995, he was

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. Tyazhlov was politically close to Boris Yeltsin,

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and

Yury Luzhkov Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov ( rus, Юрий Михайлович Лужков, p=ˈjʉrʲɪj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ lʊˈʂkof; 1936 – 10 December 2019) was a Russian politician who served as mayor of Moscow from 1992 to 2010. Before the elect ...

, and he supported the integration between Moscow City and Moscow Oblast. In 1993 he was

as a deputy of the first

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(1994–96). In 1996–99 he was an ''ex officio'' member of the second Federation Council. On 19 December 1999, at the second gubernatorial elections, he came fourth (13% of the vote) and dropped out of the race. Tyazhlov also ran for the

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from the

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bloc and became one of the deputies of the lower house (1999–2003). He died on July 28, 2008, at the age of 65.

References

1942 births 2008 deaths People from Kopeysk South Ural State University alumni Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1994–1996) Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1996–2000) Third convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Governors of Moscow Oblast Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery {{Russia-StateDuma-Deputy-stub