Igor Pavlovich Farkhutdinov (russian: Игорь Павлович Фархутдинов; April 16, 1950 – August 20, 2003) was governor of
Sakhalin Oblast
Sakhalin Oblast ( rus, Сахали́нская о́бласть, r=Sakhalínskaya óblast', p=səxɐˈlʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) comprising the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands in the Rus ...
,
Russia
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during 1995–2003.
Biography
Igor Farkhutdinov was born in 1950 in
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the 2021 Census, ...
to a Russian mother and
Tatar
The Tatars ()Tatar in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different father. His maternal grandfather participated in the
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...
. In 1972 Igor graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute (now part of the
Siberian Federal University
Siberian Federal University (russian: Сибирский федеральный университет, ''Sibirskiĭ federalʹnyĭ universitet'', often shortened to SibFU, СФУ) is a multidisciplinary university located in Krasnoyarsk in Siber ...
) as engineer-economist. He played for the rugby team "Polytechnic" (now Krasny Yar). For the next five years he worked at Tymovskoye power plant,
Sakhalin Oblast
Sakhalin Oblast ( rus, Сахали́нская о́бласть, r=Sakhalínskaya óblast', p=səxɐˈlʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) comprising the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands in the Rus ...
.
From 1977 to 1985 Farkhutdinov was working in
Tymovsky District
Tymovsky District (russian: Ты́мовский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast.Law #25-ZO Municipally, it is incorporated as Tymovsky Urban Okrug.Law #524 It is ...
committee, then Sakhalin Oblast committee of
Komsomol
The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...
, instructor of the
Communist Party
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regional committee. From 1985 to 1991 he was the head of
Nevelsk
Nevelsk (russian: Не́вельск; ja, 本斗, ''Honto'') is a port town and the administrative center of Nevelsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the southwest coast of the Sakhalin Island, from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, th ...
. Until August 1991, he was member of the Communist Party.
From 31 December 1991 to 24 April 1995 — Chairman of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City Executive Committee, then Mayor of
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk ( rus, Ю́жно-Сахали́нск, a=Ru-Южно-Сахалинск.ogg, p=ˈjuʐnə səxɐˈlʲinsk, literally "South Sakhalin City") is a city on Sakhalin island, and the administrative center of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. I ...
. On 24 April 1995, he was appointed Head of Administration of Sakhalin Oblast. A month later, the island suffered from a disastrous
earthquake
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2000
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. During his governorship two oil and gas projects were launched on the island, Sakhalin-1 and
Sakhalin-2
The Sakhalin-2 (russian: Сахалин-2) project is an oil and gas development in Sakhalin Island, Russia. It includes development of the Piltun-Astokhskoye oil field and the Lunskoye natural gas field offshore Sakhalin Island in the Okhots ...
.
Death
On 20 August 2003, a
Mi-8
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It is now produced by Russia.
In addition t ...
helicopter disappeared in
Kamchatka Oblast
Kamchatka Oblast (russian: Камча́тская о́бласть, ''Kamchatskaya oblast'') was, until being incorporated into Kamchatka Krai on July 1, 2007, a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). To the north, it bordered Magadan Oblast ...
, on board of which was a group of officials from Sakhalin, including governor Farkhutdinov. The helicopter took off at 05:40 AM Moscow time from the Izluchina helipad (
Elizovo Airport
Elizovo Airport (russian: Аэропорт Елизово) , also known as Yelizovo Airport or Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport, is located in the Russian Far East city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Krai. Its main runway is long.
Mili ...
) in the direction of
Severo-Kurilsk
Severo-Kurilsk (russian: Се́веро-Кури́льск; ja, 柏原, ''Kashiwabara'') is a town and the administrative center of Severo-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located in the northern part of the Kuril Islands, on the is ...
island. An hour later the helicopter was lost. It crashed 150 km south of
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ( rus, Петропавловск-Камчатский, a=Петропавловск-Камчатский.ogg, p=pʲɪtrɐˈpavləfsk kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj) is a city and the administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultu ...
, near
Opala volcano
Opala (russian: Опала) is a stratovolcano located in the southern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
Recent eruption history
There is no real evidence of recent eruptions that have been found at the slopes of the volcano.Melekestsev I ...
, losing control as a result of the collision of the rotor blades with the tail boom. On August 23, the burnt wreckage of a helicopter was discovered. All 17 passengers and three crew members died. They were buried in the courtyard of the Resurrection Cathedral in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
On 10 February 2017, Prime Minister of RussiaDmitry Medvedev signed an order to assign the name of Igor Farkhutdinov to a previously unnamed island of the
Kuril archipelago
The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands (; rus, Кури́льские острова́, r=Kuril'skiye ostrova, p=kʊˈrʲilʲskʲɪjə ɐstrɐˈva; Japanese: or ) are a volcanic archipelago currently administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in th ...