Leonid Drachevsky (Russian: Леонид Вадимович Драчевский; born 5 April 1942) is a Soviet

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from Kazakhstan. He competed at the

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with the men's coxed pair where they qualified for the small final but did not start. Drachevsky later became a diplomat and served as

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in 1992 and as ambassador of Russia to Poland from 1996 to 1999. In 1998 and 1999, he was a Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation. In the period 2000-2004, he was the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the

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to the

Siberian Federal District Siberian Federal District ( rus, Сибирский федеральный округ, p=sʲɪˈbʲirskʲɪj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its population was 17,178,298 according to the 20 ...

. On 23 December 2000, Leonid Drachevsky was promoted to the civilian service rank of

1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation 70px, Shoulder's rank 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation () is the highest federal state civilian service rank of Russia. The rank of the 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation was first introduced ...

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, - 1942 births Living people 1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation) Soviet male rowers Olympic rowers for the Soviet Union Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Almaty Ambassadors of Russia to Poland Deputy foreign ministers of Russia {{russia-diplomat-stub