Valery Petrovich Fateyev (; born 2 June 1946) is a Russian politician who served as the 1st Governor of

Smolensk Oblast Smolensk Oblast (), informally also called Smolenshchina (), is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative centre is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Smolensk. As of the 2021 Russ ...

from 1991 to 1993. He was also member of the first

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from 1993 to 1995.

Biography

Valery Fateyev was born in Gorky (

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...

), on 2 June 1946. He graduated from the Gorky State University and the All-Union Correspondence Financial and Economic Institute. From 1976 to 1989, he worked deputy chief engineer of

Vyazma Vyazma () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Vyazemsky District, Smolensk Oblast, Vyazemsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vyazma River, about halfway between Smolensk, the ...

branch of the Moscow searchlight plant. In October 1991, until the 11 April 1993, he was the 1st Governor of the Smolensk Oblast. From January 1994 to January 1996, he was a Member of the

Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation The Federal Assembly is the bicameral national legislature of Russia. The upper house is the Federation Council, and the lower house is the State Duma. The assembly was established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993, replacing ...

. Fateyev was kidnapped in

Chechnya Chechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, between the Caspian Sea and Black Sea. The republic forms a part of the North Caucasian Federa ...

, near

Achkhoy-Martan Achkhoy-Martan (, , ''Jaşxoy-Marta'' or Тӏехьа-Март, ''Theẋa-Mart'') is a town and the administrative center of Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Achkhoy-Martan is incorporate ...

on his way to

Grozny Grozny (, ; ) is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, it had a population of 328,533 — up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 Russian Census, 2002 ce ...

on January 11, 1999. There he was heading to find a wife abducted in November 1998. They were released from captivity in early March 2000.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fateyev, Valery 1946 births Living people Governors of Smolensk Oblast Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1994–1996) Politicians from Nizhny Novgorod Kidnapped Russian people