Georgy Koshlakov Explained

Georgy Koshlakov
Native Name:Кошлаков Георгий Вадимович
Native Name Lang:ru
Birth Date:8 February 1936
Birth Place:Sverdlovsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Occupation:Geologist
Education:Candidate of Sciences,
Docent
Alma Mater:Central Asian Poly-Technical Institute, 1958
Institute of National Economic Management under the Council of Ministers, 1976
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Georgy Vadimovich Koshlakov (; 8 February 1936 – 7 July 2017) was the deputy Prime Minister of Tajikistan. On January 23, 1989, the Gissar earthquake occurred. He is quoted as saying: "The earthquake caused a burst of mud from the foothills which poured down on the villages. It was up to five miles wide and one-and-a-half miles long."[1] He was a head of the Department of Economics and Management at the Russian-Tajik Slavonic University.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: 1989: Many killed in Tajik earthquake . bbc.co.uk . 1989-01-23. 2008-02-19.
  2. News: Central Asia's poorest states in crisis . Parvina . Hamidova . reliefweb.int . 2008-02-15 . 2008-02-19.