Sergei Alexeyev Explained

Sergei Alexeyev
Native Name Lang:ru
Birth Date:28 July 1924
Birth Place:Oryol, Russian SFSR, USSR
Death Place:Saint Petersburg, Russia
Citizenship:Soviet Union → Russia
Nationality:Russian
Field:Legal theory
Workplaces:
Alma Mater:Ural State Law University
Prizes:Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (3rd class), Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order of the Patriotic War (2nd class), Order of the Badge of Honour, USSR State Prize, Demidov Prize
Spouse:Zoya Alexeyeva

Sergei Sergeyevich Alexeyev (28 July 1924 – 12 May 2013) was a Soviet and Russian legal scholar and politician. He was the first and only chairman of the Committee for Constitutional Supervision of the USSR from 1990 to 1991. Later, he was one of the co-authors of the Constitution of Russia of 1993,[1] along with Anatoly Sobchak and Sergey Shakhray.

Death

On 12 May 2013 Alexeyev died of a heart attack.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=37302 Co-Author Of Constitution Dead at 88 | The St. Petersburg Times | The leading English-language newspaper in St. Petersburg