Vitaly Doguzhiyev Explained

Vitaly Doguzhiyev
Office:Premier of the Soviet Union
Term Start:19 August
Term End:28 August 1991
President:Mikhail Gorbachev
Predecessor:Valentin Pavlov
Successor:Ivan Silayev
Order2:First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union
Term Start2:15 January 1991
Term End2:26 November 1991
Premier2:Valentin Pavlov
Ivan Silayev
Predecessor2:Vladilen Niktin
Successor2:Post abolished
Birth Place:Yenakiyevo, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Birth Date:25 December 1935
Death Place:Moscow, Russia
Nationality:Soviet/Russian
Party:Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Vitaly Husseynovich Doguzhiyev (Russian: Виталий Хуссейнович Догужиев; 25 December 1935 – 3 October 2016) was a Soviet official appointed as the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers in 1991. Together with Vladimir Velichko, he was the last official on this position before the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Life and career

He graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk University in 1958.

During the events of 19-22 August 1991, due to the illness of the USSR Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov, Doguzhiev was temporarily assigned the duties of the head of government.[1] [2] On 28 August the functions of the government of the Soviet Union were entrusted to the Committee on the Operational Management of the Soviet economy (COMSE) led by Ivan Silayev.

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Notes and References

  1. https://online.lexpro.ru/document/2238 Распоряжение Кабинета Министров СССР от 19.08.1991 № 943р
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/russia/newsid_5261000/5261982.stm Би-би-си | Россия | Хроника путча. Часть II