Romanov, Grigory Vasilyevich

Romanov, Grigory Vasilyevich
▪ 2009

      Soviet official

born Feb. 7, 1923, Zikhnovo, Russia, U.S.S.R.

died June 3, 2008, Moscow, Russia
as the Central Committee secretary for the military economy and the respected former Communist Party boss (1970–83) of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), was the major hard-line rival of Mikhail Gorbachev in the battle to lead the Soviet Union upon the death of Konstantin Chernenko in 1985. Romanov worked as a designer in a shipyard in Leningrad and served in the Red Army during World War II, during which he suffered through the Siege of Leningrad. A member of the Communist Party from 1944, he moved steadily upward in its ranks, becoming a member of the Politburo in 1976. Upon Gorbachev's successful election as party leader, Romanov was immediately demoted and removed from both the Politburo and the Secretariat.

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