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He was the Minister of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union (13 February 1985 – 17 July 1989), after which he became first chairman of Gazprom energy company and the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of Russia (1992–1998) based on consecutive years.
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (born April 9, 1938, Cherny-Otrog, Russia, Soviet Union—died Nov. 3, 2010, Moscow) was a Soviet industrial administrator who served as prime minister of Russia from 1992 to 1998.
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Nov 3, 2010 · Viktor Chernomyrdin, who died age 72 on Wednesday, led the Russian government from 1992 to 1998, and was responsible for both the successes and failures of the economic reforms of the time.
Nov 4, 2010 · MOSCOW Viktor S. Chernomyrdin, who served as Russia’s prime minister during the turbulent transition to a free-market economy in the 1990s and who founded the state-owned gas monopoly Gazprom,...
Nov 5, 2010 · Viktor Chernomyrdin played a vital role in Russia's first tumultuous post-Soviet decade, as a solid and pragmatic counterpart to the erratic President Boris Yeltsin and as a...
Nov 3, 2010 · Former Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin has died after battling a long illness. He was 72. Chernomyrdin will be remembered as the longest-serving prime minister in post-Soviet Russia,...
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Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin was a Soviet and Russian politician and businessman. He was the Minister of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union, after which he became first chairman of Gazprom energy company and the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of Russia (1992–1998) based on consecutive years.
