1. Anatoly Ivanovich Lisitsyn is a Russian politician, who was the first governor of Yaroslavl Oblast.
14 Facts About Anatoly Lisitsyn
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Anatoly Lisitsyn was born on 26 June 1947 in Bolshiye Smenki, Sonkovsky District of modern Tver Oblast.
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Anatoly Lisitsyn graduated from the Leningrad Forestry Academy in 1977, becoming director of "Svoboda" five years later.
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In 1987 Lisitsyn was elected chairman of the executive committee of the Rybinsk's Central District.
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Anatoly Lisitsyn was nominated for the post of chairman of the Yaroslavl Oblast executive committee, but lost the vote in parliament to Vladimir Kovalyov.
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Anatoly Lisitsyn was appointed acting Head of Administration of Yaroslavl Oblast on 3 December 1991, officially taking office in September next year.
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In December 1993 Anatoly Lisitsyn was elected member of the first Federation Council with the support from Gaidar's Choice of Russia bloc.
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In 1993, Anatoly Lisitsyn signed an agreement on trade and economic cooperation with the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.
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From 1996 to 2001, Anatoly Lisitsyn was an ex officio member of the second Federation Council and was a member of its Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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Anatoly Lisitsyn was a member of the State Council, and in 2001 was the inaugural recipient of the Russian National Olymp "Governor of the Year" award.
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On October 13, during president Putin's working visit of to Yaroslavl, Anatoly Lisitsyn submitted a letter of resignation to the President, planning to take the same position again, but by a vote in Yarslavl Oblast Duma, as it was established since 2004 changes in the legislation.
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Anatoly Lisitsyn lost to the United Russia candidate, former ice hockey player Andrei Kovalenko.
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Anatoly Lisitsyn is subject to sanctions imposed by the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Ukraine, and New Zealand.
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Anatoly Lisitsyn is known as an inveterate hunter, spending ten days a year on mountain hunting in Kyrgyzstan on a hunt for argali, an animal included in the Red Book of Russia.