10 Facts About Anatoly Lukyanov

Anatoly Ivanovich Lukyanov was a Russian Communist politician who was the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR between 15 March 1990 and 4 September 1991.

Anatoly Lukyanov was born in Smolensk on 7 May 1930, the son of a Red Army officer who was killed in action during World War II.

Anatoly Lukyanov graduated from the Law School of the Moscow State University in 1953, while being a member of the Communist Youth League.

From 1956 to 1961 Anatoly Lukyanov worked as a legal adviser at the Legal Commission of the Soviet Council of Ministers.

Anatoly Lukyanov was a secretary of the CPSU Central Committee from January 1987 and a candidate member of the Politburo from September 1988.

Anatoly Lukyanov was elected vice-chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union in March 1989, and chairman the following year.

Anatoly Lukyanov was arrested on 29 August 1991, and held for fifteen months on charges of conspiracy.

Anatoly Lukyanov was the Chairman of the Central Advisory Council of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and the senior adviser to party leader Gennady Zyuganov, since co-founding the party in 1993.

Anatoly Lukyanov did not participate in the elections of 2003 and instead became a board member of the company OEG Petroservis.

Anatoly Lukyanov was found dead in his Moscow home on 9 January 2019, at the age of 88, after suffering from an unspecified illness.