1. Eduard Ergartovich Rossel is a Russian politician who served as Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast from 1995 to 2009 and, from 2009 to 2022, as a member of the Federation Council.
16 Facts About Eduard Rossel
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Eduard Rossel was born in Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast to Volga German parents.
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Eduard Rossel's father was executed by the NKVD in 1938 and he was left living with his mother, who at that time found a Ukrainian man and married him instead.
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In 1962, Eduard Rossel graduated from the Ural State Mining University.
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Eduard Rossel holds a PhD in Technical Sciences and a doctoral degree in Economics and is an academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering and of the International Academy of Regional Cooperation and Development.
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In 1974, Eduard Rossel met Boris Yeltsin at the metallurgy factory, Blooming-1500.
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In 1978, Eduard Rossel declined promotion from Boris Yeltsin, who wanted him to become a mayor of Nizhny Tagil.
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Eduard Rossel served as a governor of the Sverdlovsk Oblast from 1991 to 2009.
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Yeltsin and Eduard Rossel became more hostile for a time due to Eduard Rossel's demand that Sverdlovsk Oblast have a status equal to that of Russia's republics.
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Eduard Rossel eventually returned to Yeltsin's favor, and in January 1996 Eduard Rossel won passage of a special bilateral agreement between Moscow and Sverdlovsk.
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In 2005, Eduard Rossel awarded his successor, Alexey Vorobyov, the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class.
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In 2005 Eduard Rossel authored a book entitled A Regional Perspective on the Current and Future Socio-Economic Developments in the Russian Federation, which was published in an English edition by Anthony Rowe Publishing Services on behalf of Intourist Ltd.
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On Wednesday, 13 April 2005, Eduard Rossel was guest and speaker at a reception held at the Russian Embassy in Kensington Palace Gardens, London for the launch of his book.
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Eduard Rossel gives a picture of the political structure of the Federation at a time when government of the regions was becoming more centralised.
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In 2009, Eduard Rossel left the gubernatorial post, citing his own failed competency.
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In 2018, Eduard Rossel met with vice governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast Aleksey Orlov, finance minister Victoria Kazakova, director of trust company "Belaya Gora", and head of the administration of Nizhniy Tagil, Vladislav Pinaev to discuss whether Belaya Gora should become a tourist resort.