Vasily Starodubtsev

Vasily Alexandrovich Starodubzew (Russian Василий Александрович Стародубцев; born December 25, 1931 in Wolowtschik, Lipetsk Oblast; † 30 December 2011 Nowomoskowsk, Tula Oblast ) was a Soviet and Russian politician. From 1964 to 1997 he was chairman of the collective farm " Lenin " in Rajon Nowomoskowsk in Tula Oblast. Since 1986 he was also Chairman of the Council of the collective farms of the USSR, from June 1990 to August 1991 Chairman of the Farmers' Union of the USSR. During the August coup, he was a member of the State Committee for the State of Emergency ( GKTschP ), after its failure Starodubzew was briefly detained, but released in June 1992. From 1993 to 1995 Starodubzew was a member of the Federation Council. In March 1997 Starodubzew was elected governor of the Tula Oblast, in April 2001, he was re-elected. After the abolition of the direct election of governors he was replaced in April 2005 by Vyacheslav Dudka. In December 2007 Starodubzew entered the Duma for the KPRF. In 2011 he was re-elected to the Duma, but died nine days after the inaugural session.

Starodubzew won awards including the title Hero of Socialist Labor. He also received three times the Order of Lenin and the Order of the October Revolution and the decorations of the Soviet Union.