Boris Shcherbina
Boris Shcherbina | |
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Борис Щербина | |
Shcherbina in 1985 | |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |
| In office 13 January 1984 – 7 June 1989 | |
| Chairman | |
| Minister of Construction of the Oil and Gas Industries | |
| In office 11 December 1973 – 13 January 1984 | |
| Chairman | |
| Preceded by | Aleksei K. Kortunov |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Chirskov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 October 1919 |
| Died | 22 August 1990 (aged 70) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1939–1990) |
| Spouse | Raisa Pavlovna Shcherbina |
| Children | Yuri Borisovich Shcherbina |
| Occupation | Railway engineer |
| Known for | Crisis management of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and 1988 Armenian earthquake; Chairman of the Chernobyl Commission |
| Awards | Hero of Socialist Labor |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Service years | 1939–1942 |
| Unit | 316th ski squadron |
| Conflict | The Winter War |
| Chernobyl disaster |
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Boris Yevdokimovich Shcherbina (Russian: Борис Евдокимович Щербина; Ukrainian: Борис Євдокимович Щербина, romanized: Borys Yevdokymovych Shcherbyna; 5 October 1919 – 22 August 1990) was a Soviet politician who served as a Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1984 to 1989.
Shcherbina was influential in the development of the oil and gas industry in Siberia, particularly in Tyumen Oblast. In 1986, he was appointed head of the commission set to investigate the cause of the Chernobyl disaster and oversee its management. Two years later, he was put in charge of handling refugees caused by the 1988 Armenian earthquake. Shcherbina retired in 1989, before dying in 1990. It is unknown how large of a role radiation caused by Chernobyl played in his death.