Grigory Romanov
Grigory Romanov | |||||||||||||
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Григорий Романов | |||||||||||||
Romanov in 1977 | |||||||||||||
| Military Industry Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |||||||||||||
| In office 15 June 1983 – 6 March 1986 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Yakov Ryabov | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Lev Zaykov | ||||||||||||
| First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Party Committee | |||||||||||||
| In office 16 September 1970 – 24 June 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Vasily Tolstikov | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Lev Zaykov | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 7 February 1923 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 3 June 2008 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||
| Party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1944–1986) | ||||||||||||
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Grigory Vasilyevich Romanov (Russian: Григорий Васильевич Романов; 7 February 1923 – 3 June 2008) was a Soviet politician who served as a member of the Politburo and Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Romanov began his political career as a local politician in Leningrad, eventually emerging as the main rival to Mikhail Gorbachev for the position of General Secretary in the 1985 succession struggle after the death of Konstantin Chernenko. Following his loss, Romanov was forcefully retired from political positions and lived as a pensioner, joining the Communist Party of the Russian Federation before his death.