Boris Pugo
Boris Pugo | |
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Борис Пуго | |
Pugo in 1989 | |
| Minister of Interior of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 1 December 1990 – 22 August 1991 | |
| Premier | Nikolai Ryzhkov Valentin Pavlov |
| Preceded by | Vadim Bakatin |
| Succeeded by | Viktor Barannikov |
| Chairman of the Central Control Commission | |
| In office 30 September 1989 – April 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Solomentsev |
| Succeeded by | Eugene Makhov |
| First Secretary of the Communist Party of Latvia | |
| In office 14 April 1984 – 4 October 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Augusts Voss |
| Succeeded by | Jānis Vagris |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 February 1937 Kalinin, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 22 August 1991 (aged 54) Moscow, Russian SFSR Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Suicide by gunshot |
| Resting place | Troyekurovskoye Cemetery |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union |
| Political party | Communist (1960–1991) |
Boris Karlovich Pugo (Latvian: Boriss Pugo, Russian: Борис Карлович Пуго; 19 February 1937 – 22 August 1991) was a Soviet communist politician of Latvian origin.