Vasily Starodubtsev

Vasily Starodubtsev
Василий Стародубцев
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
In office
24 December 2007  30 December 2011
Succeeded byOleg Lebedev
2nd Governor of Tula Oblast
In office
31 March 1997  29 April 2005
Preceded byNikolai Sevryugin
Succeeded byVyacheslav Dudka
Member of the Federation Council from Tula Oblast
ex-officio as Governor
In office
16 April 1997  25 December 2001
Preceded byNikolai Sevryugin
Succeeded byAnatoly Vaskov
In office
11 January 1994  15 January 1996
Serving with Alexander Titkin
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded by
Member of the State Committee on the State of Emergency
In office
19 August 1991  21 August 1991
PresidentGennady Yanayev
Personal details
Born25 December 1931
Volovchik, Volovsky District, Central Black Earth Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died30 December 2011(2011-12-30) (aged 80)
Novomoskovsk, Russia
Political party
Other political
affiliations
Agrarian Party of Russia (1993-2004)
Children
  • Alexander
  • Natalya
EducationVoronezh Agricultural Institute (DPhil)
Occupation
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch/serviceSoviet Air Force
Years of service1951-1955
RankJunior lieutenant

Vasily Alexandrovich Starodubtsev (Russian: Василий Александрович Стародубцев; December 25, 1931 December 30, 2011) was a Soviet and Russian politician and governor of Tula Oblast from 1997 to 2005. He was also the Chairman of the Peasants Union of the USSR, during which he served as a member of the State Committee on the State of Emergency in the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt. He was a leader of the Agrarian Party of Russia.