Vasily Zakharov

Vasily Zakharov
Василий Захаров
Minister of Culture
In office
17 August 1986  June 1989
PremierNikolai Ryzhkov
Preceded byPyotr Demichev
Personal details
Born
Vasily Georgievich Zakharov

(1934-01-05)5 January 1934
Khriply, Firovsky district, Kalinin region, RSFSR
Died17 October 2023(2023-10-17) (aged 89)
NationalityRussian
Political partyCommunist Party
Alma materLeningrad State University

Vasily Georgievich Zakharov (Russian: Василий Георгиевич Захаров; 5 January 1934 – 17 October 2023) was a Soviet and Russian economist who served as the minister of culture between 1986 and 1989 in the Soviet Union. He was a member of central committee of the Communist Party.