Viktor Gerashchenko

Viktor Gerashchenko
Виктор Геращенко
Gerashchenko in 1994
Governor of the Central Bank of Russia
In office
11 September 1998  20 March 2002
Preceded bySergey Dubinin
Succeeded bySergey Ignatyev
In office
4 November 1992  18 October 1994
Preceded byGeorgy Matyukhin
Succeeded byTatyana Paramonova (acting)
Sergey Dubinin
Chairman of the USSR State Bank
In office
3 August 1989  26 December 1991
Preceded byNikolay Garetovsky
Succeeded byOffice disestablished
Member of the State Duma
In office
2003–2007
Personal details
Born(1937-12-21)21 December 1937
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died11 May 2025(2025-05-11) (aged 87)
Moscow, Russia
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1963–1991)
Rodina
Alma materMoscow Finance Institute
AwardsOrder of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Order of Honour
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 3rd, 4th class

Viktor Vladimirovich Gerashchenko (Russian: Ви́ктор Влади́мирович Гера́щенко; 21 December 1937 – 11 May 2025), nicknamed Heracles (Russian: Геракл), was the Chairman of the State Bank of the USSR, then Governor of the Bank of Russia during much of the Perestroika and post-Perestroika periods.