Yegor Stroyev

Yegor Semyonovich Stroyev (born February 25, 1937) was the governor of Oryol Oblast[1] from 1993 to 2009. He used to be the speaker of the Federation Council of Russia (1996–2001). He had a major post in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Stroyev was reelected as governor with a very large majority. He was removed from his position on February 16, 2009 by Dmitry Medvedev due to economic concerns.

Honours and awards

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.

References

  1. ^ Shenfield, Stephen (2001). Russian fascism: traditions, tendencies, movements. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 153–. ISBN 9780765606358. http://books.google.com/books?id=M0Qkk-r2buQC&pg=PA153. Retrieved 7 May 2011.