Boris Shcherbina

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Boris Shcherbina
Борис Щербина
Shcherbina in 1985
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers
In office 13 January 1984 – 7 June 1989 (1984-01-13 – 1989-06-07)
Chairman	Nikolai Tikhonov Nikolai Ryzhkov
Minister of Construction of the Oil and Gas Industries
In office 11 December 1973 – 13 January 1984 (1973-12-11 – 1984-01-13)
Chairman	Alexei Kosygin Nikolai Tikhonov
Preceded by	Aleksei K. Kortunov [ru]
Succeeded by	Vladimir Chirskov
Personal details
Born	(1919-10-05)5 October 1919 Debaltsevo, Donets Governorate, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Debaltseve, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)
Died	22 August 1990(1990-08-22) (aged 70) Moscow, Soviet Union
Resting place	Novodevichy Cemetery
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1939–1990)
Spouse	Raisa Pavlovna Shcherbina
Children	Yuri Borisovich Shcherbina
Occupation	Railway engineer
Known for	Crisis management of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and 1988 Armenian earthquake; Chairman of the Chernobyl Commission
Awards	Hero of Socialist Labor
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service years	1939–1942
Conflict	The Winter War [clarification needed]

Chernobyl disaster
The reactor in 2013
Effects Comparison with other radioactivity releases Comparison with Fukushima Cultural impact Deaths Elephant's Foot Groundwater contamination TORCH report
Individuals Aleksandr Akimov Anatoly Dyatlov Vasily Ignatenko Valery Khodemchuk Boris Shcherbina Valery Legasov Mykola Melnyk Vassili Nesterenko Vladimir Pikalov Volodymyr Pravyk Nikolai Tarakanov Leonid Telyatnikov Leonid Toptunov
Locations Exclusion Zone Chernihiv–Ovruch railway Chernobyl power plant Kopachi Opachychi Poliske Red Forest Tarasy Velyki Klishchi Vilcha Yaniv Polesie Reserve Aravichy Dzernavichy Pripyat amusement park Azure swimming pool Avanhard stadium FC Stroitel Energetik cultural palace Jupiter factory Polissya hotel Slavutych
Organisations Chernobyl Children International Children of Chernobyl Benefit Concert Chernobyl Forum Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme Chernobyl Shelter Fund Friends of Chernobyl's Children State Institution for Radiation Monitoring and Radiation Safety
Related topics 2022 Russian capture of Chernobyl Chernobyl: Abyss (2021 film) Chernobyl (2019 miniseries) Chernobyl liquidators Chernobyl necklace Chernobylite Sarcophagus New Safe Confinement Samosely National Chernobyl Museum
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Boris Yevdokimovich Shcherbina (Russian: Борис Евдокимович Щербина; Ukrainian: Борис Євдокимович Щербина, romanized: Borys Yevdokymovych Shcherbyna; 5 October 1919 – 22 August 1990) was a Ukrainian Soviet politician who served as a Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1984 to 1989. During this period he supervised Soviet crisis management of two major catastrophes: the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and the 1988 Armenian earthquake.^[1][2]