Viktor Gerashchenko

Viktor Gerashchenko
Виктор Геращенко
Gerashchenko in 2010
Chairman of the USSR State Bank
In office 1989–1991
Governor of the Central Bank of Russia
In office 1992–1994, 1998–2002
member of the State Duma
In office 2003–2007
Personal details
Born	21 December 1937
Political party	Rodina

Viktor Vladimirovich Gerashchenko (Russian: Ви́ктор Влади́мирович Гера́щенко; born 21 December 1937), nicknamed Gerakl (the Russian version of Heracles, or sometimes of debacle), 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.