Pavel Nikolayevich Balakshin (Russian: Павел Николаевич Балакшин, 10 July 1936 – 15 April 2024) was a Russian politician. He was the first Head of Administration of his home region, Arkhangelsk Oblast, from 1991 to 1996.
Pavel Balakshin | |
|---|---|
| Павел Балакшин | |
 Balakshin in 2011 | |
| 4th Mayor of Arkhangelsk | |
| In office 14 December 1996 – 14 December 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Gerasimov |
| Succeeded by | Oleg Nilov |
| 1st Head of Administration of Arkhangelsk Oblast | |
| In office 19 September 1991 – 21 February 1996 | |
| Succeeded by | Valentin Vlasov (acting) Anatoly Yefremov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 July 1936 Dementyevo, Kotlassky District, Northern Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Died | 15 April 2024 (aged 87) |
| Political party | Our Home - Russia |
Biography edit
Pavel Balakshin was born in the village of Dementyevo, Kotlassky District, Northern Krai (now Arkhangelsk Oblast) in a Russian working-class family. He began his career in 1952 at the Mir collective farm. He worked as a buoy operator, sailor, helmsman in the Northern river Shipping Company, then as a locksmith on the railway. From 1955 to 1958, he served in the Soviet Armed Forces as a mechanic of radar equipment. In 1959–85 he worked at the Kotlas Pulp and Paper Mill in Koryazhma. From 1987 to 1990 he was director general of Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill, Novodvinsk.[1]
From 1990 to 1991 he was Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Arkhangelsk Regional Council of People's Deputies. On 19 September 1991, by the Decree of the President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, Balakshin was appointed head of administration of Arkhangelsk Oblast.[2] In December 1993 he was elected a deputy of the Federation Council of the first convocation from Arkhangelsk Oblast. During Balakshin's administration, in 1995, dismantling of nuclear submarines in Severodvinsk began along with removal of radioactive waste from the harbor.[3]
In January 1996 he became a member of the second Federation Council. He was elected a member of its Committee on Federation Affairs, Treaty of Federation and Regional Policy.[4] On 21 February, Balakshin was ousted from his post by presidential decree "for gross violations when using targeted loans, allocated for the delivery of products to the regions of the Far North."[5] On 15 March 1996, Balakshin was removed from the Federation Council.
On 8 December 1996, Balakshin became the first mayor of Arkhangelsk to be directly elected. He occupied this position for the next four years.[1]
Balakshin died on 15 April 2024, at the age of 87.[6]
Awards edit
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th class (6 January 1999) — for services to the state, high achievements in production activities and a great contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation between the nations[7]
- Honorary Citizen of the city of Arkhangelsk (28 April 2011)[8]
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor
- Order of the October Revolution
- USSR State Prize in science and technology (1982, as a part of collective) — for the development of new technologies for the production of paper and cardboard[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Honorary Citizens of the city of Arkhangelsk: Balakshin Pavel Nikolayevich, Administration of Arkhangelsk
- ^ "Указ президента РСФСР № 125 от 19 сентября 1991 года «О назначении глав администраций Архангельской, Волгоградской, Иркутской областей»" [Decree of the President of the RSFSR No. 125 of 19 September 1991 "On the appointment of the heads of administrations of Arkhangelsk, Volgograd, Irkutsk Oblasts"]. kremlin.ru (in Russian).
- ^ a b "Завершился прием материалов и ходатайств на присвоение звания "Почетный гражданин города Архангельска"" [Acceptance of applications for the title of Honorary Citizen of Arkhangelsk has been completed]. Administration of Arkhangelsk (in Russian). 22 March 2011.
- ^ Balakshin Pavel Nikolayevich, panorama.ru
- ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 21.02.1996 г. № 221 «О Балакшине П. Н.»" [Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 21 February 1996 No. 221 "On Balakshin P.N."]. kremlin.ru (in Russian).
- ^ "Скончался Павел Балакшин". TV29. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 6 January 1999 No. 20 "On rewarding with state awards of the Russian Federation"
- ^ Pavel Nikolayevich Balakshin is assigned with the title of the honorary citizen of Arkhangelsk