Boris Evdokimovich Shcherbina
Boris Shcherbina Yevdokimovich ( Russian Борис Евдокимович Щербина , Ukrainian Борис Євдокимович Щербина Borys Jewdokymowytsch Schtscherbyna , * 5. October 1919 in Debaltseve , Ukraine ; † 22. August 1990 in Moscow ) was a Soviet politician . During the Chernobyl nuclear disaster , he headed the relevant government commission.
Life
He was born the son of a railroad worker. After graduating from school in 1937, he studied in Kharkov at the Railway Institute. However, studies were interrupted by participation in the Soviet-Finnish winter war , in which Boris Shcherbina voluntarily served in the 316th separate ski squadron. During his studies he received the certificate of honor of the Central Committee of the Komsomol of Ukraine (1939) for his academic success and active public relations. In the same year he joined the CPSU . After graduating in 1942, he worked as an engineer on the North Donetsk Railway.
In 1950/51 he was Secretary of the Kharkov City Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine and then until 1961 Secretary for Ideology and 2nd Secretary of the Party Committee of the Irkutsk Region. From December 11, 1973 to January 13, 1984 he was Minister of Energy of the USSR. In 1984 he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR . In 1986 he headed the government commission on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and in 1988 the government commission on the Spitak earthquake . In 1990 he was defeated in the elections for the chairmanship of the Central Committee of the CPSU against Boris Yeltsin .
He was married to Raisa Pavlovna Shcherbina (1919-1984) and had a son Juri (* 1941) with her.
Shcherbina died in Moscow in 1990 and was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery.
Chernobyl
In 1986 Boris Shcherbina headed the government commission for the elimination of the consequences of the accident in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. On the day of the accident, on April 26, 1986, he flew from Moscow to Kiev , from there to the city of Prypiat to get an idea of the situation. It has been widely criticized that he did not evacuate the city's residents until 36 hours after the reactor accident. As a result, many residents were exposed to high levels of radiation and suffered from long-term effects . At around noon on April 27, a short radio message was broadcast on Shcherbina's orders, urging the people of Pripyat to prepare for a three-day absence. The evacuation started at 2 p.m. and was carried out with approx. 1200 buses within two and a half hours.
Under Shcherbina's direction, the wrecked reactor was extinguished and sealed, and the city of Slavutych was built to replace Pripyat.
Awards
- Hero of Socialist Labor (October 6, 1983)
- 4 × Order of Lenin (October 3, 1969; December 13, 1972; October 4, 1979; October 6, 1983)
- Order of the October Revolution (October 25, 1971)
- 2 × Order of the Red Banner of Labor (November 1, 1957; March 22, 1966)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=15266
- ↑ a b Entry on Boris Evdokimowitsch Shcherbina on the website of the Novodevichy Cemetery; accessed on May 29, 2019 (Russian)
- ^ Evacuation of Pripyat population . Retrieved May 29, 2019.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Shcherbina, Boris Evdokimowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Щербина, Борис Евдокимович (Russian); Щербина, Борис Євдокимович (Ukrainian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Debaltseve , Ukraine |
| DATE OF DEATH | 22nd August 1990 |
| Place of death | Moscow |