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Soviet politician (1933–2011)

Serafim Kolpakov
Minister of Metallurgy
In office
5 July 1985 – 10 April 1991
Premier
Preceded byIvan Kazanets
Succeeded byOleg Soskovets
Personal details
BornSerafim Vasilyevich Kolpakov
10 January 1933
Lipetsk, Soviet Union
Died15 November 2011(2011-11-15) (aged 78)
Resting placeTroyekurovskoye cemetery, Moscow
NationalityRussian
Political partyCommunist Party
Alma mater

Serafim Kolpakov (Russian: Серафим Колпаков; 10 January 1933 – 15 November 2011) was a Soviet engineer who served as minister of metallurgy in the 1980s. He was a member of the central committee of the Soviet Communist Party.

Biography

Kolpakov was born in Lipetsk, Lipetsk Oblast, on 10 January 1933. He graduated from the Lipetsk Mining and Metallurgical College and the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys obtaining a bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineer. He also received his PhD in technical sciences.

Following his graduation he worked at the Ashinsky Metallurgical Plant in the Chelyabinsk Oblast, at the Lipetsk Tractor Plant, and then at the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant. In the periods 1978-1979 and 1982-1985 Kolpakov served as deputy minister of ferrous metallurgy. In July 1985 he was appointed minister of ferrous metallurgy replacing Ivan Kazanets in the post. Kolpakov's tenure continued until 1989, and in the period 1989-1990 he was the minister of metallurgy. He also served at the central committee of the Communist Party.

In 1992 Kolpakov was elected president of the International Union of Metallurgists and became a member of the steering committee of a non-profit company, Russian Steel Consortium, in 2001.

Kolpakov died of heart attack on 15 November 2011. A funeral ceremony took place on 18 November, and he was buried at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow.

References

  1. ^ "Умер бывший министр металлургии СССР". Lenta (in Russian). 16 November 2011. Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Soviet Union: Political Affairs" (PDF). JPRS: 19. 12 December 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2022.
  3. David Marples (December 1986). "Crisis in Soviet Industry? An Examination of the Soviet Steel Industry in the 1980s". Canadian Slavonic Papers. 28 (4): 373. JSTOR 40868660.
  4. Alex Gurov (March 2008). "Metal-Expo in Moscow - A key event for the Russian steel industry". Steel Times International. 32 (2): 55. ProQuest 1056347.
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