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Also Known As Nikolay Ivanovich Ryzhkov
Born September 28, 1929
Died February 28, 2024 (aged 94) • Moscow • Russia
Title / Office prime minister (1985-1991), Soviet Union
Political Affiliation Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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