Serafim Kolpakov | |
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| Minister of Metallurgy | |
| In office 5 July 1985 – 10 April 1991 | |
| Premier | |
| Preceded by | Ivan Kazanets |
| Succeeded by | Oleg Soskovets |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Serafim Vasilyevich Kolpakov 10 January 1933 Lipetsk, Soviet Union |
| Died | 15 November 2011 (aged 78) |
| Resting place | Troyekurovskoye cemetery, Moscow |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party |
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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.
Kolpakov was born in Lipetsk, Lipetsk Oblast, on 10 January 1933. [1] 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. [1] He also received his PhD in technical sciences. [2]
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. [1] In the periods 1978-1979 and 1982-1985 Kolpakov served as deputy minister of ferrous metallurgy. [1] In July 1985 he was appointed minister of ferrous metallurgy replacing Ivan Kazanets in the post. [3] Kolpakov's tenure continued until 1989, and in the period 1989-1990 he was the minister of metallurgy. [1] He also served at the central committee of the Communist Party. [2]
In 1992 Kolpakov was elected president of the International Union of Metallurgists [4] and became a member of the steering committee of a non-profit company, Russian Steel Consortium, in 2001. [1]
Kolpakov died of heart attack on 15 November 2011. [1] A funeral ceremony took place on 18 November, and he was buried at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow. [1]
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Умер бывший министр металлургии СССР". Lenta (in Russian). 16 November 2011. Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Soviet Union: Political Affairs" (PDF). JPRS: 19. 12 December 1989. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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- 20th-century Russian engineers
- 21st-century Russian engineers
- 1933 births
- 2011 deaths
- Members of the Central Committee of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Members of the Central Committee of the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- People's commissars and ministers of the Soviet Union
- Soviet engineers
- Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
- People from Lipetsk
- National University of Science and Technology MISiS alumni