Boris Pastukhov


Boris Nikolaevich Pastukhov was a Soviet and Russian diplomat and politician and a Komsomol member. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union he was a member of the State Duma of the third and the fourth convocations. He was also a member of the Soviet of the Union of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR representing the Chelyabinsk Oblast.

Biography

He was born in Moscow where he graduated from School No. 584. In 1958, he graduated from the Bauman Moscow High Technical College. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1959 to 1991.
From 1958, he was Second Secretary, and from 1959, First Secretary of the Bauman District Committee of the Komsomol. From 1961, he was Second Secretary, and from 1962, First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the Komsomol.
From 1964, he was Secretary of the Central Committee of the Komsomol, and from 1977 to 1982, he was First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Komsomol. From 1982 to 1986, he was Chairman of the State Committee for Publishing Printing, and Book Trade.
He was a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and then a full Member of the Central Committee from 197 to 1986.
From March 12, 1986 to September 15, 1989, he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Soviet Union to Denmark.
From September 15, 1989 to February 22, 1992, he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USSR/Russia to Afghanistan.
From 1992, he served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and from 1996, as First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
From 1998 to 1999, he served as in Yevgeny Primakov's Cabinet.
In 2009, he served as Senior Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation. In 2011, he served as Advisor to the Director General of the International Trade Center of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia.
He is buried at the Troekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.

Awards

  • Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class — for significant contribution to the development of entrepreneurship in the Russian Federation and long-term conscientious work
  • Order "For Merit to the Fatherland," 3rd class — for active legislative activity and long-term conscientious work
  • Order of Alexander Nevsky — for significant contribution to the patriotic education of youth and active public work
  • Order of Friendship — for services to the state, significant contribution to the implementation of foreign policy and ensuring Russia's national interests, courage and dedication shown in the performance of official duty
  • Order of Lenin
  • Order of the Red Banner of Labour
  • Order of the Red Star — for exemplary performance of official duty and courage demonstrated in the context of the aggravation of the military-political situation in Afghanistan
  • Order of Merit, 3rd Class — for strengthening Ukrainian-Russian bilateral relations.
  • — for significant personal contribution to the development of comprehensive cooperation between the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation, strengthening Belarusian-Russian friendship.
  • — for contribution to the development and strengthening of cooperation between the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation and in connection with the 5th anniversary of the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
  • Gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation — for active participation in organizing and holding events for the Year of Ukraine in the Russian Federation
  • Gratitude from the President of Russia — for active and fruitful work on preparing the draft Treaty between Russia and Georgia on Friendship, Good-Neighborliness, Cooperation, and Mutual Security.
  • Charter of the Commonwealth of Independent States — for active work to strengthen and develop the Commonwealth of Independent States.