Valery Chaptynov
Valery Ivanovich Chaptynov was a Russian politician. He was the first Head of the [Altai Republic], the first Member of the Federation Council from the Altai Republic, and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and First Secretary of the Gorno-Altai Communist Party for the duration of the short-lived Gorno-Altai [Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic].