Summary
Viktor Pavlovich Barannikov (Russian: Виктор Павлович Баранников; 20 October 1940 — 21 July 1995)[1] was the Soviet Interior Minister in 1991 and Russian Interior Minister from 1992 to 1993.
Viktor Barannikov | |
|---|---|
Виктор Баранников | |
| Minister of Security | |
| In office 24 January 1992 – 27 July 1993 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | Himself as Director General of AFB |
| Succeeded by | Nikolai Golushko (acting), Office abolished |
| Director General of the Federal Security Agency (AFB) | |
| In office 15 January – 24 January 1992 | |
| President | Boris Yeltsin |
| Preceded by | Viktor Ivanenko |
| Succeeded by | Himself as Minister of Security |
| Minister of Interior of the USSR | |
| In office 29 August 1991 – 26 December 1991 | |
| President | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| Preceded by | Boris Pugo |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of Interior of the RSFSR | |
| In office 8 September 1990 – 13 September 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | Ivan Silayev |
| Preceded by | Vasily Trushin |
| Succeeded by | Andrey Dunayev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Viktor Pavlovich Barannikov 20 October 1940 Fedosyevka, Pozharsky District, Primorsky Krai, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 21 July 1995 (aged 54) Moscow, Russia |
| Resting place | Vagankovo Cemetery, Moscow |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union → Russia |
| Years of service | 1961–1993 |
| Rank | General of the Army |
Career edit
He was the interior minister of Russian SFSR from September 1990 to September 1991, the interior minister of the USSR after the August Coup against Gorbachev from August 1991 to January 1992. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he became the Minister of Security and Home Affairs of the Russian SFSR (December 1991 - January 1992). General Director of the Federal Security Agency of the RSFSR (January 1992). Minister of Security of the Russian Federation (January 1992 - July 1993).
Barannikov initiated the transfer of power under the responsibility of the Interior Ministry to individual republics and ordered the militia to stay away from the political chaos engulfing the capital. He was dismissed by the President at the end of July 1993. As an excuse, an incident involving the Border Guard forces on the Soviet-Afghan border and the wasteful lifestyle of his wife Ludmila, which cost taxpayers around $100,000, was used. During the Russian Constitutional Crisis in September–October 1993, he tried to mediate between Boris Yeltsin and Supreme Soviet, who wanted to drag him to her side by nominating him as the Minister of Security. He was arrested and imprisoned for several months, soon after his release he died of a heart attack on July 22, 1995.
He was close to Boris Birshtein and Birshtein's Seabeco.[2]
Further reading edit
- Ostrovsky, Alexander (2014). Расстрел «Белого дома». Чёрный октябрь 1993 (The shooting of the "White House". Black October 1993) — М.: «Книжный мир», 2014. — 640 с. ISBN 978-5-8041-0637-0
References edit
- ^ Jeanne Vronskaya (16 August 1995). OBITUARY : Viktor Barannikov. Archived from the original on 2022-08-17.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Хлебников, Пол (Klebnikov, Paul) (September 4, 2000). "Как Березовский нажил свой первоначальный капитал. Отрывок из книги "Крестный отец Кремля". Взлет олигарха" [How Berezovsky made his initial capital. Excerpt from the book "The Godfather of the Kremlin". The rise of the oligarch]. compromat.ru (in Russian). Retrieved December 15, 2020 – via Forbes.
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- Klebnikov, Paul (September 16, 2000). Godfather of the Kremlin: the Life and Times of Boris Berezovsky and the Looting of Russia. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9780151006212.
External links edit
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060225155559/http://www.agentura.ru/english/dosie/fsb/story/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060614194250/http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/russia.htm
- БАРАННИКОВ Виктор Павлович
- Баранников Виктор Павлович. История Современной России