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Gennady Yanayev

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Gennady Yanayev
President of the Soviet Union[1]
In office
19 August – 21 August 1991
PresidentMikhail Gorbachev
Vice President of the Soviet Union
In office
27 December 1990 – 21 August 1991
PresidentMikhail Gorbachev
Preceded byAnatoly Lukyanov (as vice head of state)
Succeeded byNone (post abolished)
Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions
In office
April – July 1990
Preceded byStephan A. Shalaev
Succeeded byNone (post abolished)
Personal details
Born(1937-08-26)26 August 1937
Perevoz, Gorky Oblast, Soviet Union
Died24 September 2010(2010-09-24) (aged 73)
Moscow, Russian Federation
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union

Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev (26 August 1937 – 24 September 2010) was a Soviet politician. He was the vice president of the Soviet Union,. Yanayev served from 1990 to 1991.

Yanayev held several political positions. He served during the rules of Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko. With the help of Mikhail Gorbachev, Yanayev was the last and only elected Vice President of the Soviet Union. He later served a President of the Soviet Union during the August Coup and led the GKChP to depose President Gorbachev. The coup ended after 3 days. Yanayev was arrested. In 1994 he was pardoned by the State Duma.

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