Career
In 1973 Vinogradov joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
In 1973 Vinogradov joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
He served in various roles in local party committees and the city administration for Vladimir until he was elected as governor (now as a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation) for the oblast in 1996.
Vinogradov was also a member of the Federation Council from 1997 until 2001, where his was on the budget, tax policy, financial, currency and customs regulation, and bank activity committees.