Background
Vitaliy was born into a working-class family on January, 18 of 1926 in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
Vitaliy was born into a working-class family on January, 18 of 1926 in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
He graduated from the Kuibyshev Aviation Institute with a degree in mechanical engineering of aircraft construction (1954).
Since 1942, the locksmith of the diesel locomotive plant named after Dzerzhinsky in Voronezh. Since 1954, the controller, the technologist, the shop manager, the secretary of the party committee of the aviation plant No. 18 in Kuibyshev. Since 1960, the head of the department of the Kuibyshev regional committee of the CPSU, since 1967, the chairman of the Kuybyshev regional executive committee. Since 1971, First Secretary of the Voronezh Regional Committee of the CPSU. Since 1975, First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR. Since 1979 the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USSR in the Republic of Cuba. Since 1983, the first secretary of the Krasnodar Territory Committee of the CPSU. Since 1988, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR. Since 1990, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR. Member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1969-1988) (in 1974-1988 - from the Voronezh region). Member of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR (1958-1962, 1980-1985). People's Deputy of the USSR from the Voronezh Region (1989). Head of the Voronezh citizens' voluntary organization in the city of Moscow.