Grigory Romanov (TheodoresTomfooleries)
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| Григорий Романов | |||||||||||||||||
 Grigory addressing press in the 1980s | |||||||||||||||||
| General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 11 March 1985 – 6 July 1994 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Konstantin Chernenko | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Yegor Ligachev | ||||||||||||||||
| Military Industry Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 15 June 1983 – 11 March 1985 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Yakov Ryabov | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Lev Zaykov | ||||||||||||||||
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| Personal details | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 February 1923 Zikhnovo, Novgorod Governorate, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 June 2008 (aged 85) Moscow, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Soviet | ||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1944-2008) | ||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Leningrad Shipbuilding Instititute (LKI) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Allegiance | .png){kind=small} Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||
| Branch/service | Signal Corps | ||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1941—1945 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Sergeant | ||||||||||||||||
| Battles/wars | Battle of Leningrad, Great Patriotic War | ||||||||||||||||
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Grigory Vasilyevich Romanov (Russian: Григорий Васильевич Романов; 7 February 1923 – 3 June 2008) was a Soviet politician who served as the 8th General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1994.
Born in Zikhnovo, Novgorod into a Russian peasant family, Romanov graduated with honors from his secondary school in 1938 before entering the Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute. The outbreak of the Great Patriotic War in 1941 and the Siege of Leningrad ended his study at the university, as he was drafted into the Red Army. He fought as a signalman on the Leningrad and Baltic fronts, earning the Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad" in 1942. He joined the Communist Party in September 1944, and after the war returned to studies at the Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute. He would gain his diploma with honors, receiving the specialty of a shipbuilding technician. He would later be sent to work for the TSKB-53 Design Bureau at the A.A Zhdanov Shipyard, where he would graduate in absentia with a degree in shipbuilding engineering.