Andrei Purgin

Andrei Purgin
Андрей Пургин
Purgin in 2015
Chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic
In office
14 November 2014 – 4 September 2015
Preceded byVladimir Antyufeyev
Succeeded byDenis Pushilin
Personal details
Born (1972-01-26) 26 January 1972 (age 52)
Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR[1]
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyDonetsk Republic

Andrei Yevgenyevich Purgin (Russian: Андрей Евгеньевич Пургин, Ukrainian: Андрій Євгенович Пургін, romanizedAndriy Evhenovych Purhin, born 26 January 1972) is a Ukrainian pro-Russian activist, cofounder of the Donetsk Republic organization along with Aleksandr Tsurkan and Oleg Frolov. Until 4 September 2015 he was the Chairman of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic.[2]

  1. ^ Деніс Пушилін: Мажоритарні округи \ Київська область \ Округ №94 [Denis Pushylin: Majority districts \ Kyiv oblast \ District №94] (in Ukrainian). nbnews.com.ua. 2013. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference interfax-purgin-fired was invoked but never defined (see the help page).