Grigory Romanov | |||||||||||||
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Григорий Романов | |||||||||||||
 Romanov in 1977 | |||||||||||||
| Military Industry Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | |||||||||||||
| In office 15 June 1983 – 6 March 1986 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Yakov Ryabov | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Lev Zaykov | ||||||||||||
| First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Party Committee | |||||||||||||
| In office 16 September 1970 – 24 June 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Vasily Tolstikov | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Lev Zaykov | ||||||||||||
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| Personal details | |||||||||||||
| Born | 7 February 1923 Zikhnovo, Borovichsky Uyezd, Novgorod Governorate, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||
| Died | 3 June 2008 (aged 85) Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Soviet (1923–1991) Russian (1991–2008) | ||||||||||||
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1944–1986) | ||||||||||||
Grigory Vasilyevich Romanov (Russian: Григорий Васильевич Романов; 7 February 1923 – 3 June 2008) was a Soviet politician and member of the Politburo and Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In 1985, he was considered Mikhail Gorbachev's main rival in the succession struggle after the death of Konstantin Chernenko in March 1985, the third Soviet leader to die in just a few short years.