Viktor Gerashchenko | |
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Виктор Геращенко | |
Chairman of the USSR State Bank | |
In office 1989–1991 | |
Governor of the Central Bank of Russia | |
In office 1992–1994, 1998–2002 | |
member of the State Duma | |
In office 2003–2007 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 December 1937 |
Political party | Rodina |
Viktor Vladimirovich Gerashchenko (Russian: Ви́ктор Влади́мирович Гера́щенко; born 21 December 1937), nicknamed Gerakl (the Russian version of Heracles, or sometimes of debacle), was the Chairman of the State Bank of the USSR, then Governor of the Bank of Russia during much of the Perestroika and post-Perestroika periods.