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Boris Pugo
Борис Пуго
Pugo in 1989
Minister of Interior of the Soviet Union
In office 1 December 1990 – 22 August 1991
Premier
Nikolai Ryzhkov Valentin Pavlov
Preceded by
Vadim Bakatin
Succeeded by
Viktor Barannikov
Chairman of the Central Control Commission
In office 30 September 1989 – April 1991
Preceded by
Mikhail Solomentsev
Succeeded by
Eugene Makhov
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Latvia
In office 14 April 1984 – 4 October 1989
Preceded by
Augusts Voss
Succeeded by
Jānis Vagris
Personal details
Born
(1937-02-19)19 February 1937 Kalinin, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died
22 August 1991(1991-08-22) (aged 54) Moscow, Russian SFSR Soviet Union
Cause of death
Suicide by gunshot
Resting place
Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Political party
Communist (1960–1991)
Boris Karlovich Pugo (Latvian: Boriss Pugo, Russian: Борис Карлович Пуго; 19 February 1937 – 22 August 1991) was a Soviet communist politician of Latvian origin.
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