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Boris Saltykov

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Boris Saltykov
Борис Салтыков
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
In office
4 June 1992 – 5 March 1993
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Prime MinisterBoris Yeltsin
Yegor Gaidar (acting)
Viktor Chernomyrdin
Minister of Science and Technology
In office
3 December 1991 – 14 August 1996
PresidentBoris Yeltsin
Preceded byMinistry created
Succeeded byVladimir Fortov
Personal details
Born
Boris Georgiyevich Saltykov

(1940-12-27)27 December 1940
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died1 July 2025(2025-07-01) (aged 84)
Moscow, Russia
Political partyDemocratic Choice of Russia
Alma materMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEngineer

Boris Georgiyevich Saltykov (Russian: Борис Георгиевич Салтыков; 27 December 1940 – 1 July 2025) was a Russian politician and engineer. He held several cabinet portfolios in the government of Russia during the 1990s. Saltykov was the Minister of Science and Technology from 1992 to 1996 and a Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation from 1992 to 1993. From 1993 to 1996, he was also a deputy of the State Duma.

Government service

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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Boris Saltykov was appointed both the Minister of Science and Technology, as well as Deputy Prime Minister for education, in 1992. Although he would be demoted from that latter post in 1993, he held the former office until 1996.[1] During this time Saltykov was regarded as being a key member of Yegor Gaidar's reform team.[2] He acknowledged at one point that the Russian middle class was being decimated by the government's economic policies.[3] Although Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin initially retained most of Gaidar's original team, it ended up disintegrating by March 1993, with Saltykov stepping down from the deputy premiership that month.[4]

In the 1993 Russian legislative election, Saltykov was elected as a State Duma deputy from the party Democratic Choice of Russia.[5]

In March 1996, in his capacity as science and technology minister, Saltykov visited a conference with NATO discussing increased scientific cooperation between Russia and the bloc.[6] Other concerns he addressed included property rights of Russian scientists.[7]

He was dismissed as science minister in August 1996, at which point the ministry was downgraded to a state committee. It was revived in 1997, however, with Vladimir Fortov appointed to the post in Saltykov's place—a candidate that Saltykov supported for the position.[8]

Later work

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From 1996 to 2003, he was a member of the Strategic Committee of the Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation), overseeing the "Establishment of Internet Centers Network" program.[9] As of 2004, Saltykov was one of the trustees of Mikhail Khodorkovsky's foundation in the United Kingdom.[10]

From March 7, 1998[11] to April 27, 2000,[12] he served as Director General of the federal state unitary enterprise Russian Technologies.[9][13]

He was President of the non-profit partnership Innovation Agency, and also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the publishing house Summa Technologies.[14]

He was President of the Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology Museums (AMNIT).[15]

He taught at the Higher School of Economics (HSE), where he was a Professor in the Department of Science and Innovation Management, Faculty of Social Sciences.[16] He was also a member of the Academic Council of the Russian Research Institute of Economics, Politics and Law in Science and Technology (RIEPP), and held the title of professor.

He was co-head of the working group responsible for developing a long-term forecast for the scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation through 2025.

In 1999, he was elected a foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Division of Public Relations and Business Administration.[9]

In July 2010, he was appointed Director General of the Polytechnic Museum.[9][14][17]

In July 2013, it was announced that he had been appointed President of the Polytechnic Museum.[13][18]

References

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  1. ^ Pallin (2008), p. 91.
  2. ^ Chazan, Guy (22 December 1992). Leading reformer quits Russian Cabinet. UPI. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. ^ Sakwa (2002), p. 337.
  4. ^ Shevchenko (2004), p. 81
  5. ^ "Чем известен прежний гендиректор Политехнического музея". Kommersant (in Russian). 8 August 2013.
  6. ^ Russian Science Minister meets with NATO Science Committee 20-22 march 1996. NATO official website. Published 22 March 1996. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  7. ^ Newsline - May 29, 1996. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Published 29 May 1996. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  8. ^ Cabinet Shake-Up Boosts Russian Science. Science Magazine. Published 18 March 1997. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  9. ^ a b c d "Чем известен прежний гендиректор Политехнического музея". Коммерсантъ. 8 July 2013.
  10. ^ Gill, Joe (24 November 2004). Jailed oligarch sets up trust in UK. Third Sector. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 7 марта 1998 года № 266 «О Салтыкове Б. Г.»". www.kremlin.ru. 7 March 1998.
  12. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 27 апреля 2000 года № 751 «О Салтыкове Б. Г.»". www.kremlin.ru. 27 April 2000.
  13. ^ a b "Директор Политехнического музея Борис Салтыков уйдет со своего поста". Газета.Ru. 8 July 2013.
  14. ^ a b "Борис Георгиевич Салтыков. Биографическая справка". РИА. 12 July 2010.
  15. ^ "АМНИТ - Информация об Ассоциации". amnit.org.
  16. ^ "Салтыков Борис Георгиевич". www.hse.ru. 26 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Назначение нового гендиректора вызвало в Политехническом музее переполох". 14 July 2010.
  18. ^ "Президент с Лубянки". ГАЗЕТА.RU. 8 July 2013.

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