Romanov in biography. Romanov was an effective manager, but a complete ignoramus

Grigory Vasilyevich Romanov was called “master” in Leningrad. His activities are assessed differently: some consider Romanov a strong leader and a good organizer, others consider him a tyrant who stifled dissent. In the mid-1980s, Romanov was tipped for the post of General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee and was considered as the main competitor of Mikhail Gorbachev.

Beginning of party career

Grigory Romanov was born in the Novgorod region in a village large family. During the Great Patriotic War he fought on the Leningrad and Baltic fronts. After the war he graduated from the Leningrad Shipbuilding University. In the mid-50s, his party career began, first at the Leningrad Zhdanov plant, where Grigory Vasilyevich worked, then Romanov began to be promoted higher up the party line.

From September 1970 to June 1983, G.V. Romanov headed the Leningrad City Party Committee, becoming the de facto head of the city on the Neva.

Builder and oppressor

These 13 years are key in Romanov’s biography. For them they both thank him and curse him. Under Grigory Vasilyevich, 19 Leningrad metro stations, a large sports and cultural complex, and the Youth Palace were opened... At this time, Leningrad factories produced such worldwide famous brands, like the Kirovets tractor (K-700, which is still successfully used in many farms), the Arktika ice drift, the first to reach North Pole. Under Romanov, the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant was launched.

At the same time, Grigory Romanov is associated with repressions against representatives of culture and art, in particular, the persecution of dissidents. ABOUT negative impact Romanov is said by some figures from Leningrad television and the Tovstonogov BDT theater. At the same time, the Leningrad Rock Club has been operating in Leningrad since 1981, and since 1975 the first rock opera in the USSR, “Orpheus and Eurydice,” has been performed.

There is no unambiguous assessment of Romanov’s attitude towards all these persecutions. Skeptics argue that Grigory Vasilyevich was not such a monster as they want to show him. In particular, academician Dmitry Likhachev, who repeatedly met with the first secretary Leningrad Regional Committee, said that with Romanov, despite his complex character, nevertheless, “it was possible to agree.” Under Romanov, many Leningrad dissidents were indeed arrested or expelled (from the country, to remote regions of the USSR). However, this issue was then dealt with by the “profile” Fifth Directorate of the KGB, and it is unlikely that the personal intervention of the first secretary of the regional committee was required to speed up this process.

However, shortly before his death, Grigory Vasilyevich in an interview “ Rossiyskaya newspaper"openly admitted his dislike for the work of the writer Daniil Granin - Romanov did not like the writer’s attitude towards Leningrad blockade. The famous “Siege Book” by D. Granin and A. Adamovich in Leningrad was published only when G. V. Romanov moved to work in Moscow in 1984.

The demonization of the “owner” of the city on the Neva was facilitated by the story of “dishes from the Hermitage”, which Grigory Romanov allegedly used at his daughter’s wedding. This fact, although widely discussed in the foreign press back when Soviet power, I never found my confirmation.

Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee

Since 1983, Romanov has been in Moscow, he joined the secretariat of the Central Committee Communist Party Soviet Union, oversaw the military-industrial complex in this capacity. According to the official, Brezhnev “pulled” him to Moscow. Some political historians believe that a relatively young and promising politician, Romanov, at one time could hypothetically replace three general secretaries– Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko: every time he had such an opportunity. But as a result of internal party intrigues of stronger competitors and their supporters, Romanov failed to do this every time.

Why didn't he become secretary general?

Grigory Romanov is considered the antipode of Gorbachev. The leaders of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation still believe that if Grigory Vasilyevich had taken the place of General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee after the death of K. U. Chernenko - instead of Gorbachev, then the USSR would not have collapsed: the West, afraid of the intractable Romanov, was betting on Gorbachev.

When Chernenko died, Romanov was on vacation in Sochi. When Grigory Vasilyevich arrived in Moscow, everything had already been decided without him. Romanov’s team included 2 more members of the Central Committee - Shcherbitsky and Kunaev. Allegedly, both did not arrive at the decisive meeting of the plenum of the Central Committee due to the fault of Gorbachev’s supporters. Shcherbitsky was on a business trip to the USA, and Kunaev was simply not notified in time about the death of Konstantin Ustinovich. As a result, only one candidate for the post of Secretary General of the party’s central committee was discussed at the plenum - M. S. Gorbachev. In essence, Mikhail Sergeevich performed the duties of K.U. Chernenko during his illness.

How a member of the Politburo found himself out of work

In March 1985, Gorbachev became the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, and already in July, G.V. Romanov, by decision of the plenum of the Central Committee, was removed from the Politburo and the Secretariat of the Central Committee, explaining this by his retirement “for health reasons.” Although Romanov was only 62 years old at that time, for a politician this is just mature age. They say that Romanov asked Gorbachev for leadership work, but was refused.

Over the 23 years of his subsequent life, G.V. Romanov no longer held any key positions. In 1998, Yeltsin awarded him a personal pension for his great contribution to the development of domestic industry.

Grigory Romanov died in 2008 in Moscow and was buried at the Kuntsevo cemetery.

Grigory Romanov was born on February 7, 1923 in the village of Zikhnovo, now Borovichi district of the Novgorod region, into a peasant family. Member of the Great Patriotic War. He fought as a signalman on the Leningrad and Baltic fronts. Member of the CPSU since 1944. In 1953 he graduated in absentia from the Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute. In 1946-1954, designer, head of the sector of the Central Design Bureau at the plant named after. A. A. Zhdanova (Leningrad) Ministry of Construction Industry. In 1955-1957, secretary of the party committee, party organizer of the CPSU Central Committee at the same plant.

In 1957-1961 - secretary, first secretary of the Kirov district committee of the CPSU of Leningrad. In 1961-62, Secretary of the Leningrad City Committee of the CPSU. In 1962-1963 secretary, in 1963-1970 second secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU (in 1963-1964 second secretary of the Leningrad Industrial Regional Committee of the CPSU).

From September 16, 1970 to June 21, 1983 - First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU. During this period, a resolution was adopted “On the construction of structures to protect Leningrad from floods” (dams) - after a long break, construction was completed in 2011. Leningrad metro stations are open: Lomonosovskaya, Elizarovskaya, Zvezdnaya, Kupchino, Lesnaya, Vyborgskaya, Akademicheskaya, Politekhnicheskaya, Ploshchad Muzhestva, Leninsky Prospekt, Prospekt Veteranov ", "Civil Avenue", "Komsomolskaya", "Primorskaya", "Proletarskaya", "Obukhovo", "Udelnaya", "Pionerskaya", "Chernaya Rechka".

The construction of the Leningrad Sports and Concert Complex named after. V.I. Lenin. The Youth Palace was built on the banks of the Malaya Nevka. A monument to V.V. Mayakovsky was erected on the street named after the poet. A research institute for the health of children and adolescents has been opened on Aptekarsky Island. Leningrad switched to seven-digit telephone numbering.

At the 23rd and 24th Congresses of the CPSU he was elected a member of the CPSU Central Committee. In 1973-1976 - candidate member, in 1976-1985 - member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee. In 1983-1985 - Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee.

Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 7-11 convocations; in 1971-84 - member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

IN public opinion perceived as a hardliner. He was considered as a real contender for the post of General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee after the death of Yu. V. Andropov, but as a result of the behind-the-scenes struggle of factions, a compromise candidate was accepted - the terminally ill K. U. Chernenko, after whose death a candidate from another faction came to power - M. S. Gorbachev, who relied on democratization and openness.

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation B. N. Yeltsin No. 101 of January 28, 1998, G. V. Romanov was established with a personal pension for his significant contribution to the development of domestic mechanical engineering and the defense industry.

Member of the Central Advisory Council under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

Grigory Romanov died on June 3, 2008 in Moscow. He was buried on June 6 at the Kuntsevo cemetery.

Performance evaluations

Romanov's statements

Suppression of the dissident movement and dissidents in Leningrad

During Romanov's leadership, Leningrad was actively suppressed various shapes dissident movement:

“Union of Struggle for Personal Freedom” (group of V. A. Dzibalov; 6 people arrested in 1971); distribution of leaflets calling for a boycott of the elections (Yu. E. Minkovsky was arrested in 1973), in defense of A. I. Solzhenitsyn (L. L. Verdi was arrested in 1974); activities of the “Circle of Friends of Socialist Legality” (O. N. Moskvin was arrested in 1977); protests against the entry Soviet troops to Afghanistan (B.S. Mirkin was arrested in 1981); demonstrations: in memory of the Decembrists at " Bronze Horseman"(12/14/1975), artists and writers at the Peter and Paul Fortress (May-June, 1976), in defense of human rights December 10, 1977, 1978, 1979; inscription on the wall of the Sovereign Bastion of the Peter and Paul Fortress: “You crucify freedom, but the human soul has no shackles” (Yu. A. Rybakov, O. A. Volkov were arrested in 1976).

Another form was the activity of various independent associations: Leningrad branch of the “Russian Public Fund”, Fund for Assistance to the Families of Political Prisoners (1974-83, managers - V. I. Isakova, V. T. Repin, V. N. Gaenko), independent trade union work (SMOT - Free Interprofessional Association of Workers, created in 1978; L. Ya. Volokhonsky was arrested in 1979, V. E. Borisov was expelled from the country in 1981, V. I. Sytinsky was arrested in 1984); seminar on general systems theory (1968-82, at the apartment of S. Yu. Maslov), women's club"Maria"; religious and philosophical seminar by T. M. Goricheva (1974-80); Christian seminar and publication of the magazine “Community” (1974-79, V. Yu. Poresh was arrested in 1979); editing source Sat. “Memory” (A. B. Roginsky was arrested in 1981); distribution of Seventh-day Adventist publications (I. S. Zvyagin was arrested in 1980, L. K. Nagritskaite in 1981, etc.); apartment art exhibitions (G. N. Mikhailov was arrested in 1979); organization of groups for Hatha yoga classes (A.I. Ivanov was arrested in 1977). A special place occupied by Jewish national associations - the Leningrad Zionist Organization (G. I. Butman, M. S. Korenblit and others were arrested in 1970); seminar of Jewish “refuseniks” (1979-81, E. Lein was arrested in 1981).

Characteristic is the emergence of literature that is not oriented towards censorship. Among its creators are M. R. Kheifets (author of the preface to Brodsky’s collection of poems, arrested in 1974), D. E. Axelrod (author of the novel “The Krasovsky Brothers,” arrested in 1982), poet K. M. Azadovsky (arrested in 1982). For the production and distribution of samizdat and tamizdat, the group of G.V. Davydov - V.V. Petrova (1973), M.M. Klimov (1982), M.B. Meilakh (1983), G.A. Donskoy (1983) were arrested ), M.V. Polyakov (1983); forced to emigrate E. G. Etkind (1976), L. S. Druskin (1980), S. V. Dedyulin (1981), etc.

Awards

Hero of Socialist Labor (1983)
Three Orders of Lenin
Order October Revolution
Order of the Red Banner of Labor
Order of the Badge of Honor
Medals

Memory

On May 17, 2011, a memorial plaque to Grigory Romanov was installed on the facade of house 1/5 on Kuibysheva Street in St. Petersburg, which caused a mixed reaction from St. Petersburg residents.

St. Petersburg Vice-Governor Viktor Lobko: “Grigory Romanov was a real citizen of Russia”

Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg expressed his condolences on the death former first Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU . According to the correspondent IA REGNUM , Lobko noted that “all St. Petersburg residents know the name of Romanov, since he played a very significant role in the history of this city.” “This was a real Russian citizen,” the official said.

According to Lobko, it was during the period of Romanov’s leadership of the city that “the most rapid growth occurred housing construction, when people were pulled out of the slums." "There was also a dawn in many cultural areas. It's a shame that he passed away. He lived for the city, the country. Romanov was a very talented and capable organizer,” Lobko said.

Today, June 3, in St. Petersburg, at the age of 86, he passed away statesman Grigory Romanov.

From September 1970 to 1983, Grigory Romanov was the first secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU, and from 1971 - a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

Died in St. Petersburg former manager Leningrad Grigory Romanov (http://www.regnum.ru/news/1009470.html )

NEWSru.com:: In Russia

Grigory Romanov, the failed successor to General Secretary Brezhnev, died at the age of 86

Died in St. Petersburg at the age of 86Grigory Romanov , Soviet party and statesman who for many years was the first secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU.

He was called one of the most influential politicians of the Soviet era. Romanov's character was harsh and tough, many even compared him to Stalin. And the people of St. Petersburg called the time of his reign a “police regime.”

Romanov led the Leningrad regional party committee for 15 years. From 1970 to 1985 - under the General Secretaries of the CPSU Central Committee Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko.

Short in stature and very arrogant, he established strict ideological control over the city. The liberal intelligentsia despised him. First of all, because of the powerful pressure on cultural figures. How reminiscent"Echo of Moscow" , Arkady Raikin could not withstand the constant pressure from the Leningrad authorities and, together with his theater, was forced to move to Moscow. And the writer Daniil Granin, already during the years of perestroika, wrote an ironic novel in which a short regional leader turns from constant lies into a dwarf. Everyone immediately recognized this hero as Grigory Romanov.

There were many rumors about Romanov - about his relationship with the popular singer Lyudmila Senchina, although she herself denies this, abouthis daughter's wedding in the Tauride Palace with dishes from the Hermitage. Then, for several years, the society noisily discussed the service from the Hermitage broken by the guests, and then it turned out that there was no service or wedding in the palace. But this became clear only after the intensity of popular indignation reached its limit.

At the turn of the 80s, Romanov was unofficially considered one of the possible candidates for the post of General Secretary of the Central Committee. Back in 1975, an American magazine Newsweek called him the most likely successor to Leonid Brezhnev. However, Mikhail Gorbachev won the power struggle in March 1985 and Romanov was sent into retirement.

According to Fontanka.ru , V lately Romanov lived in the country and did not write memoirs. On February 7, 2008, he celebrated his 85th birthday. The place of Grigory Romanov's funeral has not yet been announced.

Wedding in Tauride and Kremlin wars

At the end of the 18th century, Prince Potemkin organized magnificent receptions for several thousand people in the Catherine Hall of the Tauride Palace. Empress Catherine herself was a frequent guest. When in the eighties of the 20th century the news spread around Leningrad and the entire USSR that the first secretary of the regional party committee had arranged the wedding of his daughter in Tavrichesky, and had even “rented” the royal service from the Hermitage and had not returned half of it, letters poured in to the Politburo from angry communists.

A German magazine created a sensation Spiegel . Radio Liberty and Voice of America retold the article. Rumors of the wedding spread overnight. Romanov remained silent, considering it wrong to comment on foreign gossip. Soviet newspapers did not write about this, they report"News".

“Andropov told me this: don’t pay attention. We know that nothing like that happened. I say: Yuri Vladimirovich, but you can give information about what didn’t happen! “Okay, we’ll figure it out,” Romanov recalled.

Natalia, youngest daughter Grigory Romanov, still lives in St. Petersburg. Doesn't give interviews as a matter of principle. According to her husband, there were only 10 people at their wedding, which took place in 1974 and captured the imagination of thousands of working people. The celebration was very modest. “This, of course, is stupidity. The wedding was at a dacha. A state dacha, by the way. And the next day we left on a ship along the Volga. To travel. There was no Tauride. And there was no Hermitage,” recalls Lev Radchenko.

When the scandal with the mythical wedding subsided, Romanov took up Leningrad. In 10 years, the city built almost 100 million square meters housing. The Leningrad "master" was noticed. Such an active regional leader suited the center.

“He had an exceptional relationship with Brezhnev. About two or three years before Brezhnev’s death, the relationship was very good. He trusted him very much. He himself called Leningrad and home,” recalls Romanov’s second daughter Valentina. But Romanov did not enjoy the General Secretary’s favor for long.

However, in 1983 he was invited to Moscow. The new General Secretary, Yuri Andropov, instructed him to oversee the military-industrial complex. But Second Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev began to appear more and more often next to Andropov - he was entrusted with agriculture. Gorbachev also enjoyed the obvious support of the next general - Konstantin Chernenko.

“Relations were strained between them. We all felt it. And Gorbachev used various methods to not directly, but somehow indirectly present him in a negative form,” former head of the Council of Ministers Vitaly Vorotnikov says about the relationship between Gorbachev and Romanov.

When Chernenko died, Romanov was in the Baltic states. Two other members of the Politburo were also absent. But they decided not to wait and hold an emergency plenum. No one doubted that the next Secretary General would be the one who would be supported by the most influential person in the Politburo - Andrei Gromyko.

Yegor Ligachev undertook to persuade him. “On the eve of the opening of the plenum, Gromyko called me. And he said: Yegor Kuzmich, who will we elect as general secretary? I told him: we need Gorbachev. He says: I also think that we need Gorbachev. And tell me, who could make a proposal? I say: best of all to you, Andrey Andreevich. He says: I also think that I need to make a proposal,” recalls Ligachev.

Romanov’s relationship with Gorbachev and his entourage did not work out. He left the political scene. The official wording is at will and health status. But the “wedding” story haunted even the pensioner Romanov. Before the election of the first president of the USSR, the Supreme Council even created a commission and conducted its own investigation. But they never found anything untoward.

Reference: Grigory Romanov

Grigory Vasilievich Romanov was born in the village of Zikhnovo, now Vorovichi district, Novgorod region. Member of the CPSU since 1944. Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee (1976-1985); candidate member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee (1973-1976), secretary of the CPSU Central Committee (1983-1985), member of the CPSU Central Committee (1966-1986).

Participant of the Great Patriotic War; from 1946 he worked as a designer, head of the sector of the Central Design Bureau of the Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry; in 1953 he graduated from the Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute in absentia; 1954-1961 - secretary of the plant party committee, secretary, first secretary of the Kirov district party committee of Leningrad;

1961-1963 - secretary of the Leningrad city committee, secretary of the regional party committee; 1963-1970 - second secretary, 1970-1983 - first secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU; elected as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 7th-11th convocations; Hero of Socialist Labor; since 1985 - retired.

Grigory Romanov was awarded 3 Orders of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the Badge of Honor and medals.

St. Petersburg residents owe Romanov the beginning of the construction of the famous dam, designed to protect the city from floods, and the development of the metro - 19 stations were built during this period.

Updated 2008-06-03 at 13:06:33

The inevitable happened - Mikhail Gorbachev’s competitor in the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, Grigory Romanov, died

In St. Petersburg, at the age of 86, the former first secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU Grigory Romanov, a Soviet party and statesman, died. Recently he lived in the country and did not write memoirs. On February 7, 2008, he celebrated his 85th birthday.

Grigory Romanov led the Leningrad party organization from 1970 to 1985, when Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko led the country. St. Petersburg residents owe him the beginning of the construction of the famous dam, designed to protect the city from floods, and the development of the metro - 19 stations were built during this period.

In the early 80s, Romanov was tipped for the post of General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee. In 1983 he became secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, but immediately after Mikhail Gorbachev came to power he was sent into retirement.

Romanov Grigory Vasilievich was born on February 7, 1923 in the village of Zikhnovo, now Vorovichi district of the Novgorod region.

Member of the CPSU since 1944.

Candidate member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee from 1973 to 1976.

Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee from 1976 to 1985.

Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee from 1983 to 1985.

Member of the CPSU Central Committee from 1966 to 1986.

Participant of the Great Patriotic War; from 1946 he worked as a designer, head of the sector of the Central Design Bureau of the Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry. In 1953 he graduated in absentia from the Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute; 1954-1961 - secretary of the plant party committee, secretary, first secretary of the Kirov district party committee of Leningrad; 1961-1963 - secretary of the Leningrad city committee, secretary of the regional party committee; 1963-1970 - second secretary, 1970-1983 - first secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU; elected as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 7th-11th convocations; Hero of Socialist Labor. Since 1985 - retired. .

Romanov was the party leader of Leningrad in 1970-1985, when Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko were at the head of the state.

In the late 70s and early 80s, he was unofficially considered one of the possible candidates for the post of head of the Soviet state.

Romanov became one of the iconic figures of the era of stagnation, becoming famous for his tough measures to establish ideological control over the city he led.

Among the cultural and artistic figures forced to leave Leningrad due to powerful ideological pressure were Arkady Raikin and Sergei Yursky.

Grigory Romanov was retired in the summer of 1985, a few months after Mikhail Gorbachev came to power.

Soviet statesman and party leader.

Born into a peasant family. Participant of the Great Patriotic War. He fought as a signalman on the Leningrad and Baltic fronts. Member of the CPSU since 1944. In 1953 he graduated in absentia from the Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute. In 1946-54, designer, head of the sector of the Central Design Bureau at the plant named after. A. A. Zhdanova (Leningrad) Ministry of Construction and Industry. In 1955-57, secretary of the party committee, party organizer of the CPSU Central Committee at the same plant.

In 1957-61 secretary, 1st secretary of the Kirov district committee of the CPSU in Leningrad. In 1961-62, Secretary of the Leningrad City Committee of the CPSU. In 1962-63 secretary, in 1963-70 2nd secretary of the Leningrad regional committee of the CPSU (in 1963-64 2nd secretary of the Leningrad industrial regional committee of the CPSU). From September 1970 to 1983, 1st Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU. During this period, a resolution was adopted “On the construction of structures to protect Leningrad from floods.” The following metro stations are open: Lomonosovskaya, Elizarovskaya, Zvezdnaya, Kupchino, Lesnaya, Vyborgskaya, Akademicheskaya, Politekhnicheskaya, Ploshchad Muzhestva, Leninsky Prospekt, Prospekt Veteranov , “Grazhdansky Prospekt”, “Devyatkino”, “Primorskaya”, “Proletarskaya”, “Obukhovo”, “Udelnaya”, “Pionerskaya”, “Chernaya Rechka”.

The construction of the Leningrad Sports Complex named after. V.I.Lenin. The Youth Palace was built on the banks of the Malaya Nevka. A monument to V.V. was erected. Mayakovsky on the street named after the poet. A research institute for the health of children and adolescents has been opened on Aptekarsky Island.

At the 23rd-24th congresses he was elected a member of the CPSU Central Committee. Since 1973 - candidate member, in 1976-85 member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee. 1983-85 Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 7th-9th convocations; since 1971 member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

Hero of Socialist Labor (1983). Awarded the Orders of Lenin (3), the October Revolution, the Red Banner of Labor, the Badge of Honor and medals.

In public opinion he was perceived as a supporter of the “hard line”. He was considered as a real contender for the post of General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee after the death of Yu.V. Andropov, but as a result of the behind-the-scenes struggle between factions, a compromise candidate was accepted - the terminally ill K.U. Chernenko, after whose death a candidate of another faction came to power - M.S. Gorbachev, who relied on democratization and openness. The history of Russia has taken another zigzag...

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation B.N. Yeltsin No. 101 of January 28, 1998, G.V. Romanov was established with a personal pension for his significant contribution to the development of domestic mechanical engineering and the defense industry.

Member of the Central Advisory Council under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

, Soviet party and statesman, who for many years was the first secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the CPSU.

There were many rumors about Romanov - about his relationship with the popular singer Lyudmila Senchina, although she herself denies this, about the wedding of his daughter in the Tauride Palacewith dishes from the Hermitage. Then, for several years, the society noisily discussed the service from the Hermitage broken by the guests, and then it turned out that there was no service or wedding in the palace. But this became clear only after the intensity of popular indignation reached its limit.

According to Fontanka.ru , recently Romanov lived in the country and did not write memoirs. On February 7, 2008, he celebrated his 85th birthday. The place of Grigory Romanov's funeral has not yet been announced.

Wedding in Tauride and Kremlin wars

Natalya, the youngest daughter of Grigory Romanov, still lives in St. Petersburg. Doesn't give interviews as a matter of principle. According to her husband, there were only 10 people at their wedding, which took place in 1974 and captured the imagination of thousands of working people. The celebration was very modest. “This, of course, is stupidity. The wedding was at a dacha. A state dacha, by the way. And the next day we left on a ship along the Volga. To travel. There was no Tauride. And there was no Hermitage,” recalls Lev Radchenko.

When the scandal with the mythical wedding subsided, Romanov took up Leningrad. Over 10 years, almost 100 million square meters of housing were built in the city. The Leningrad "master" was noticed. Such an active regional leader suited the center.

However, in 1983 he was invited to Moscow. The new General Secretary, Yuri Andropov, instructed him to oversee the military-industrial complex. But second secretary Mikhail Gorbachev began to appear more and more often next to Andropov - he was entrusted with agriculture. Gorbachev also enjoyed the obvious support of the next general - Konstantin Chernenko.

Romanov’s relationship with Gorbachev and his entourage did not work out. He left the political scene. The official wording is at your own request and state of health. But the “wedding” story haunted even the pensioner Romanov. Before the election of the first president of the USSR, the Supreme Council even created a commission and conducted its own investigation. But they never found anything untoward.

Reference: Grigory Romanov

Grigory Romanov was awarded 3 Orders of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the Badge of Honor and medals.