Actor
Born Nov 29, 1920 · Dubinkino, Russia
Active 1989–present · Awards: Order of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Yegor Kuzmich Ligachev was a Soviet and Russian politician who was a high-ranking official in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and who continued an active political career in post-Soviet Russia.