Pyotr Demichev

Pyotr Demichev Пётр Демичев
First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
In office 18 June 1986 – 1 October 1988
President	Andrei Gromyko
Preceded by	Vasili Kuznetsov
Succeeded by	Anatoly Lukyanov
Minister of Culture of the Soviet Union
In office 14 November 1974 – 18 June 1986
Premier	Alexei Kosygin Nikolai Tikhonov Nikolai Ryzhkov
Preceded by	Ekaterina Furtseva
Succeeded by	Vasily Zakharov
Executive Officer of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
In office 1 July 1958 – 3 March 1959
Premier	Nikita Khrushchev
Preceded by	Anatoly Korobov
Succeeded by	George Stepanov
Candidate member of the Politburo
In office 16 November 1964 – 30 September 1988
Member of the Secretariat
In office 31 October 1961 – 16 December 1974
Personal details
Born	21 December 1917(1917-12-21) Kirov, Kaluga Oblast, Russian Empire
Died	10 August 2010(2010-08-10) (aged 92) Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation
Nationality	Soviet
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Profession	Civil servant

Pyotr Nilovich Demichev (Russian: Пётр Нилович Демичев; 21 December  [O.S. 3 January 1918] 1917 – 10 August 2010) was a Soviet-Russian political figure; First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1986 to 1988 and Minister of Culture from 1974 to 1986.

v t e Era of Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko Political events 1964–1982: Collectivity of leadership · Glassboro Summit Conference · Prague Spring · Invasion of Czechoslovakia · 1968 Red Square demonstration · Brezhnev Doctrine · Brezhnev assassination attempt · Sino–Soviet border conflict · Détente  · Helsinki Accords · 1977 Moscow bombings · 1977 Soviet Constitution · 1978 Georgian demonstrations · Soviet war in Afghanistan · 1980 Summer Olympics · Soviet reaction to the Polish crisis · Exercise Zapad · Death and funeral of Leonid Brezhnev · Legacy of Leonid Brezhnev 1982–1985: RYAN · Korean Air Lines Flight 007 · 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident · Able Archer 83 · 1984 Summer Olympics boycott and the Friendship Games Politburo members 1960s · 1970s · 1980s Aliyev · Andropov · Brezhnev · Chebrikov · Chernenko · Demichev · Dolgikh · Efremov · Gorbachev · Grechko · Grishin · Gromyko · Kirilenko · Kiselyov · Konayev · Kosygin · Kulakov · Kuznetsov · Masherov · Mazurov · Mikoyan · Mzhavanadze · Pelše · Podgorny · Polyansky · Ponomarev · Rashidov · Romanov · Shcherbytsky · Shelepin · Shelest · Shevardnadze · Shvernik · Solomentsev · Suslov · Tikhonov  · Ustinov · Voronov · Vorotnikov Soviet leaders Leonid Brezhnev (Troika: Brezhnev · Kosygin · Podgorny) · Yuri Andropov · Konstantin Chernenko · Collective leadership National Economy Era of Stagnation: 1965 reform · 1973 reform · 1979 reform · Food Programme · 1984 reform Five-Year Plans: 8th Plan · 9th Plan · 10th Plan · 11th Plan Government Cabinets: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th Brezhnev's family Churbanov (son-in-law) · Galina (daughter) · Lyubov (niece) · Viktoria (wife) · Yakov (brother)  · Yuri (son) Soviet Union