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Place of Birth: Ivanovo Oblast, Russia
About Vladimir Tikhonov
- Vladimir Ilich Tikhonov (Russian: ???????? ????? ???????) (born 4 February 1947 in Volotovo, Ivanovo Oblast) is a Russian politician and has been a leading member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
- Tikhonov served as the manager of the Russian airline Aeroflot during the 1990s and helped to modernize it, whilst running it as a partnership between the government and the private sector.
- Despite some success Tikhonov was dismissed from his post on the advice of major shareholder Boris Berezovsky, one of the leading Russian oligarchs.As a leading member of the Communist Party Tikhonov rose to the position of Chairman of the Central Committee, as well as becoming the governor of Ivanovo.
- Tikhonov clashed with long-standing party leader Gennady Zyuganov over who had control and as a result Zyuganov ensured that Tikhonov lost his Chairmanship.
- As a result he set up his own party claiming the Communist Party name, and the two groups even held separate conferences in 2004.
- Zyuganov accused Tikhinov of being in league with the government although a ruling by the Justice Ministry in August 2004 declared that the party is not legitimate and refused to register it.
- The group briefly reorganised as the All-Russia Communist Party of the Future, although Tikinov has since sought to return to Zyuganov's group.
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