Georgy Koshlakov
Georgy Koshlakov | |
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Кошлаков Георгий Вадимович | |
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| Born | February 8, 1936 Sverdlovsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | July 7, 2017 (aged 81) Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
| Education | Candidate of Sciences, |
| Alma mater | Central Asian Poly-Technical Institute, 1958 Institute of National Economic Management under the Council of Ministers, 1976 |
| Occupation | Geologist |
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Georgy Vadimovich Koshlakov (Russian: Георгий Вадимович Кошлаков; 8 February 1936 – 7 July 2017) was the deputy Prime Minister of Tajikistan. On January 23, 1989, the Gissar earthquake occurred. He is quoted as saying: "The earthquake caused a burst of mud from the foothills which poured down on the villages. It was up to five miles wide and one-and-a-half miles long."[1] He was a head of the Department of Economics and Management at the Russian-Tajik Slavonic University.[2]
References
- ^ "1989: Many killed in Tajik earthquake". bbc.co.uk. 1989-01-23. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ Hamidova, Parvina (2008-02-15). "Central Asia's poorest states in crisis". reliefweb.int. Retrieved 2008-02-19.