Yegor Kuzmich Ligachev (Его́р Кузьми́ч Лигачёв) (b. November 29, 1920) was a Soviet politician. Originally a protege of Mikhail Gorbachev, Ligachev became a potential challenger to his leadership. Found on corbis, from what I understand, its available only under non commercial, promotional, and advertising usage. ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... State motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (transliteration: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Russian, Workers of the world, unite!) Official language None; Russian (de facto) Capital Moscow Area  - Total  - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km²  ?% Population  - Total  - Density 3rd before collapse 293,047,571 (July 1991) 13. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov (Gorbachev)   listen? (Russian: ; pronunciation: ) (born March 2, 1931), was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. ...

Ligachev had been first secretary of the party in Tomsk, Siberia when he was discovered by Yuri Andropov and brought to Moscow to become head of the Central Committee's Department for Organizational Party Work. He was promoted to the position of Central Committee secretary and, as such, helped organize a pro-Gorbachev faction within the party in the hopes of putting Gorbachev in a position to succeed Andropov. The faction was not strong enough to elect Gorbachev when Andropov died, however, and Konstantin Chernenko was chosen as a compromise, stop-gap candidate. Tomsk (Томск) (2002 pop. ... Siberia Siberia (Russian: , common English transliterations: Sibir’, Sibir; from the Tatar for “sleeping land”) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ... Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (Ю́рий Влади́мирович Андро́пов), (June 2 (O.S.) = June 15 (N.S.), 1914 – February 9, 1984) was a Soviet politician and General Secretary of the CPSU from November 12, 1982 until his death just sixteen months later. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA:   listen?) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... The Central Committee, abbreviated in Russian as ЦК, Tseka, was the highest body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). ... Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko (Константи́н Усти́нович Черне́нко) (September 24, 1911 – March 10, 1985) was a Soviet politician and General Secretary of the CPSU who led the Soviet Union from February 13, 1984 until his death just thirteen months later. ...

Once Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Communist Party in 1985 he promoted Ligachev to be his second in command. However, once Gorbachev began to institute his glasnost and perestroika reform programs, Ligachev gradually became an opponent of Gorbachev's by 1988 and leader of the Kremlin's conservative faction. The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (sometimes called First Secretary) was the title synonymous with leader of the Soviet Union after Lenins death in 1924. ... The Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за = КПСС) was the name used by the successors of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party from 1952 to 1991, but the wording Communist Party was present in the partys name since 1918 when... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Glasnost (Russian: гла́сность,   listen?) was one of Mikhail Gorbachevs policies introduced to the Soviet Union in 1985. ... Perestroika   listen? (Перестро́йка) is the Russian word (which passed into English) for the economic reforms introduced in June 1987 by the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1990 Ligachev criticized Gorbachev for establishing a Soviet Presidency as a means of circumventing the party and also argued that glasnost had gone too far and that press freedoms should be curtailed. The conflict between the two men culminated at a party congress held in July where Ligachev stood against Gorbachev for the general secreatryship as the "Leninist" candidate. On losing the election (the first to be contested since Stalin's time) Ligachev left the party leadership and went into retirement. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vladimir Lenin in 1920 Leninism is a political and economic theory which builds upon Marxism; it is a branch of Marxism (and it has been the dominant branch of Marxism in the world since the 1920s). ... Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი; see Other names section) (December 21, 1879[1] – March 5, 1953) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and leader of the Soviet Union. ...

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ligachev has been elected three times to the Russian Duma as a member for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and is currently the Russian equivalent of the Father of the House. The rise of Gorbachev Although reform stalled between 1964–1982, the generational shift gave new momentum for reform. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Duma (Ду́ма in Russian) is any of various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history. ... Communist Party supporters attend a May Day rally in Moscow The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Росси́йской Федера́ции = КПРФ) is a Russian political party. ... The longest continuously serving member of certain national legislatures, most notably the House of Commons in the United Kingdom, is customarily designated Father of the House. ...