Arkady Volsky
| Arkady Volsky | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Arkady Ivanovich Volsky 15 May 1932 Dobrush, Soviet Union |
| Died | 9 September 2006 (aged 74) Moscow, Russia |
| Cause of death | Leukemia |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys |
| Years active | 1950s – 2005 |
| Children | Two |
Arkady Ivanovich Volsky (15 May 1932 – 9 September 2006) was a Russian politician and businessman. He served as a senior aide to three Soviet presidents, including Mikhail Gorbachev. He was founder and the first head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP).
Volsky was born in Dobrush (now Belarus), on 15 May 1932. He was raised in an orphanage. He studied metallurgy at Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys and graduated with an engineering degree in 1955.
After graduation, Volsky started his career as an assistant foreman at Likhachyov car plant in Moscow. In 1969, he became the Communist Party's top representative at the factory. Then he began to work at the machine-building or the engineering industry department of the party. During this period he gained influence over the Soviet directorial corps.
He served as a senior aide to three Soviet presidents. His first post of advisor was in 1983 for then Soviet President Yuri Andropov concerning economic affairs. He continued to served as an assistant on economic affairs to next president Konstantin Chernenko. When Chernenko died in 1985, Volsky became a senior aide to next Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. On 24 July 1988, Volsky was named as the representative of the Politburo in the Karabakh province or governor of the province. His official title was "representative of the central committee and supreme Soviet" in Karabakh. During the same period, he became a member of the Communist Party central committee's division in charge of industry. On 12 January 1989, Gorbachev appointed him head of an eight-member committee of special administration for Nagorny Karabakh. The commission was incapable of settling the dispute. After bloody conflict on 20 January 1990, Volsky and his team left the region. In the 1990 elections, Volsky ran for a parliamentary seat, but he lost the election. Shortly after his defeat, Volsky was named as the head of the scientific and industrial union that was a pro-Gorbachev body consisting of the state enterprises directors.
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