Vasily Bochkaryov | |
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Василий Бочкарёв | |
 Bochkaryov in 2011 | |
| Member of theFederation Council fromPenza Oblast | |
| In office 21 September 2015 – 22 June 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Edalov |
| Succeeded by | Alexey Dmitrienko |
| Governor of Penza Oblast | |
| In office 2 June 1998 – 25 May 2015 | |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Belozertsev |
| Head of Administration of Penza Oblast | |
| In office 18 April 1998 – 2 June 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Anatoly Kovlyagin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vasily Kuzmich Bochkaryov (1949-04-29)29 April 1949 |
| Died | 22 June 2016(2016-06-22) (aged 67) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1967–1991) United Russia |
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Vasily Kuzmich Bochkaryov (Russian:Васи́лий Кузьми́ч Бочкарёв; 29 April 1949 – 22 June 2016) was a Russian politician. He served as Head of Zheleznodorozhny District ofPenza from 1987 to 1998, and was elected Head of the Administration of Penza Oblast in April 1998.[1] He became Governor of Penza Oblast in June 1998,[2] and since then has been re-elected two times – in 2002 and 2005. He won his 2002 election by a small margin over his Communist challenger. Since 2015 until his death, Bochkaryov represented Penza Oblast in theFederation Council of Russia.
Vasily Bochkaryov was born on 29 April 1949 to a peasant family in the village of Iva, inNizhnelomovsky District ofPenza Oblast,Russian SSR.[3]
In 1968 Bochkaryov completed Alatyrsk Forest Industry Technical School, then he enrolled atMaxim Gorky Mari Polytechnic Institute and graduated as a forestry engineer in 1973. He later continued his studies and graduated fromPenza State Technical University with a degree in State and Municipal Management in 1994, and from the Penza State Agricultural Academy with a degree in Economics and Agricultural Production Management in 1999.[4]
In 2002 he defended hisCandidate of Sociological Sciences dissertation at Modern Humanitarian Institute, titled "The Level and Quality of Life as the Object of Control (Regional Aspect)".[5] On 29 September 2013 the communityDissernet published the results of their examination of his thesis, which revealed extensiveplagiarism from two other theses.[5]
Bochkaryov began his career in 1973 as a forester in Penza Oblast. From 1975 to 1976 he worked as Chief Forester inKameshkirsky District of Penza Oblast, and then headed the regional forestry workers' supply department until 1977.
He became Superintendent and Deputy Chief of Penza Transport Enterprise No. 1547 in 1977, then headed the Penza Cargo-Motor Transport Enterprise No. 2 from 1980 to 1987. He joined theCPSU at that time.
On 27 April 1987 he was elected Chairman of Penza's Zheleznodorozhny District Executive Committee, while simultaneously serving as Chairman of District Soviet of People's Deputies since 1990. During that time, he befriended Anatoly Kovlyagin, Chairman of Penza Oblast Executive Committee.[6] He died on 22 June 2016 at the age of 67.[7][8]
The grassroots expert communityDissernet accused Vasily Bochkarev of heavily plagiarising his Candidate of Sciences thesis.[9]
He was married and had a daughter.
His wife, Valentina Mikhailovna Bochkaryova, served as a member of the board of directors of OAOBiosintez (owned by Boris Shpigel, senator from Penza Oblast). Alexander Pashkov, the vice-governor of Penza Oblast arrested in 2008, stated that Valentina Bochkaryova owned 25% of the shares of OAOBiosintez. The Bochkaryov family did not issue any denial of this information. Valentina Bochkaryova also holds a share in OOOViktoriya (providing secretarial, editorial, and translation services). In 2009, she appeared as a co-defendant in a lawsuit concerning an unlawfully allocated land plot in Penza at 82 Moskovskaya Street.[10]
His daughter, Natalia Vasilievna Bochkaryova (17 May 1979 – 11 July 2023), owned shares in OOOImperiya (real estate leasing) and in OOOSaturn, which in turn owns 76% of OOOPenza Bearing Plant. Until 2010, she was among the shareholders of OAOEvlashovsky Timber Processing Plant. According to media reports, the song “Natali,” performed by Nikolai Baskov (former son-in-law of Boris Shpigel), is dedicated to Natalia Bochkaryova.[39] She was found dead in her Moscow apartment on 11 July 2023.[11] The cause of death was acute heart failure.[12]
In Penza oblast, the governor Anatoly Kovlyagin lost to Vasiliy Bochkaryov, the head of administration in the Zheleznodorozhny district, who polled 60 per cent of the vote.
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