Viktor Ivanovich Dorkin (October 3, 1953 – March 31, 2006).

Dorkin grew up in Novodevichinsky sovkhoz

Sovkhoz

A sovkhoz , typically translated as state farm, is a state-owned farm. The term originated in the Soviet Union, hence the name. The term is still in use in some post-Soviet states, e.g., Russia and Belarus. It is usually contrasted with kolkhoz, which is a collective-owned farm...

 in Shigonsky District

Shigonsky District

Shigonsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 27 in Samara Oblast, Russia....

 of Kuybyshev Oblast

Samara Oblast

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, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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.

He obtained a degree in chemical engineering

Chemical engineering

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 in 1976 from Kuybyshev Politechnical School.

After graduation he was assigned to Lyubertsy

Lyubertsy

Lyubertsy is a city and the administrative center of Lyuberetsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: Lyubertsy was founded in 1623, and it became a city in 1925.-Notable people:*Sergei Abeltsev, LDPR politician...

 Science and Research Institute of Chemical Technology. There, he worked hard, advancing from engineer to senior research officer and deputy chief of the 142nd laboratory.

In 1990, he was elected as a Chairman of the Dzerzhinsky

Dzerzhinsky (town)

Dzerzhinsky is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Moskva River, south of the city of Lyubertsy. The western part of Dzerzhinsky is bordered on Moscow. Population: Lyubertsy–Dzerzhinsky railway is used for cargo transportation only...

 town council. In 1991, he became the Head of the local government board of Dzerzhinsky. In 1996, he was elected mayor

Mayor

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 of Dzerzhinsky. In 1999, he was re-elected as the Head of the local government board of Dzerzhinsky.

Dorkin was married and had two children. He was assassinated in 2006.

External links

• Official website of Dzerzhinsky
• Mayor of the town of Dzerzhinsky near Moscow shot dead