Arkady Chernetsky

Arkady Chernetsky
Аркадий Чернецкий
First Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast
Assumed office
8 October 2021
Russian Federation Senator
from Sverdlovsk Oblast
In office
27 October 2010 – 8 October 2021
Preceded byYury Osintsev
Succeeded byAlexander Vysokinsky
Mayor of Yekaterinburg
In office
30 January 1992 – 2 November 2010
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byYevgeny Porunov
Personal details
Born (1950-05-08) 8 May 1950 (age 74)
Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia
Awards

Arkady Mikhaylovich Chernetsky (Russian: Арка́дий Миха́йлович Черне́цкий; born May 8, 1950) is a Russian politician who has served as Mayor of Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia since January 1992 to November 2, 2010.

Early life

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Arkady Mikhailovich Chernetsky was born on May 8, 1950, in Nizhny Tagil to an engineer (his father) and a surgeon (his mother). In 1972, he graduated from the metallurgical department of the Ural Polytechnic Institute.

From 1972 to 1974 Chernetsky served as a tank platoon commander in the Soviet army. He was stationed in the Turkmenia Military District. He completed his term of service as a colonel. After leaving the army, he began working at a factory where he remained for over ten years.

Chernetsky achieved a number of Soviet government awards.

Political career

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In 1987, Chernetsky was elected as a deputy in the Sverdlovsk City Board of People's Deputies in 1987. A year later, he became a member of the Sverdlovsk City Committee CPSU. In January 1992, he was appointed the City Administration Chief. From 1994 to 1995 he was a member of the Sverdlovsk regional government. From 1995 to 1996 he was the chair of the Yekaterinburg municipal Duma.

Chernetsky is also the president of the Ural-Siberian UNESCO Center.

Other achievements

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  • Orders of Russian Orthodox Church: Order of Prince Daniel 3rd class and Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh 3rd class
  • Russian Mayor of 1995
  • Honored Industrial Engineer of the Russian Federation (awarded in 1997)
  • Honored Citizen of Yekaterinburg (awarded in August 1999)
  • Order of Honour (awarded in 2000)
  • Order of Friendship (2015)[1]
  • Honored Citizen of Sverdlovsk Oblast (2020)[2]
  • Order of Alexander Nevsky (2021)[3]

References

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  1. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 22.12.2015 № 649 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
  2. ^ "Указ Губернатора Свердловской области от 17 ноября 2020 года № 613-УГ «О присвоении Чернецкому А.М. почётного звания Свердловской области "Почётный гражданин Свердловской области"»" (PDF) (in Russian). Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации Свердловской области. 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  3. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 5 июня 2021 года № 340 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
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