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Tyumen Oblast

Tyumen Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tyumen. The oblast has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs—Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Tyumen is the largest city, with over half a million inhabitants...

, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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) is a Russian oil tycoon.

Since 1993, he is the President

President

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 of Surgutneftegaz, one of the largest Russia

Russia

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n oil companies.

In 1973 he graduated from Tyumen Industrial Institute with a degree in oil and gas well boring and since then has worked in oil industry in Tyumen Oblast

Tyumen Oblast

Tyumen Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tyumen. The oblast has administrative jurisdiction over two autonomous okrugs—Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Tyumen is the largest city, with over half a million inhabitants...

, mainly in Surgutneftegaz.

In 1978 - 1980 he occupied leading positions in Yuganskneftegaz

Yuganskneftegaz

Yuganskneftegaz is a wholly integrated subsidiary of Rosneft that owns and operates the second largest oil production complex in Russia. It was formerly the most important production subsidiary of Yukos, but was expropriated by the Russian government and given to Rosneft, a state-owned...

. Since 1984 he has been the Director General of Surgutneftegaz, which became a private company in 1993.

In June 2001 Forbes

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 claimed that Bogdanov was the third wealthiest Russian with $1.6 billion.

He has been a member of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug , also known as Yugra, is a federal subject of Russia . Population: The people native to the region are the Khanty and the Mansi, known collectively as Ob Ugric people...

 legislature since 1996.

Bogdanov was also a confidant of Sergey Sobyanin during the successful 2001 Tyumen Oblast Governor election and of Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

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 during the 2004 Russian Presidential Election

Russian presidential election, 2004

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.

Honours and awards

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland
  Order of Merit for the Fatherland
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  :
  • 2nd class (28 May 2006) - for outstanding contribution to the development of fuel-energy complex and long conscientious work
  • 3rd class (5 June 2001) - for outstanding contribution to the development of oil and gas industry and many years of diligent work
  • 4th class (14 October 1997) - for services to the state, many years of hard work and great contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation between nations
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
  Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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• Order of the Badge of Honour
• Medal of Honour (Belarus), (14 September 2001) - for his great personal contribution to the development of economic relations between Belarus and the Russian Federation
• Honoured Oil and Gas Industry of the Russian Federation (14 May 1993) - for services to the oil and gas industry and many years of diligent work
• Honorary Oilman
• Honorary Citizen of Surgut
  Surgut
  Surgut is a city in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the Ob River near its junction with the Irtysh River, the largest in the autonomous okrug and the second largest in Tyumen Oblast. Population:...
  
   (1997), Surgut Oblast (1998), Khanty-Mansiysk
  Khanty-Mansiysk
  Khanty-Mansiysk experiences a subarctic climate . The climate is extreme, with temperatures as low as -49 C° and as high as 34.5 C°. On average, however, the region is very cold, with an average tempurature of -1.1 C°...
  
   (1999)

External links

• Biography by Vladimir Pribylovsky
  Vladimir Pribylovsky
  Vladimir Valerianovich Pribylovsky is a Russian historian, journalist and human rights advocate opposed to current Russian authorities.-Biography:...
  
  (in Russian)