The World : Soviet Planner Replaced
Nikolai K. Baibakov, 74, the Soviet Union’s top economic planner for the last 20 years, was replaced in what was seen as another step in Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev’s efforts to reinvigorate the sluggish economy. Named as Baibakov’s successor was Nikolai V. Talyzin, 56, who has been the Soviet representative to Comecon, the East European trade organization. The Soviet news agency Tass said Baibakov was retired as chairman of the State Planning Commission, or Gosplan as it is known, on pension.
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