* Vladimir Promyslov; Former Mayor of Moscow
Vladimir Promyslov, 85, the former mayor of Moscow for 23 years. Promyslov, a civil engineer, was appointed mayor by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in 1963 and was ousted by Mikhail S. Gorbachev in 1986. Promyslov was considered one of the most influential Communist bureaucrats in the former Soviet Union because of his power to dole out apartments, country houses and other favors to the party elite. On Saturday in Moscow.
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