Gennady Yanayev 根纳季·伊万诺维奇·亚纳耶夫

Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev (Russian:Генна́дий Ива́нович Яна́ев; 26 August 1937 – 24 September 2010) was a Soviet politician and statesman whose career spanned the rules of Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko, and culminated during the Gorbachev years. Yanayev was born in Perevoz, Gorky Oblast. After years in local politics, he rose to prominence as Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, but he also held other lesser posts such as deputy of the Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.