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Valentin Yuriyevich Shunin (December 30, 1947)
Born in the village located in Leningrad Oblast as a son of schoolteachers.
Became the First Secretary of local Komsomol unit. (1970)
Graduated from Leningrad Polytechnic Institute as a Doctor of Science in Electronic engineering. (1977)
Was employed at a high-level office of the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering. He had personally met Vikto Glushkov and was impressed by his planned OGAS system, believing that it would be "a few steps toward communism during one пятилетка" (1979)
Spearheaded project Micro-80 - popularization of the first Soviet DIY computer. (1982) [1]
Served as the instructor in the Communist Party propaganda department, where he grew some objections to Mikhail Gorbachev's market reforms. (since 1987)
Criticized parts of Gorbachev's reforms during late 1980s and early 1990s. [2]
Co-founded Communist Party of Russian Federation. He was once described by President Yeltsin as the most dangerous man for the oligarchic establishment, due to his strong belief in communism. (1993)
Assasination of Gennady Zyuganov placed Shunin as the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. (1995) [3]
[1] Helped to gain interest from the government towards creation of small "personal computers" in the Soviet Union.
[2] Not as hard as Zyuganov, but still criticized him.
[3] After Zyuganov was shot three times and died, some evidence appeared, stating that Yeltsin ordered killing of the powerful Chairman due to his threat towards oligarchs. Shunin used the evidence to criticize the government, leading a mass demonstration in Moscow against "political murder".