Which president's Council did Ryzhkov lose his seat on in 1991?
The Presidential Council
The Council of Foreign Affairs
The Council of National Defense
The Council of Economic Planning
Answer
The Presidential Council was a body created by Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union in 1990. It was intended to be a consultative body to the president on matters of state. However, it soon became a forum for political opposition to Gorbachev, and in 1991 he dissolved it. Nikolai Ryzhkov was a member of the Presidential Council, but he lost his seat in 1991 when it was dissolved.
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