Georgy Koshlakov
Georgy Vadimovich Koshlakov (; 8 February 1936 – 7 July 2017) was the deputy Prime Minister of Tajikistan. On January 23, 1989, the Gissar earthquake occurred. He is quoted as saying: "The earthquake caused a burst of mud from the foothills which poured down on the villages. It was up to five miles wide and one-and-a-half miles long." He was a head of the Department of Economics and Management at the Russian-Tajik Slavonic University. References 1936 births 2017 deaths Politicians from Yekaterinburg Government ministers of Tajikistan Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Soviet geologists Tajikistani geologists