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Given his age, Andropov could prove to be a transitional leader for the Soviets, with the power moving on by decade's end to men like Gorbachev and Vladimir Dolgikh, 57, who are not well known in the Soviet Union, let alone in the U.S. Totally obscure, of course, are the thousands of other politicians and administrators who are seeking to climb upward from their present middle-level party positions. Almost all are male and in their 50s, but hardly anything is known about the personalities or views of these people...
Young Brezhnev: Tall, dark-haired and well-dressed, Vladimir Dolgikh, 57, moves graciously at party functions, chatting and smiling with the ease of a youthful Brezhnev. He has traveled more widely in non-Communist-bloc countries-Austria, Algeria, Japan, West Germany-than most of his peers, impressing Western observers as an intelligent manager. Now that he has attained nonvoting membership in the Politburo, he could...
...least controversial of last week's promotions was the elevation of Central Committee Secretary Vladimir Dolgikh, 57, to alternate, or nonvoting, membership in the Politburo. A Siberian by birth, he has run Soviet heavy industry for the past six years. Considered a mere stripling by the ruling gerontocracy, Dolgikh will be a strong candidate for high office when the next generation of leaders emerges...
...Soviets have not kept up with progress in the petroleum industry, a situation exacerbated by Western trade restrictions, like those imposed by the U.S. after the Afghanistan invasion. Vladimir Dolgikh, the Communist Party secretary for heavy industry, admitted last January that the only way to realize ambitious plans for developing energy sources in Siberia would be "to introduce new equipment, improve technology and raise labor productivity...