Serafim Kolpakov

Serafim Kolpakov was a prominent Soviet politician and the Minister of Metallurgy during the critical transition period from the Soviet planned economy to a market-oriented system in the early 1990s. He is notably remembered for his association with the New Lipetsk Metallurgical Plant and his conflicts with emerging business leaders, such as Alexey Mordashov, during the privatization of state-owned enterprises.