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Vladimir Sergeyevich Gruzdev ((ロシア語:Владимир Серге́евич Груздев)) is a Russian politician, the governor of Tula Oblast,〔(Депутаты Тульской областной Думы приняли решение о наделении В. С. Груздева полномочиями губернатора Тульской области )〕 businessman and explorer. Vladimir Gruzdev was born in 1967 in Bolshevo, Moscow oblast, to a military officer and a teacher. He initially studied as a cadet of military institute, then served in the Russian foreign intelligence service as a translator. In 1993 he abandoned his military career and founded The Seventh Continent hypermarkets net. The company grew in the following years, becoming one of the largest retailers in Russia, and making its founder a millionaire. In 2000 Gruzdev was elected to the Moscow City Duma, and in 2003 was elected as a deputy of State Duma. He is a member of the United Russia political party. Since his appointment as governor of Tula Oblast, a distressed industrial area south of Moscow, Gruzdev has held a series of townhall meetings at which he has listened to citizen complaints, which are many, and has attempted to respond to them, sometimes firing local administrators on the spot. Gruzdev is also known for his extreme tourism and exploration. He took part in the Russian expedition Arktika 2007 to the North Pole and on January 10, 2008 was awarded the Order of Merit Before the Fatherland, 3rd Class "for courage showed in extremal conditions during High-Latitude Arctic Deep-Water Expedition." 〔(Президент России | Указ «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации» )〕 He was expected to become the first Russian space tourist in 2009, launching on board a Soyuz-TMA spacecraft.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 First Russian space tourist will not lift off until 2009 )〕 He has not, however, visited space as of 2011. Vladimir Gruzdev is married and has three children. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vladimir Gruzdev」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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