Born October 8, 1937 in g. Bor Gorky region, German. Up to 11 years, spoke German and knew little about Russian. Father Ergart Yuriusovich, a descendant of Germans who settled in the Volga region during the reign of Catherine II, was shot in 1937 at 20 years of age, even before the birth of her son.
. In 1958, tried to enter the Higher Military School of test pilots, but did not pass the credentials committee because of the shot and sitting in the camps relatives.
. In 1962 he graduated from the Sverdlovsk Mining Institute, specializing in construction of mining companies "
. In 1971 he graduated from the graduate school at the Ural Polytechnic Institute. Candidate of Technical Sciences.
In 1962 - junior research fellow at the Sverdlovsk Mining Institute. From 1963 to 1975 he worked in Mr.. Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk region in the trust "Tagilstroy.
. In 1975 - 83 - Deputy Chief, Chief Combine Tagiltyazhstroy.
. Since October 1983 - Deputy Head of the territorial-building association "Glavsreduralstroy", January 1990 - Head of the association.
. In March 1990, was elected to the Sverdlovsk Oblast Council of People's Deputies
. Since April 2, 1990 - Chairman of the Executive Committee.
. 4 July 1990 was elected chairman of the Regional Council.
. October 18, 1991 was appointed head of administration of the Sverdlovsk region.
. October 27, 1993 session of the Sverdlovsk Regional Council adopted a constitution "Urals republic" headed by the governor, who became
Rossel.
. November 9, 1993 President B
. N. Yeltsin disbanded the Sverdlovsk regional council, and on November 10 dismissed
Rossel as head of regional administration.
. November 11, 1993 at the Council of Chief Executives of the Ural Regional Association of economic interaction,
Rossel was elected president of the Association.
. In November 1993, founded and headed the regional selective association "Transformation of the Urals."
. 12 December 1993 was elected to the Federation Council.
. Spring of 1994 was elected to the Sverdlovsk Regional Duma, then (29 April) - its chairman.
. In August 1995, elected governor of the region.
. Since January 1996 - Member of the Federation Council's position.
. January 14, 1998, when the car in which was
Rossel, drove up to the southern outskirts of Yekaterinburg, not far from her bomb exploded.
. On September 23, 1998 - Member of the Presidium of the RF Government.
. September 12, 1999 was re-elected governor of the region.
. Member of the board of governors of the Union of Russia.
. Honored Builder of the RSFSR.
. He has state awards.
. Playing the accordion "for the soul."
. Married with a daughter and a grandson.
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