Nikolai Baibakov, Stalin’s oil minister
Posted: Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 1:57 amMOSCOW (AP) — Joseph Stalin’s oil and gas minister Nikolai Baibakov has died at the age of 97.
Russia’s natural gas giant Gazprom says Baibakov died of pneumonia on Monday in Moscow. …
In a 1998 interview Baibakov recalled being commissioned to destroy oil wells in the Caucasus region during World War II to prevent the German army from seizing them. But he said Stalin threatened to shoot him if he destroyed the wells. … Read full obituary
