Nikolai Ivanovich Lunev

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovichand the family name is Lunev.

Nikolai Ivanovich Lunev
Born	1965 (age 58–59) Yining, Xinjiang, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party

Nikolai Ivanovich Lunev ^[a] (born 1965) is a Chinese politician. He was a deputy of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography

Lunev's grandfather and his family fled to China from the Soviet Union in 1932 to escape the famine of the 1930s (according to other sources, to escape collectivization) and settled in Yining (Ghulja). Later, the large Russian Ghulja diaspora began to disintegrate; in the early 1960s, many decided to leave for Australia, but Lunev's parents and several other families decided to stay. ^[1]

Lunev and his wife Lydia studied together at a Russian school in Ghulja. Several years later, he became the director of this school. ^[2] Nikolai and Lydia have three children. ^[1]

Political career

Lunev became a deputy of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. According to the existing election procedure, at parliamentary meetings he represents the entire Russian community of the PRC. He is the initiator of a number of measures to improve the living conditions of the Russian diaspora, ^{[3] [4]} and also supports of the idea of developing a special economic zone in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang. He is a permanent participant in conferences of compatriots in China, organized by the Consulate General of the Russia in Shanghai and the Coordination Council of Compatriots chaired by Mikhail Drozdov, ^[5] as well as conferences of compatriots from the countries of the Asia-Pacific region at the Russian Embassy in China. ^{[6] [7]}

Notes

1. Chinese :卢尼奥夫·尼古拉·伊万诺维奇; pinyin :Lúníàofú Nígǔlā Yīwànnuòwéiqí; Russian: Николай Иванович Лунёв.

References

1. "卢尼奥夫·尼古拉·伊万诺维奇一家". dzwww.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2 May 2018.
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3. Агентство Синьхуа (3 March 2009). "Член ВК НПКСК Николай Лунев призывает оберегать русскую культуру в местах компактного проживания представителей русской национальности". Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
4. China Internet Information Center (10 March 2010). "Член НПКСК Николай Лунёв: Нужно сделать Инин образцом по развитию национальной экономики". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
5. Координационный совет соотечественников в Китае (11 July 2012). "«Русский с китайцем братья навек», или Народная дипломатия в действии". Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
6. russkie.org (14 November 2007). "Открылась первая конференция соотечественников стран Азиатско-Тихоокеанского региона". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
7. People's Daily онлайн (14 November 2007). "Руководители «русских общин» стран АТР собрались в Пекине". Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2012.