Serafim Kolpakov

Serafim Kolpakov (; 10 January 1933 – 15 November 2011) was a Soviet engineer who served as minister of metallurgy in the 1980s. He was a member of the central committee of the Soviet Communist Party.

Biography Kolpakov was born in Lipetsk, Lipetsk Oblast, on 10 January 1933.

Following his graduation he worked at the Ashinsky Metallurgical Plant in the Chelyabinsk Oblast, at the Lipetsk Tractor Plant, and then at the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant. Kolpakov's tenure continued until 1989, and in the period 1989-1990 he was the minister of metallurgy. and became a member of the steering committee of a non-profit company, Russian Steel Consortium, in 2001. A funeral ceremony took place on 18 November, and he was buried at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow.