Nikolai Ivanovich Lunev

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. Nikolai and Lydia have three children. ==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, 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, as well as conferences of compatriots from the countries of the Asia-Pacific region at the Russian Embassy in China. ==Notes==