Vasily Alexandrovich Starodubtsev (Russian: Василий Александрович Стародубцев; December 25, 1931 – December 30, 2011)[1] was a Soviet and Russian politician and governor of Tula Oblast from 1997 to 2005.

At the same time, he studied at flight courses at his local flying club.

After his graduation, he was drafted into the Armed Forces and, between 1951 and 1955, he served in military aviation units, flew as a flight mechanic on combat aircraft, and was transferred to the reserve with the rank of second lieutenant.

He had Candidate of Sciences degree in agriculture and was a corresponding member of VASKhNIL.

Starodubtsev was a member of the Federation Council of Russia (1993–96; also in 1997–2001 as a region governor) and of the State Duma (2007–11).