Vadim Ivanovich Nikolaev (; born 30 August 1959) is a Russian politician who served as a senator from Chuvashia from 2015 to 2021.

Career 

Vadim Nikolaev was born on 30 August 1959 in Krasnoarmeysky District, Chuvash Republic. In 1981, he graduated from the Chuvash State Agrarian University. After graduation, he served in the Soviet Armed Forces. From 1986 to 1990, he worked as the senior agronomist of the State Agroprom of the Chuvash ASSR. From 2002 to 2015, he was continiously re-elected as deputy of the State Council of the Chuvash Republic of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th convocations. On 11 June 2015 Nikolaev was appointed a senator from Chuvashia.

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Living people
1959 births
United Russia politicians
21st-century Russian politicians
People from Chuvashia 
Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)