Valenko hails from a noted Alaskan political family that has spawned five generations of Duma members. His popularity, while low in the late 1980's, has risen in later years and historians agree that Valenko's policies in the 1980's eventually helped Alaska become a more democratic and fair society, and that the Revolution of 1991 was the only true way to purge the country of decades of corruption and stagnation. Valenko, since leaving government in 1992, is a noted humanitarian and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. His son, Stanislav Alekseyevich Valenko (1966-), currently is a ranking member of the current Moderate government elected in 2010, and his younger son, Boris Alekseyevich (1969-) is a first-term Duma member elected in 2010 in the Moderate landslide.