Lodkin Yuri Evgenievich family. Lodkin Yuri Evgenievich Bryansk. Order from the Motherland
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Dyatkovo, Bryansk region, RSFSR, USSR
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Yuri Evgenievich Lodkin(March 26, Dyatkovo, Bryansk region) - Russian political and statesman, in - years - head of administration and governor of the Bryansk region. Deputy of the State Duma of the second convocation in 1995-1996 from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
Biography
Born in the city of Dyatkovo, Bryansk region. During the Great Patriotic War, for the family’s connection with the partisans, Lodkin, at the age of 4, together with his mother, ended up in a fascist concentration camp in Lithuania (Alytus), where he spent about 1.5 years.
In 1958, he graduated from the Dyatkovo Industrial College with a degree in glass technologist and began working as a shift supervisor at the Slobodsky Glass Factory in the Kirov Region. In 1959-1961 he served in Soviet army. Later, in 1961-1963, he worked as a worker and technologist at the enterprise. In 1963-1968 he was involved in Komsomol and party work.
Regional leadership
On April 26, 1993, he was elected head of the administration of the Bryansk region, gaining 51.4% of the votes in the second round against 44.9% of the votes cast for the current head of the regional administration V.A. Barabanov. On September 25, 1993, Yeltsin removed him from office for disobeying Decree No. 1400.
On December 12, 1993, he was elected as a deputy of the Federation Council, was a member of the Social Policy Committee, and a member of the Credentials Committee of the Chamber.
Activities in the regional Duma
After being removed from the elections, Lodkin was elected to the Bryansk Regional Duma. In 2006, he was attacked by an unknown person and was treated in the intensive care unit of a regional hospital.
Literary activity
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- Or maybe you can tell us faster? – impatient Stella asked Miarda. -Who are they?– They were brought from another world once upon a time. Their world was dying and we wanted to save them. At first they thought they could live with everyone, but they couldn’t. They live very high in the mountains, no one can get there. But if you look into their eyes for a long time, they will take you with them... And you will live with them.
Stella shivered and moved slightly away from Lilis who was standing next to her... - What do they do when they take it away?
- Nothing. They just live with those who are taken away. It was probably different in their world, but now they just do it out of habit. But for us they are very valuable - they “clean” the planet. No one ever got sick after they came.
- So you saved them not because you were sorry, but because you needed them?!.. Is it really good to use them? – I was afraid that Miard would be offended (as they say, don’t go into someone else’s house with boots...) and pushed Stella hard in the side, but she didn’t pay any attention to me, and now turned to Savia. – Do you like living here? Are you sad for your planet?
“No, no... It’s beautiful here, gray and willow...” whispered the same soft voice. - And good-osho...
Lillis suddenly raised one of her sparkling "petals" and gently stroked Stella's cheek.
“Baby... Nice... Stella-la...” and fog sparkled over Stella’s head for the second time, but this time it was multi-colored...
Lillis smoothly flapped her transparent petal wings and began to slowly rise until she joined her own. The Savii became agitated, and suddenly, flashing very brightly, they disappeared...
-Where did they go? – the little girl was surprised.
- They left. Here, look... - and Miard pointed to the already very far away, towards the mountains, smoothly floating in the pink sky, marvelous creatures illuminated by the sun. - They went home...
Veya suddenly appeared...
“It’s time for you,” the “star” girl said sadly. “You can’t stay here for so long.” It's hard.
- Oh, but we haven’t seen anything yet! – Stella was upset. – Can we come back here again, dear Veya? Farewell, good Miard! You're good. I will definitely come back to you! – as always, addressing everyone at once, Stella said goodbye.
Veya waved her hand, and we again swirled in a frantic whirlpool of sparkling matter, after a short (or maybe it just seemed short?) moment, “throwing us out” onto our usual Mental “floor”...
“Oh, how interesting it is!” Stella squealed in delight.
It seemed that she was ready to endure the heaviest loads, just to return once again to the colorful Weiying world that she loved so much. Suddenly I thought that she really must have liked him, since he was very similar to her own, which she loved to create for herself here, on the “floors”...
My enthusiasm has diminished a little, because I have already seen this beautiful planet, and now I desperately wanted something else!.. I felt that dizzying “taste of the unknown”, and I really wanted to repeat it... I already knew that this “hunger” would poison my further existence, and that I would always this will be missed. Thus, wishing to continue to remain at least a little happy man, I had to find some way to “open” the door to other worlds for myself... But then I hardly understood that opening such a door was not so easy... And that many more winters would pass , as long as I will be free to “walk” wherever I want, and that someone else will open this door for me... And this other will be my amazing husband.
- Well, what are we going to do next? – Stella pulled me out of my dreams.
She was upset and sad that she didn't get to see more. But I was very glad that she became herself again and now I was absolutely sure that from that day on she would definitely stop moping and would be ready again for any new “adventures.”
“Please forgive me, but I probably won’t do anything else today...” I said apologetically. - But thank you very much for helping.
Stella beamed. She really loved feeling needed, so I always tried to show her how much she meant to me (which was absolutely true).
- OK. “We’ll go somewhere else another time,” she agreed complacently.
I think she, like me, was a little exhausted, but, as always, she tried not to show it. I waved my hand at her... and found myself at home, on my favorite sofa, with a bunch of impressions that now needed to be calmly comprehended, and slowly, leisurely “digested”...
By the age of ten I had become very attached to my father.
I've always adored him. But, unfortunately, in my first childhood years he traveled a lot and was at home too rarely. Every day spent with him at that time was a holiday for me, which I later remembered for a long time, and piece by piece I collected all the words dad said, trying to keep them in my soul, like a precious gift.
From an early age, I always had the impression that I had to earn my father’s attention. I don't know where this came from or why. No one ever stopped me from seeing him or communicating with him. On the contrary, my mother always tried not to disturb us if she saw us together. And dad always gladly spent all his free time left from work with me. We would go into the forest with him, plant strawberries in our garden, go to the river to swim, or just talk while sitting under our favorite old apple tree, which is what I loved to do almost everything.
In the forest for the first mushrooms...
On the banks of the Nemunas River (Neman)
Dad was a great conversationalist, and I was ready to listen to him for hours if the opportunity arose... Probably just his strict attitude to life, arrangement life values, the never changing habit of not getting anything for nothing, all this created for me the impression that I should deserve it too...
I remember very well how, as a very small child, I hung on his neck when he returned home from business trips, endlessly repeating how much I loved him. And dad looked at me seriously and answered: “If you love me, you shouldn’t tell me this, but you should always show it...”
And it was these words of his that remained an unwritten law for me for the rest of my life... True, I probably wasn’t always very good at “showing”, but I always tried honestly.
And in general, for everything that I am now, I owe it to my father, who, step by step, sculpted my future “I”, never giving any concessions, despite how selflessly and sincerely he loved me. During the most difficult years of my life, my father was my “island of calm,” where I could return at any time, knowing that I was always welcome there.
Having lived a very difficult and turbulent life himself, he wanted to be sure that I could stand up for myself in any unfavorable circumstances for me and would not break down from any troubles in life.
Actually, I can say from the bottom of my heart that I was very, very lucky with my parents. If they had been a little different, who knows where I would be now, and whether I would be at all...
I also think that fate brought my parents together for a reason. Because it seemed absolutely impossible for them to meet...
My dad was born in Siberia, in the distant city of Kurgan. Siberia was not the original place of residence of my father's family. This was the decision of the then “fair” Soviet government and, as has always been accepted, was not subject to discussion...
So, my real grandparents, one fine morning, were rudely escorted from their beloved and very beautiful, huge family estate, cut off from their usual life, and put into a completely creepy, dirty and cold carriage, heading in a frightening direction - Siberia...
Dear readers! " Komsomolskaya Pravda"in Bryansk" opens a new section "Heroes of Yesterday". Its heroes are Bryansk residents, who were well-known in the 90s and 2000s, and who remained in the people's memory, although they disappeared from the horizon.
The first hero of the new column was the governor of the Bryansk region, Yuri Lodkin. This year he celebrated 80 summer anniversary. He was elected head of the region three times: in 1993, 1996 and 2000. A Komsomolskaya Pravda correspondent found out how Yuri Evgenievich’s path in politics developed and what he does in retirement.
Not allowed in central television
Most Bryansk residents know Yuri Lodkin as the governor. But he started as a journalist. He worked in the Dyatkovo regional newspaper. His sharp reports and analytical essays were noticed in the main regional media.
IN Soviet era all regional journalists dreamed of publishing in Bryansk Rabochiy,” says Yuri Evgenievich. “And suddenly they hired me there as a staff reporter.” And a few months later they offered to become a special correspondent for the All-Union radio and central television. For approval, the approval of the local party leadership was required. I had already packed my suitcase when they informed me that my candidacy was rejected and they did not give me a recommendation. It turns out that the first secretary of the Bryansk regional committee of the CPSU, Ivan Konovalov, when he learned that I was going to the capital, said: “Lodkina to the All-Union Radio and Central Television? For his articles, the first secretary of the Dyatkovo city party committee and the chairman of the state executive committee were removed. If he gets to Moscow, get ready for him to start filming us!”
Barefoot to school
Yuri Lodkin developed the courage to speak directly with management from childhood.
At the age of four he ended up in a fascist concentration camp and spent a year and a half there. My father died when I was eight years old, and my younger brother was only three weeks old. Mom, so that we would always be “in front of her eyes,” became a cleaner, although she was an excellent diamond cutter. And I helped her, especially in winter, when her organization had to fire 16 stoves. I tied firewood with rope and dragged it to the fourth floor. This largely explains the passion with which I took up the gasification of the Bryansk region. We lived very modestly. I remember in fourth grade, all my classmates came to the First of September assembly wearing new shoes, and I was barefoot. I had nothing to wear. And when I came home, there were new canvas boots on the table. How happy I was then!
The first to talk about Chernobyl
After successful career in journalism, Yuri Lodkin decided to change his profession.
Working as a correspondent, I was the first to raise the “Chernobyl” topic,” says Yuri Lodkin. “But the country’s leadership did not react to this. I understood: if people’s deputies do not raise the issue of the fate of the Russian Chernobyl zone, the matter will not move forward. I decided to go to people’s deputies, tell the whole country about this disaster and achieve the adoption of a law on eliminating the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. In the elections of deputies, 72% of voters voted for me. The law was passed, but poorly implemented. The whole problem was in local authorities. Then I decided to go to the gubernatorial elections in 1993.
Illegally removed from office
Five months after winning his first gubernatorial elections, in the fall of 1993, Yuri Lodkin was removed from office. He refused to obey Presidential Decree No. 1400. This document dissolved the Congress of People's Deputies and the Supreme Council. Later, the Constitutional Court declared the decree illegal...
After that, I sued Yeltsin for two years,” says Yuri Evgenievich. – This was an unprecedented case in Russian politics. They tried to persuade me to retreat and offered me the position of deputy minister or consul in any Western country. I refused. On the instructions of the president, Viktor Chernomyrdin negotiated with me. He said: “If you sue, we will slam you.” I said, "Try it." Later, at one of the celebrations at the Friendship Monument in the Klimovsky District, Viktor Chernomyrdin told me: “You did the right thing then by not agreeing. What was the tactic at the top: put a person in a position, hold him for three months, and then “goodbye”. Yeltsin wanted to do the same with you..."
Gas was provided at the expense of Tatarstan
One of the greatest achievements of Lodkin the politician is the gasification of the Bryansk region. Before he came to power in 1995, “blue fuel” was available to less than 20% of the region’s residents. And already in 2003 - almost 60% of Bryansk residents.
We didn’t have money for gasification,” says Yuri Lodkin. – But I found out that Tatarstan owes Gazprom almost three billion rubles. I proposed to Rem Vyakhirev, the head of Gazprom, an option for partial payment of this amount: Tatarstan, using one billion of its debt, was to buy equipment, pipes for the Bryansk region, and provide labor for laying gas pipelines. The plan was a success. In 2000, the volume of gasification in the Bryansk region exceeded the figures for all the years of Soviet power.
Order from the Motherland
Yuri Lodkin had a difficult relationship with President Boris Yeltsin. In 1998, the Bryansk governor was invited to receive the Order of Friendship.
People usually don’t call to the Kremlin to present such an award, but Yeltsin wanted to see me,” says Yuri Evgenievich. “I didn’t intend to go, but they persuaded me.” Fellow party members said that this order was not from Yeltsin, but from the Motherland, and I should accept it. After the presentation, Boris Yeltsin told me: “It’s good that our conflicts ended with the Order of Friendship.” I asked to speak: “I am grateful for the order. But I will ask for one more reward. Not for myself, but for the children of the “Chernobyl zone”. It is necessary to revive the “Children of Chernobyl” program. And for this, the president must take personal patronage over her.” “So be it,” said Boris Yeltsin.
They weren't allowed to serve a third term.
Yuri Lodkin nominated his candidacy three times for the election of governor of the Bryansk region. There was a fourth attempt in 2004. But on the eve of voting day, the court dismissed him.
Despite the denial, the court did not acquit me. Later I found out that the deputy chairman Supreme Court at the request of his wife, who was sitting at the same desk with the wife of ex-regional Duma deputy Mikhail Podobedov, he gave the command: Do not let Lodkin participate in the elections... Even now, many people say that if I had put up my candidacy for the elections of the head of the region in 2015, I would have had the majority guaranteed. But I have known Alexander Bogomaz for a long time and did not want to let him down.
Half a century in the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
When he was governor, Yuri Lodkin was one of the few heads of regions who belonged to the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. About a year ago he left the party.
My “experience” in the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is half a century. But I wrote a long statement explaining that I do not consider it possible to remain in the ranks of the party when its leader is Stepan Panasov. Because our regional committee bureau and Panasov have turned into a “funeral bureau of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.” At one time, he did everything possible so that I would not be a deputy of the Bryansk Regional Duma. Then it turned out that he did this at the request of Nikolai Denin. For his “help” he was promised the post of first deputy chairman of the regional Duma. As soon as Panasov fulfilled his part of the deal, he was thrown out.
From politician to writer
The most difficult thing, according to Yuri Lodkin, during his leadership of the region was the lack of money:
Crumbs were poured out from the federal center. We found out that even under Soviet rule, a mistake was made when distributing transfers to the regions. Then my subordinates developed a new system for calculating transfers for the entire country. And with her I went to the Federation Council. With difficulty, but we “pushed through” it. Then the tranches from the federal budget for us were doubled. This system is still in effect today.
After completing his political career, Yuri Lodkin became a writer.
I have written 15 books and have plans for three more. But since December, when my wife Evgenia passed away, I have not written a single line. I hope I can return to creativity in the summer.
The biggest problem is industry
Despite the fact that for more than ten years Yuri Lodkin has only been engaged in literary work, he closely monitors the political and economic situation in the region.
Now the biggest problem in the Bryansk region is industry,” says Yuri Evgenievich. - For development agriculture we have Bogomaz. But the industry needs to be saved - production needs to be repurposed. And assign a deputy governor to each enterprise so that there is personal responsibility. The governor needs to know a little about everything. And his deputies say a lot about a little. I recruited people into my team who had proven themselves professionally in one area or another. No other subsequent governor had a team like mine. And I think it won't be for long.
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Lodkin, Yuri Evgenievich
Head of Administration (Governor) of the Bryansk Region; born March 26, 1938 in the town of Dyatkovo, Bryansk region; in 1958 he graduated from the Dyatkovo Industrial College with a degree in glass technologist, in 1972 he graduated from the Higher Secondary School under the CPSU Central Committee with a degree in journalism; began his career in 1958 as a shift supervisor at Slobodsky glass factory(Kirov region); worked as an adjuster, senior production technician at the Dyatkovo Crystal Factory; in 1963 he was elected secretary of the city committee of the Komsomol of the city of Dyatkovo, and then went to work in the Dyatkovo city committee of the CPSU as an instructor; 1967-1970 - deputy editor of the city newspaper "Flame of Labor"; 1970-1983 - correspondent, head of department of the regional newspaper "Bryansky Rabochiy"; 1983-1987 - head of the press sector, assistant to the first secretary of the Bryansk regional committee of the CPSU; 1987-1993 - TASS own correspondent for the Bryansk region; in 1990 he was elected people's deputy of the RSFSR; in April-September 1993 - head of the administration of the Bryansk region, in September 1993 he was removed from official duties by the President of the Russian Federation; in December 1993, he was elected as a deputy of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the first convocation, was a member of the Committee on Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States (1994-1995); 1995-1996 - deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the second convocation, was a member of the Communist Party faction, a member of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, a member of the commission of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS Member States on social policy and human rights; in the elections of December 8, 1996, supported by the Patriotic Bryansk movement, he was re-elected head of the administration of the Bryansk region; ex officio was a member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, was the chairman of the Committee on CIS Affairs, in July 1998 he was approved as a representative of the Federation Council on the deputation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia as a leader; On December 10, 2000, he again won the next gubernatorial elections, receiving 29.39% of the votes of voters who took part in the voting (the winner was determined by a simple majority of votes); in January 2001, he transferred the powers of a member of the Federation Council to a newly appointed representative in the Federation Council from the regional administration in accordance with the new procedure for forming the upper house of the Russian parliament; in May 2001 he was appointed member State Commission on chemical disarmament; member of the Union of Journalists, member of the Union of Writers; author of the books “Crystal Rainbow”, “Crystal Facets”, “Twisted Lace”, a number of collections of author groups; laureate of the Bryansk Komsomol Prize for the book “Crystal Rainbow” (1972); awarded the Order of Friendship (1998), medals; married, has a daughter; hobbies: water sports, historical and documentary literature.
In 1989, only three years after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, working as TASS’s own correspondent for the Bryansk region, Yu. Lodkin was finally able to overcome censorship obstacles and for the first time spoke in print about the terrible tragedy of the southern regions of the region, which suffered more from this disaster, than Ukraine and Belarus. During the conflict between President Yeltsin and the Parliament, he did not obey the presidential decree on the dissolution of the Congress of People's Deputies and the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation, went to Moscow to participate in the Tenth Congress of People's Deputies, for which he was removed from his duties as head of the regional administration. In December 1996, he joined the ranks of representatives of the people's patriotic forces who won the regional elections. After his election as governor, he said: “I would like to see the color scheme avoided in the assessments of newly elected heads of administration. Whatever the governor is - bright red, pale pink or green - behind him are hundreds of thousands of voters who, as they say, need to be fed and warm up. Behind me there are one and a half million Bryansk residents and a huge “Chernobyl” zone. Realizing this, I am forced to step on the throat of my own political preferences and ambitions. I am a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and do not think of leaving the ranks of the party that brought me to this position. The program of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation establishes as a reality the existence of a multi-structured economy, private property, and within this framework I have to act. I am called an “orthodox communist.” But my orthodoxy today is that I remain a passionate supporter of social justice and the triumph of the principle “to each according to his work.” with representatives of the most different parties and movements of the Bryansk region to solve specific economic problems. And he must be able to bring his needs to the offices of both the Minister of Finance A. Livshits and the head of the presidential administration A. Chubais.”
Large biographical encyclopedia. 2009 .
The Fiesta company appeared in Bryansk in 1995. Initially it was just a wholesale warehouse in the city center, in the basement of the local Oktyabr cinema. Prices for products (mostly alcohol) were an order of magnitude lower than in other warehouses. Fiesta was one of the first to think of selling products at retail at wholesale prices. Then the company expanded. On the outskirts of Bryansk there are huge, completely unused bases. The company rented one of them and began to increase volumes. Cheap alcohol, aggressive advertising - Fiesta quickly beat its competitors, opening several more warehouses in different parts cities and regions.
At this time, complete confusion reigned on the alcohol market in the Bryansk region. The local "Bryanskspirtprom" successfully went bankrupt - its products were half as expensive as the wonderful Ossetian vodka, which was imported into the region by all and sundry. Clandestine workshops proliferated. At a meeting in the administration, one of the officials announced terrible figures that 60 percent of the vodka sold was completely counterfeit, from which not a penny goes to the budget. It must be said that Fiesta was then the largest supplier of vodka to the region. The administration, by introducing all sorts of duties, tried to limit the import of cheap vodka into the region, but there was no decrease in “Ossetian” (technical alcohol plus water). But Fiesta's turnover grew. A little later, the Bryansk residents met its owner, a former military man and then deputy director of the regional cinema chain, Alexander Salov.
Part two: meeting
At the end of 1996, a serious struggle for power unfolded in the region. There were two main contenders - the communist Lodkin and the President’s protege, Semernev. Lodkin was decidedly short of money. Then messengers from Fiesta came to the candidate and offered the following: “Yuri Evgenievich, we are giving you money - a lot, but don’t forget us either. When you become governor, we will come see you again.” Lodkin became governor. And after some time, the director of Fiesta, Alexander Salov, is already running for the regional Duma in one of the city districts, actively supported by local communists. The legendary Bryansk State Duma deputy Vasily Shandybin himself then stated in a local newspaper that he vouches with all his heart for people like Alexander Salov. It’s true that there was a mistake with the elections. At the Salov polling station, too few voters came to vote and the director of Fiesta did not get into the regional Duma.
Part three: it's not just friendship
In December 1997, at the suggestion of Governor Yuri Lodkin, the Regional Duma (its majority are members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation) adopted the law “On the temporary regulation of the sale of alcoholic products...”.
Now only companies accredited for this can engage in the wholesale supply of any alcohol to the region. Accreditation can only be given by a special commission of the regional administration. The accreditation conditions are very strict - the company must have already worked in the alcohol market for at least two years, have warehouse premises of at least a certain area, etc. An accredited company has the right to put a new special mark on alcohol (alcohol without this mark must be destroyed). And now all (!) stores are required to purchase alcohol only from her. Of all the companies operating on the alcohol market, only Fiesta falls under these conditions.
However, a scandal occurs here. Nikolai Vitkevich, director of the Bryansk company TSH Nash Mir LLP (his company had previously also been involved in wholesale supplies of alcohol) refused to remove vodka without a new brand from the shelves of his stores. Gathering journalists, he stated that the Resolution “was adopted in the interests of persons extremely friendly to the local authorities.” That evening, burly guys in leather jackets arrived at the store and ordered the “wrong” vodka to be removed from the display cases. The store manager refused. The guys left, but two hours later they returned again, but with a short man in a tracksuit (obviously, he was taken straight from his home). The store employees were surprised to recognize this man... as Governor Yuri Lodkin. He began shouting that he would handcuff everyone here and bring him to justice if the store director did not obey. The Bryansk newspaper "Good Day" that described this scene - it belonged to the company "Vtormet", the director of which Rudenok was one of the candidates for governor - was soon closed, and tax repression fell on Vtormet, after which the company never recovered.
Other Bryansk firms also tried to jump in, but in a civilized manner they competed with Fiesta for the right to wholesale trade in alcohol. With incredible difficulty, the company "Bryanskmolservis" (a joint trading enterprise of the local Dairy Plant (BMK) and a Moscow company), headed by a young successful businessman Kramyshev, managed to obtain accreditation. At the instigation of the governor, persecution of Molservice and the Dairy Plant was organized through the regional press. Then the director of BMK Korobko was personally summoned by the governor and demanded that the leadership of Molservice be changed. Korobko did not dare to disobey. Kramyshev was immediately removed, and Molservice voluntarily abandoned the wholesale trade in alcohol. To create the appearance of competition in the alcohol market, several firms were accredited for wholesale trade. But most of them, for some reason, even having a license, did not want to do this profitable business as alcoholic, and for the rest the sales volume was insignificant (for example, Fiesta officially sold 2 million liters of alcohol, and its closest competitor, the BOR company, only 165 thousand). A small “piece” was left for the Goskon company - its head, former adviser to Lodkin, Igor Ivanov (he is famous for the fact that he likes to be called a relative of the governor, although he is not one) at one time did a lot to “push” the vodka law through the Duma.
Part four: fiery passion
Golden times have come for Fiesta and the regional governor. Alexander Salov hastily completed construction of his luxury house(two swimming pools, private casino, marble fireplaces, etc.). In addition to selling alcohol, Fiesta developed a business in the very center of Bryansk on Lenin Square (the regional administration is also located here); the largest store in the city, Izumrud, was purchased, as well as a pharmacy and grocery store. With the money from Fiesta, the city's first Bryansk FM radio station, Chistye Klyuchi, was founded (around the clock it broadcast advertisements for Fiesta enterprises, and also glorified the “financial genius” of businessman Salov and the “wise statesman” of Governor Lodkin). One of the Bryansk newspapers later published a photograph of that time: Italy, Governor Lodkin surrounded by young talented Bryansk businessmen in an embrace with Alexander Salov. Lodkin and Salov appear together on city events, organized by "Fiesta" (such as a presentation of the radio station "ChK"). True, when one of the photo reporters of the local newspaper tried to capture Lodkin clinking glasses with Salov at a buffet table, the governor’s security took away his camera and exposed the film.
There were, however, some annoying hiccups. Here, an employee of the regional tax police, Tatyana Dementyeva, discovered a stupid adherence to principles - she came to check on Fiesta and demanded to see financial documents, and also suspected that the stamps on the products presented to her were fake. Salov immediately called the governor in front of Dementieva and the scoundrel was put in his place. And so that it would be disgraceful in the future, they kicked me out of the tax office and opened a criminal case for bribery. Dementyeva spent three months in prison.
And the local democratic newspaper Bryanskoe Vremya took and published a letter that came to the administration from Kaluga. The local OBEB asked to check "Fiesta" - the wine supplied by this company to Kaluga turned out to be counterfeit. They dealt with the newspaper simply - Fiesta employees called all BV advertisers and politely asked not to give any more advertising to the “vile newspaper”. Even "Clean Keys" in their daily program talked about the deceit and corruption of the newspaper. Plus, the press controlled by the governor helped. And so that life would not seem like a raspberry at all in the room where the editorial office is located, the lights were cut off (several issues of BV were published in a private apartment). And also to Sberbank, where the newspaper has an account, they called from the regional administration and asked to inform about everyone who transfers money to the newspaper’s account.
Part Five: Cooling Down and Divorce
But, as they say, a revolution must inevitably devour its children. State Duma elections were approaching (December 1999). Alexander Salov headed the local branch of Fatherland. At first everything went well. The governor's newspapers reported that Lodkin supported Salov in his quest for power. Perhaps Salov himself believed that now he could do everything. An agreement was reached that if Luzhkov became President, then Salov would be appointed Governor of Bryansk. Salov is nominated as a candidate for the Duma from the Bryansk single-mandate district, where his main rivals are the bald communist Vasily Shandybin and Sobchak's wife, Narusova. Huge amounts of money are being wasted on the election campaign. The whole city is covered with posters on which Salov joyfully shakes hands with either Luzhkov or Primakov. Advertising is carried out in all Bryansk media. "Fiesta" is even establishing its own newspaper, "Chistye Klyuchi" for the elections, and is negotiating the purchase of a local TV channel. Emboldened, the tycoon gives the command to the controlled media to attack the communist Vasily Shandybin (rudely played out appearance and mental abilities of the latter).
Here the first bell rang - the regional election commission refuses to register Salov: on the signature sheets (they must be certified by the candidate) it is not Salov’s signature. Salov is shocked, he babbles something about a car accident that distorted his handwriting, then, annoyed, right at the meeting of the election commission he threatens to deal with one of the commission members (“smiles too much”). Then he decides to make a deposit instead of signatures, but it’s too late. Only by using powerful levers of influence does Salov manage to win the regional court and force the electoral commission to register himself as a candidate. But then another blow awaits him - firefighters seal the premises of the Chistye Klyuchi radio station. It is located in an apartment in a residential building, which, according to firefighters, violates the rules (although the firefighters had no complaints against Cheka for a whole year). After terrible scandal radio stations are allowed to continue broadcasting, but draw up a list of activities that they must complete (if at least one is not completed, the “ChK” will be closed forever).
And now comes a blow below the belt - the commission deprives Fiesta of the right to engage in the wholesale trade of alcohol due to numerous violations. Fiesta's place in the alcohol market was taken by the Pishchevik enterprise, headed by the mother-in-law of Lodkin's personal security guard Antoshin (the guy immediately bought himself three cars).
In the elections to the Duma, Salov failed miserably - he received less than a percent of the votes (the winner was Vasily Shandybin). "Fatherland" also did not overcome the 5 percent barrier in the region. Fiesta tried to appeal to the arbitration court, but it upheld the decision of the accreditation commission. Desperate Salov, along with “Fatherland,” joined the Bryansk headquarters to support Vladimir Putin for the post of President of the Russian Federation. And the radio "Chistye Klyuchi" began to conduct active anti-Lodkin advertising. As a result, the Bryansk region became one of four in Russia where Putin did not win the elections (local political scientists believe that Salov’s participation in supporting Putin was one of the reasons), and the Chistye Klyuchi radio station went silent for three days. Officially due to technical problems. And so the director of the Cheka was called by the head of the transmission center and warned “a few more such attacks on the governor and the equipment will break down forever.” At the New Year's private ball (leaders of all levels, security officials, "red" directors and leaders, etc. were invited there), one of the toasts was to Governor Lodkin, who wisely got rid of the "vodka" mafia and strengthened the position of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
Yuri Lodkin is preparing for the next gubernatorial elections, and is also looking for a place in the Russian-Belarusian Parliament." And the Fiesta company recently began producing Chistye Klyuchi mineral water.
Exhibition “Y.E. Lodkin - the first popularly elected governor of the Bryansk region,” timed to coincide with his 80th anniversary, will begin its work in Bryansk local history museum March 29 at 11:00.
Yuri Evgenievich Lodkin was born on March 26, 1938 in the city of Dyatkovo. During the Great Patriotic War together with his mother he was driven to the Lithuanian city of Alytus, where he was in a fascist concentration camp.
He began his career after graduating from the Dyatkovo Industrial College in 1958 with a degree in glass technologist. He worked at the Slobodsky glass factory in the Kirov region and at the Dyatkovo crystal factory. In 1958−61 he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army.
From 1967 to 1970, he was deputy editor of the newspaper Flame of Labor. In 1972 he graduated from the journalism department of the Higher Party School under the CPSU Central Committee. From 1970 to 1983, he was a correspondent and head of the department of the Bryansk Worker newspaper. From 1983 to 1987 - head of the press sector, assistant to the first secretary of the Bryansk regional committee of the CPSU.
From 1987 to 1993, Yuri Lodkin was TASS’s own correspondent for the Bryansk region. In 1990 he was elected people's deputy of the RSFSR. Lodkin’s publications in the media and his speeches at the Congress of People’s Deputies played a huge role in recognizing the southwestern regions of the Bryansk region as affected by the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident and accepting state program their rehabilitation.
April 26, 1993 Yu.E. Lodkin won the first popular election in the history of the Bryansk region for the head of the region and becomes the head of the administration of the Bryansk region. For his refusal to recognize Decree No. 1400 (on the dissolution of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR), Russian President Boris Yeltsin removed him from his post. In December 1993, Lodkin was elected to the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Russian Federation. In 1995−96 - deputy of the State Duma of the 2nd convocation.
From 1996 to 2004, he served as governor of the Bryansk region, winning elections twice in a row. By virtue of his position, he joined the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the second convocation, where he was deputy chairman of the Committee on CIS Affairs. In July 1998, he was approved as a representative of the Federation Council as part of the deputation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia as a leader, and was elected deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly.
Yu.E. Lodkin is a member of the Union of Journalists of Russia, the Union of Writers of Russia, the author of more than ten books, the latest of which are “The Fall of Bryansk Millions” (Bryansk, 2016), “Turns of Fate” (Bryansk, 2017). Currently, Yuri Evgenievich is working on two new books.
The opening of the exhibition dedicated to his 80th anniversary will take place on March 29, 2018 at 11:00. Visitors to the exhibition will be able to see personal belongings, documents and photographs belonging to Yu.E. Lodkin and telling about his path in politics and literature, the Department of Culture of the Bryansk Region reported.
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