The role of the individual in the historical process is assessed ambiguously by political scientists and sociologists. It is believed that the masses “make” history. However, the examples of Alexander the Great and Vladimir Ilyich Lenin do not fit into this concept. Gennady Nikolayevich Seleznev is our contemporary. His merits and mistakes will be objectively evaluated after a certain period of time. Today he is talked about as a participant in the process of establishing democratic institutions on Russian soil.
The beginning of the biography
The daily life of a public person is constantly monitored by ordinary people, voters, competitors and spiteful critics. If a person wants to live in peace, then he should not engage in politics or social activities. The biography of Gennady Nikolayevich Seleznev indicates that he did not particularly aspire to high posts.
The child was born in the family of a soldier in November 1947. Parents lived in the Urals, in the city of Serov. When the boy was three years old, his parents divorced. Mother, taking her son, returned to her homeland in the village of Chudskoy Bor near Leningrad.
Until the fourth grade, Gennady lived with his grandparents and studied at a rural school. Then he moved to Leningrad to his mother, who was given a room at work. After school, he entered a vocational school and graduated in 1965. He worked for a year as a turner at the factory, having received proletarian hardening, and was called up for military service. The army is “setting the brains” for many young people, and Seleznev was no exception. Returning to a civilian, he enters a local university to receive a journalistic education. At the same time, he began to work actively in the Komsomol.
Chief Editor
Journalism and regular communication with people of different ages gives Gennady a rare opportunity to find out how young people live, what ideals they aspire to and what vices lend themselves to. In 1974, Seleznev came to the Leningrad magazine "Change" as deputy editor. Talent and organizational skills help him make a career without too much fuss. The regional magazine, when Gennady Nikolayevich became the chief editor, received all-Union fame.
In 1980, Gennady Seleznev was transferred to Moscow, and approved by the editor-in-chief of the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. Under current regulations, the chief editor is elected as the head of the ideological department of the Komsomol Central Committee. Hard and responsible work is paying off. The circulation of the newspaper is growing. Based on the published materials, television programs are made and topical films are made. In these years, Seleznev devotes more and more time and energy to political activity. He is elected a member of the CPSU Central Committee and transferred to the editorial office of the newspaper Pravda.
