Grigory Yavlinsky is a prominent Russian politician, oppositionist, who founded and for many years led the Yabloko party, repeatedly nominated himself for the presidential election, Doctor of Science in Economics. Where is he now and what does he do?
For more than 25 years, Grigory Yavlinsky has become an integral part of Russian politics. He invariably advocates cardinal changes in the country's economy, is a leader in the opposition environment, but he behaves correctly and politely in relation to the current government and people. Who is he and where from? What did you do in Soviet times? How did you get into politics?
Biography
Grigory Alekseevich was born in April 1952, in the city of regional significance of the Ukrainian SSR Lviv. The boy’s father had a pedagogical education, graduated from the school of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, worked with homeless children and “difficult” children, and his mother taught chemistry at the university of forestry.
Gregory studied well in high school, showed interest in music and foreign languages, attended, in addition to the secondary school, also music, and after graduating from primary school he was transferred by his parents to a school with in-depth study of English.
To overcome natural shyness and cope with self-doubt, at the age of 12, Gregory began to attend the boxing section. And there he showed excellent results, even became a champion among juniors. Coaches predicted a “great future” for him in boxing, but the young man became interested in the economy and decided to develop in this particular direction.
After graduating from 8th grade, Yavlinsky decided to go to work and continue his studies at evening school. According to some sources, the reason for leaving school was the pugnacity of Gregory, but the information is not confirmed by facts.
In 1969, having received a certificate of high school graduation, Gregory went to Moscow, where he easily entered the famous "Pleshka" - the Plekhanov Moscow Institute of National Economy. In 1973, he became a graduate, was admitted to graduate school.
Career in the USSR
After graduating from graduate school, in 1976 Yavlinsky came to work at a research institute of the Ministry of Coal Industry. As part of his duties, he did not just “sit out for pieces of paper”, but also visited facilities, went down to coal mining mines, and even fell into the rubble together with miners. A few years later, Grigory Alekseevich, as a promising employee, was transferred to the State Committee for Labor and Social Affairs. Work there ended with conversations with the investigator. After a thorough study of the functionality of the sector entrusted to him, Yavlinsky prepared a report, the essence of which was that economic freedom of the industry should be ensured.
Grigory Alekseevich was severely punished for his freedom of thought - he was literally "put" in a tuberculosis dispensary, while he was being treated, all his scientific works and achievements were destroyed. Fortunately, bullying began at a time when the country was on the verge of perestroika. Soon the "competent authorities" forgot about Yavlinsky, he returned to the State Committee for Labor, and later became a member of the commission from the Council of Ministers for Economic Reforms.
Politics
In fact, the political career of Grigory Yavlinsky began in 1991, from the moment when he was invited by Gorbachev to the board of macroeconomics. Later, his candidacy was nominated for the post of vice-premier of the government of the country, but according to the results of the vote, “chair” went to Gaidar. In 1991, he left the government altogether in protest against Yeltsin’s signing of the Bialowieza Agreement. Yavlinsky began creating his own modernization programs in the field of economics and even tested one of them in the Nizhny Novgorod region. After 4 years, the program of Grigory Alekseevich was adopted by the government, but during several readings it was modified, the author’s ideas of the creator were practically gone.
Yavlinsky created his party under the name "Yabloko" back in 1993. The project did not support either the Democrats or the Communists, and was, in essence, the first opposition formation in the Russian Federation. In addition to Grigory Alekseevich, Boldyrev and Lukin took part in the creation of the party. Companions developed an election campaign, thanks to which 27 mandates were received in the State Duma of the first convocation.
Yavlinsky led the Yabloko party until 2008, but even now, after leaving the post of leader, his name is still associated with this very association. In addition, Grigory Alekseevich more than once put forward his candidacy for the presidential election - in 1996, 1999, 2011, 2018. The maximum that the politician managed to achieve in these elections is the third place following the results of the popular vote.
