The study of social processes and the history of Russian political science is an interesting and fascinating process. However, participation in such work requires special training from a person. Valery Fedorov is one of such specialists.
Starting conditions
The ruling elite in any state carefully monitors the mood and fermentation that are forming in society. For this purpose, special structures are created. In Russia there is a Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM), which has been led by Valery Valeryevich Fedorov for many years. Specialists are being prepared for this Center and other similar organizations and methodological materials are being developed. Until recently, domestic educational institutions did not prepare specialists of this profile. However, the landslide change in the political system and social institutions forced to pay close attention to this problem.
Valery Fedorov was born on September 11, 1974 in an ordinary Soviet family. Parents at that time lived in the famous city of Tver, which at that time was called Kalinin. My father worked in construction. Mother taught Russian language and literature in high school. The boy was not even one year old when the family, due to circumstances, moved to a permanent place of residence in Kerch. Here he received a birth certificate and after reaching the age of seven went to school.
The boy grew and developed in a favorable environment. There were many books in the house, and Valery learned to read early. Already in the lower grades, he attended the city library. Fedorov studied well. He was easily given both mathematics and a foreign language. Despite this, the future sociologist's favorite subjects were history and literature. When the time came, he joined the Komsomol. And not only entered, but also began to actively participate in various events. Fedorov was repeatedly elected a delegate to the regional Komsomol conference, and even to the republican congress in the city of Kiev.
In high school, Valery began to think about his future and career choice. He was attracted to the career of a diplomat. He was fluent in English and could become a translator. As specific dates approached, weak education options were discarded. As a result, Fedorov went to the capital and entered the political department of the philosophical faculty of Moscow State University. He received a student card at the end of August 1991. And in December, the Soviet Union ceased to exist.
Professional activity
In the first half of the 90s, Fedorov was educated and managed to participate in studies that were conducted on the streets of Moscow and other cities. At first, he was recruited to the staff of the Russian-American University to study the characteristics of the mass political movements that were in all regions of the country. For almost ten years, since 1993, Valery was listed as a researcher at the Center for Political Conjuncture of Russia. Moving up the career ladder, he created around himself a team of capable sociologists.
Fedorov looked at all the procedures at that time from a pragmatic point of view. Business companies determine the size of the target audience, ready to buy a new product. In turn, it is vitally important for political authorities to know how the population reacts to the next package of adopted laws. And in fact, and in another case, studies are carried out by similar methods. This simple rule Valery used when performing specific orders. Creativity Fedorov appreciated and invited to a responsible position.
VTsIOM Director
In 2003, Valery Fedorov was appointed head of the famous VTsIOM. Political leadership and public organizations urgently needed reliable information about the mood of the electorate. To obtain this data, research tools, teaching aids for classifying the information received, and reliability control mechanisms are required. Fedorov solved this difficult task consistently and thoroughly. In order to reliably outline political moods, it is necessary to study the moods of various social groups. It is necessary to work both with entrepreneurs, and with students, and with pensioners.
The first survey of respondents by telephone was carried out by Center specialists in 2016. Questioning remains an old way of research, but the reliability of the data leaves much to be desired. With the advent of interactive methods, sociologists have begun to actively use the power of the Internet. Citation index research has also become one of the tools. And the process of expanding the methodological base continues.
