The political situation in modern Russia remains tense. According to statistics, the country has an unjustifiably high percentage of the population living below the poverty line. They have been trying to close this problem for a long time, but the results achieved leave much to be desired. Vladislav Yurievich Surkov is one of those officials at the federal level who form the agenda for the whole country.
Childhood and youth
Vladislav Surkov was born on September 21, 1964 in one of the villages of the Lipetsk region. When the child was five years old, his mother took him with him and moved to the city of Skopin, which is located in the Ryazan region. She was offered a job as a geography teacher in one of the local schools. In 1971, Vladik went to first grade and ten years later received a certificate of maturity. Over the years spent in school, he proved himself a capable student and sociable teenager. Actively worked in the Komsomol. Engaged in amateur art. He wrote music and poetry.
In 1981 he graduated from high school and went to graduate at the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys. However, Surkov did not succeed in becoming a professional metallurgist. From the second year he was drafted into the armed forces. The student served in elite units based on the territory of the Hungarian People's Republic. In the biography of Vladislav there is a record that he studied for almost two years at the capital's Institute of Culture. And again, the career of a pop artist or director did not work out. In 1987, a future government official met Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Ironically, this acquaintance served as a launching pad for moving up. At first, Vladislav Surkov led the advertising service of the Youth Initiatives Fund. He knew well how teenagers live and what goals they set for themselves. The transfer of the Russian economy from a planned platform to market principles entailed the rapid development of the advertising business. In the mid-90s, Surkov heads the Russian Association of Advertisers, and then transferred to a senior position at Minatep Bank, to Khodorkovsky.
