When the construction of a new state began on the ruins of the Russian Empire, outside observers were skeptical about this venture. However, the subsequent processes, events and results made all progressive humanity amazed. Yegor Kuzmich Ligachev was among those active people who gave their strength without a trace of creative activity.
The biography of Yegor Kuzmich Ligachev can serve as a role model for young men who think about their future. The child was born in Siberia. Chulymsky district, like the entire Tomsk province, for many decades was considered a place for exile for criminals of various caliber. Given this circumstance, one can wonder and admire how a person overcame the influence of the environment and made a brilliant career as a politician and statesman.
At the Tomsk site
By all signs and rules, Yegor Ligachev, who was born in 1920, could and should have gotten to the front. The elder brother Dmitry fought to Germany, where he laid down his head, not having lived to see the Victory. The younger graduated from high school before the war and entered the Moscow Aviation Institute. An aircraft assembly plant was built in Novosibirsk in advance. Work in the shops and departments of such an enterprise requires special training and professional skills. Yegor was simply not allowed into the active army, because the front needed fighters and bombers. It was here that the young specialist received the correct training and the necessary experience in communicating with people in the future.
Technical education, energy and observation allowed Yegor Ligachev to brilliantly solve the problems that the Communist Party posed to him. Working in the Komsomol, in responsible positions in the executive authorities, he always demonstrated an informal, creative approach to the analysis of difficult situations. To make the right decisions, you need to know how a Soviet person lives, and what problems are pestering him. Holding the post of the first secretary of the Tomsk regional party committee, Ligachev set the vector for the development of the territory for many years to come. Oil production, instrument making, timber processing in the region developed at a faster pace.
Perestroika foreman
A period began in the history of the Soviet Union when the pace of economic development began to slow down. And this is one of the main reasons for the elimination of which restructuring was required. Yegor Kuzmich was on the top of the list of regional leaders. Considering this fact, it is not surprising that he was invited to the capital to manage large-scale renovation processes. There is no particular need to retell all the scandals, vicissitudes and conflicts that were taking place then in the country. Ligachev had to defend himself, pause and retaliate. And all this was broadcast on television. In a matter of years, the Soviet people turned from a creator into an outside observer.
The destructive drafts of perestroika raged in the country, and personal life did not change. The love that united young Yegor Ligachev and Zina Zinovieva has not faded over the years. The family remained a safe haven from outside influences. The wife always understood and supported her husband, both in small matters and in big undertakings. Ligachev's famous message to Yeltsin, "Boris, you are not right," was scattered across popular jokes and anecdotes. The mediocre creativity of the critics did not add pleasant sensations. And in this case, the wife found the right words to reassure her superintendent of perestroika.
