Grigory Yavlinsky is a prominent Russian politician, oppositionist, who founded and headed the Yabloko party for many years, has repeatedly nominated himself for the presidency of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Science in Economics. Where is he now and what is he doing?
For more than 25 years, Grigory Yavlinsky became an integral part of Russian politics. He invariably advocates for radical changes in the country's economy, is a leader in the opposition environment, but behaves correctly and politely in relation to the current government and the people. Who is he and where is he from? What did you do during the Soviet era? How did you get into politics?
Biography
Grigory Alekseevich was born in April 1952, in the city of regional significance of the Ukrainian SSR Lvov. The boy's father had a pedagogical education, graduated from the school of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, worked with street children and "difficult" children, and his mother taught chemistry at the university of forestry direction.
Gregory studied excellently in high school, showed interest in music and foreign languages, attended, in addition to a general education school, also a music school, and after finishing primary school, his parents transferred him 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 the champion among juniors. The coaches predicted a “great future” for him in boxing, but the young man became interested in economics and decided to develop in this particular direction.
After graduating from the 8th grade, Yavlinsky decided to go to work and continue his studies at the evening school. According to some sources, the reason for leaving school was Gregory's pugnaciousness, but the information has not been confirmed by facts.
In 1969, having received a high school diploma, Grigory 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 the Research Institute of the Ministry of the Coal Industry. As part of his duties, he not only "sat for papers", but also visited the sites, went down to the coal mines, even fell under the rubble together with the miners. A few years later, Grigory Alekseevich, as a promising employee, was transferred to the State Committee for Labor and Social Issues. The work there ended with conversations with the investigator. After a deep study of the functionality of the sector entrusted to him, Yavlinsky prepared a report, the essence of which boiled down to the need to ensure the economic freedom of the industry.
For freedom of thought, Grigory Alekseevich was severely punished - he was literally "taken" to the tuberculosis dispensary, while he was being treated, all his scientific works and achievements were destroyed. Fortunately, the persecution began at a time when the country was on the verge of restructuring. Soon, the "competent authorities" forgot about Yavlinsky, he returned to the State Committee for Labor, and later became a member of the Commission on Economic Reforms from the Council of Ministers.
Politics
In fact, Grigory Yavlinsky's political career began in 1991, from the moment when he was invited by Gorbachev to serve on the Macroeconomics Council. Later, his candidacy was nominated for the post of deputy prime minister of the country's government, but according to the results of the vote, Gaidar got the seat. In 1991, he left the government altogether, in protest against the signing of the Belovezhskaya Agreement by Yeltsin. Yavlinsky began to create 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 practically did not remain in it.
Yavlinsky created his party called Yabloko back in 1993. The project did not support either the side of the democrats or the side of 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 have developed an election campaign, thanks to which they received 27 mandates 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 association. In addition, Grigory Alekseevich has nominated himself for the presidential elections more than once - in 1996, 1999, 2011, 2018. The maximum that the politician managed to achieve in these elections is third place in the popular vote.
Personal life
Yavlinsky met his future wife at the Plekhanov Institute, where Elena Anatolyevna Smototayeva worked as a laboratory assistant, and he studied. At the time of her marriage, Elena already had a son, Mikhail, from her first marriage, whom Grigory Alekseevich adopted and raised as his own.
In 1981, the couple had another child - son Alexei. The eldest son of the Yavlinskys graduated from Moscow State University and built a career in journalism. The youngest Alexey studied in England, where his father had to take his family after the attack on Mikhail in 1994. The young man was kidnapped, for his release from Yavlinsky they demanded to give up political ambitions and steps.
Now Grigory Alekseevich and his wife live in one of the villages of the Odintsovo district. The eldest son of the couple lives and works in the UK, but where the youngest lives is unknown. It is only known that he is engaged in the creation of computer systems.
