Where is Turchinov? Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Army

IN Ukrainian politics, undoubtedly, many ambiguous or mysterious personalities. Some of them are more suspicious, some less so. In the biographies of almost each of them there are facts incriminating them of certain frauds or even crimes. The current Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, the first and only acting one, is no exception. President of Ukraine, ex-chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, ex-head of the SBU and people's deputy of the III-VIII convocations Alexander Turchynov. During his career, he passed through many departments and political positions, pulled off a bunch of cunning machinations and schemes, but was never caught red-handed. He was called the “Bloody Pastor,” but he continued to do his “great work.” What secrets are hidden in Alexander Valentinovich’s past?

“Student, Komsomol member, athlete and just...”

Alexander Turchinov was born in 1964 in Dnepropetrovsk. His father Valentin Ivanovich was a master of sports of the USSR in volleyball and played sports all his life. Alexander Valentinovich was a talented child, like his father, he played volleyball (he headed the school team), and studied diligently (with straight A's). After school, Turchinov studied at the Dnepropetrovsk Technological University. During his studies, he actively wrote scientific papers; he was even predicted to have a career as a great scientist. However, he surprised everyone - immediately after university he went to work at the Krivorozhstal plant. Also in student years Alexander Valentinovich tested his strength in political sphere- was active member communist construction brigades. For these merits, he was even awarded a trip to India, inaccessible to ordinary residents of the union.

Feeling that participation in the Komsomol and political life country gives many privileges; in parallel with working at the plant, he began his own career as a member of one of the regional Dnepropetrovsk Komsomol members. For his perseverance and hard work, Turchinov was eventually appointed to the position of head of the agitation and propaganda department of the Dnepropetrovsk regional committee of the All-Union Leninsky Communist Union youth (VLKSM). By the way, in those years it was headed by Sergei Tigipko, the future oligarch, minister social policy and Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine under the government of Mykola Azarov.

With the collapse of the USSR, Turchynov withdrew from political affairs, beginning to master the field of journalism. Until 1991, he was the editor-in-chief of the division news agency"UNA-press APN" in Ukraine. By the way, it was on his initiative that this branch of the foreign publication was opened. Next, he returned to scientific activity, having created and headed the Institute international relations, economics, politics and law. He has written about a hundred scientific papers on the shadow economy and totalitarian systems management, at least that's what they write in his official biography. This is very strange, because the journalists were unable to find them. What really exists are small brochures in which Alexander Valentinovich is a co-author, but not a single “epoch-making” work of his has been found.

Coming to “big politics”

Over time, Turchynov decided to return to politics. In 1992, after Pavel Lazorenko headed the Dnepropetrovsk Regional State Administration, Alexander Valentinovich was appointed head of the committee for demonopolization and denationalization of production. This appointment became his Starting point to a great political career, because immediately after that he was appointed Leonid Kuchma’s adviser on macroeconomics (and behind the scenes – a business partner), and also became a member of management team Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. At the same time, together with Pavel Lazarenko, he was involved in the creation of the VO “Hromada”, of which he was appointed chairman.

After Leonid Kuchma resigned as Prime Minister, Turchynov withdrew from politics and returned to scientific work, taking up the post general director"Institute economic reforms" In 1997 he defended his doctoral dissertation. The topic of his research was the same “Shadow Economy”.

Turchynov first became a people's deputy in 1998 on the list of the Hromada party, the head of which was then Lazarenko, and his future comrade-in-arms Yulia Tymoshenko then held the post of deputy chairman of the council of the same party. Rumor has it that Turchinov and Tymoshenko began to be “close friends” back in 1989 (and they could even have children together), when Yulia Vladimirovna was just starting her entrepreneurial activity. After all, it was under the patronage of the Dnepropetrovsk regional committee of the LKSMU (in which Turchinov worked) that Tymoshenko was involved in the creation of the Terminal youth center.

After Pavel Lazarenko fled from Ukraine, and after him began criminal prosecution on charges of “financial abuse.” Alexander Valentinovich, together with Yulia Vladimirovna, left the Hromada party and created Batkivshchyna. In it, Turchinov was assigned the role of deputy head of the party, and Tymoshenko became its leader.

Turchynov became a people's deputy for the second time as part of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc party, dealing with issues related to the state budget in the Verkhovna Rada. In 2003 General Prosecutor's Office accused Turchynov and his BYuT colleague Stepan Khmara under three articles of the Criminal Code. According to the investigation, people's deputies entered the Lukyanovka pre-trial detention center at the end of June 2003, where they “began to insult and beat workers law enforcement"(at that time Viktor Shokin, who held the position of deputy head of the GPU, insisted on this version; strangely, when he came to the post of Prosecutor General, he abruptly forgot about this, without making any statements).

Activist of the Orange Revolution. SBU-schnik, BYuTovets

During the “Orange Revolution”, he also did not sit idly by - he oversaw the election headquarters of Viktor Yushchenko in the Donetsk, Lugansk, Sumy and Kirovograd regions. In addition, at the last stage of the elections he was the so-called “financial controller”, with the right to sign financial documents.” His efforts were not in vain - after Yushchenko was appointed president, he became the head of the SBU (by the way, he was the first civilian to be awarded such an honor).

After his arrival at the “office,” the main operatives immediately left, taking with them “flash drives” with various data. It was the information from these “flash drives” that became a headache for the Yushchenko regime, since it turned out that Yushchenko and all his associates were by no means “white and fluffy”, but on the contrary - the main corruption schemes and criminals under Kuchma were controlled precisely by the “new Yushchenko team” , and they didn’t go anywhere, but on the contrary, they were built into new system, but already under the leadership and cover of Turchinov.

He served in this position for seven months, resigning after Yulia Tymoshenko left the post of prime minister. How is this connected, you ask? Yes, it’s very simple: being the head of the SBU, on the orders of Turchynov, documents from the department’s archives were destroyed, according to which Yulia Tymoshenko is closely connected with the famous crime boss Semyon Mogilevich. This became known after the publication on Wikileaks of the correspondence between the then head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko and the US Ambassador. In it, he reported that the Prosecutor General ordered the arrest of Turchinov for the destruction of documents incriminating Tymoshenko in illegal activities. During the chairmanship of Alexander Turchinov in the SBU, the SBU investigative group involved in the investigation of the death of Georgy Gongadze was virtually destroyed (the operas controlling the investigation of the “Taraschansky body” quit immediately after the arrival of Turchinov, and the rest of the “small fry” - after the arrival of “Ken” Khoroshkovsky). On the personal instructions of Alexander Valentinovich, this group simply stopped receiving any information on this case (there was no one else from them). At the same time, the Prosecutor General’s Office accused this group of disrupting the operation to extradite the main suspect in the case, General Alexei Pukach. Having fulfilled his mission in the SBU, Turchynov left to conquer other peaks.

During the parliamentary elections in 2006 and 2007, Alexander Valentinovich headed the election headquarters of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. As a people's deputy of the 5th convocation, he served as the leader of the BYuT faction. And after the appointment of Yulia Vladimirovna, she became prime minister right hand, taking the post of first deputy prime minister. He remained in this position right up to the defeat of Yulia Tymoshenko at presidential elections in 2010 and the arrival of Viktor Yanukovych as President of Ukraine. After the arrest of Yulia Vladimirovna in 2011, he led the opposition forces, which united on the basis of the Batkivshchyna party. In the party, he was always responsible for intelligence activities and the so-called “black cash”. Having entered the Verkhovna Rada once again, he actively criticized the current government, not particularly standing out from the opposition crowd.

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During Euromaidan, he was wounded by a fragment of a flash-noise grenade thrown by Berkut soldiers during one of the next assaults. After the “overthrow” of Yanukovych, he was appointed speaker of parliament and temporarily elected acting prime minister and president of Ukraine. He performed these duties until the end of the presidential elections. By the way, being the “acting” president of Ukraine, he “repaid his debt” to the oligarchs who supported Euromaidan by appointing them to the post of governor Donetsk region(Sergei Taruta - ISD) and the Dnepropetrovsk region (Igor Kolomoisky - Privat).

After a loud quarrel in the Batkivshchyna party, together with Arsen Avakov ( Read more about it in the article), Arseniy Yatsenyuk and several other like-minded people left the party. For elections to the Verkhovna Rada VIII convocation went with the party" Popular Front”, which took first place on the party lists.

In mid-December 2014, by decree of Petro Poroshenko, he was appointed head of the Council national security and defense of Ukraine. At the same time, amendments were made to the legislation, according to which the powers of the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council were significantly expanded, and this position, with the arrival of Turchynov, in terms of the weight of its powers, became virtually comparable to the positions of the president or prime minister.

Is business a woman's business?

Like most of the power elite of Ukraine, Turchynov’s business is officially registered not in his name, but in the name of members of his family. The assets of Alexander Valentinovich are owned by the female part of his family - his wife Anna Turchinova, mother Valentina Turchinova and mother-in-law Tamara Beliba. Oddly enough, most of The business is registered in the name of his mother-in-law (it’s clear he respects her very much). They own the Institute of Economics and Law, which is engaged in research and constantly receives financial influence from unknown investors. The Turchinovs themselves also include: the Imkotel company - engaged in wireless communications and the Internet (its main shareholder is the aforementioned Institute of Economics and Law), the Kinotur company - engaged in film mastering (owner Tamara Beliba), and the Ekonomiks Institutas enterprise , engaged in the construction of data centers abroad (in particular in Lithuania).

Alexander Valentinovich himself says that compared to other citizens of Ukraine, he is quite a rich man (although, according to his declaration, he lives only on the salary of a people’s deputy). If we recall the topic of his doctoral dissertation (“Shadow Economy”), it is not at all surprising that he was directly or indirectly involved in the creation of the companies “Europe-X”, “Pharmakor”, “ZET”, “BB”, “SVV”, newspaper "Evening News", as well as real estate agency "Janus".

According to information from the weekly Business magazine

Real "Pastor"

Alexander Turchynov is the pastor of a Baptist parish and one of the heads of the branch of the “Church of Christ” in Ukraine. It is noteworthy that when he came to the post of head of the SBU in 2005, one of his first orders was to stop all investigations related to the activities of the “Church of Christ”. This is very strange, because in most cases this kind of organization is an excellent place for laundering huge amounts of money. This church for such operations uses charitable foundation"Hope around the world." By the way, Turchinov’s friend Tymoshenko is also called one of the members of the church, although for some reason she hides such facts. Ukrainian and Russian conspiracy theorists link the activities of this church with US intelligence activities, in particular, attributing to it cooperation with the CIA.

An incredible amount of material has been written about Alexander Turchinov, according to different versions he is called: an American agent, a homosexual, a thief, a swindler, Tymoshenko’s lover, “ eminence grise", "bloody Pastor", and many other pleasant or not so pleasant words. Yes, many of these words are conjectures that have no meaning official confirmation, but no one can deny that there were many “dirty deeds” in his life. And bye bye criminal activity will not be officially proven, he will do whatever he wants because of the backs of Ukrainian politicians, or whatever his patrons whisper in his ear, be it American intelligence agencies, Freemasons, world government or other forces hidden from the eyes of ordinary Ukrainians.

And in the end - very important question: Didn’t Turchynov ditch his “creator” and “patron” Pavel Ivanovich Lazarenko, who became very quiet after Euromaidan? After all, the main witnesses in the case of Pavel Ivanovich were Boris Filatov and Gennady Korban’s associates. Now Filatov has become the head of the Dnepropetrovsk region. And Mr. Kolomoisky said 6 years ago: “Figure it out for yourself, I have no complaints against Pavel Ivanovich.” And not so long ago, Filatov and Korban “squeezed out” the Astoria-Lux and European Hotels in Dnepropetrovsk from Lazarenko. And his mother-in-law Tamara Tsikova decided on issues for Pavel Ivanovich. She asked for legal services to Maxim Lavrinovich, the son of the Minister of Justice at that time Who had an office on Lev Tolstoy Street in Kyiv. But on those same days, Gennady Korban personally came to Lavrinovich’s office... And a few days later, Vyacheslav Braginsky, associated with Korban, the head of the Ukraine-Canada company, died from a strange gas pipeline explosion in Dnepropetrovsk. Lazarenko’s “squeezed out” assets were registered in this company’s name. Only a couple of days before the explosion, the shares and shares of Braginsky’s main structures were transferred to other legal entities controlled by Korban and, they say, Lavrinovich.

...And Turchynov was in power. And he knew that Tsikova even met with Yulia Tymoshenko asking for help.

Yes, it is difficult to assume that Turchinov was not aware of these “showdowns”. Couldn't Turchynov solve Lazarenko's problems while occupying such a position? Or did you not want competition? And why has the topic of Lazarenko’s return to his homeland become so quiet now?

Dmitry Samofalov, for SKELET-info

Alexander Turchinov. Skeletons in the closet of the “bloody pastor” of Ukraine updated: March 29, 2018 by: creator

Alexander Turchynov is a Ukrainian politician and public figure. The top political biography It was 2014, when he simultaneously headed the government, led the army and acted as President of Ukraine.

Childhood and youth

Alexander Valentinovich Turchinov was born on March 31, 1964 in the city of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, and is Ukrainian by nationality. Alexander’s father, Valentin Ivanovich Turchinov, a master of sports in volleyball, worked at the Lokomotiv sports club. The parents divorced and the mother, Valentina Ivanovna, was mainly involved in raising their son (yes, this is not a mistake, the elder Turchinovs are indeed namesakes).

The boy did well at school, played volleyball and played for the Dnepropetrovsk region national team. Having entered the Faculty of Technology of the Metallurgical Institute in hometown, also studied diligently and was engaged in social work. In his second year, he was awarded a trip to India and Ceylon for successfully leading a student construction team.

The teachers suggested that the excellent student build a scientific career, but the young technologist chose to work in his specialty. In 1986, Alexander came to the Krivorozhstal metallurgical plant, where he worked for a year as a roller before becoming a production foreman. In 1987-1990 he made a career in the Komsomol: he headed the district committee, then the propaganda department of the regional committee.

Policy

After being expelled from the ranks of the communists, he joined the Party of Democratic Revival of Ukraine. In the early 90s, he covered the changes taking place in the country, publishing newspapers and magazines. Explores emerging opportunities in the economy, international law, heads the regional committee for demonopolization of production.

In 1993 he moved to Kyiv, becoming an adviser to the then prime minister. In 1994, he created the All-Ukrainian Association “Gromada”, which helped Leonid Kuchma become President of Ukraine. In 1998 he was elected as a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, but in 1999 he left Hromada for the sake of an alliance with the All-Ukrainian Association “Batkivshchyna”.

In the early 2000s, Alexander Valentinovich performed in a strong partnership with Yulia Vladimirovna. Their political union helps to win the fight for the presidency.

The newly elected president appoints Turchynov as head of the Security Service of Ukraine. In 2007, he joined the leadership of the National Security Council and also became Deputy Prime Minister. In 2010, he served as acting prime minister for a week.

On February 22, 2014, he was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. According to the Constitution, he assumed the functions of the President, who terminated his duties ahead of schedule. On June 7 of the same year, he handed over the post to the newly elected president. During the same period (from February to June) he headed the army and created the National Guard of Ukraine.

During Turchinov's reign, the process of decommunization of the country began. An anti-terrorist operation has been launched in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions and state control over part of these regions has been restored.

The Verkhovna Rada adopted laws that became the basis for the introduction of a visa-free regime with the European Union. Reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has begun with recertification of employees. Started Constitutional reform towards decentralization of power.

In 2014, Turchinov together with his commanders volunteer battalions became a member of the Military Council, which develops recommendations to improve the country's defense capability.

This time he came to the Rada as a deputy from the Popular Front. On December 15, 2014, he was appointed Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council. In February 2015, under his leadership, Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters went on the offensive near Mariupol and occupied five settlements.

Personal life

The politician’s wife, Anna Vladimirovna Turchinova (nee Beliba), younger than husband for six years. Candidate of Sciences, head of the department since 2006 foreign languages at the National Pedagogical University named after M.P. Drahomanov. He is interested in figure skating. Son Kirill Turchinov was born in 1992, graduated from KNEU, in 2014 he entered service in the National Guard created by his father and served for two years. Active representative of the Popular Youth Front.

In 1999, Alexander Turchinov was baptized, becoming a member of the Evangelical Church of Christian Baptists. He heads the Ukrainian branch of the Church of Christ, preaches, but is not a pastor. According to him, pastoral service is more interesting to him than political career. On the nickname " Bloody Pastor", under which he is widely known on the Internet, Turchinov is not offended.

Alexander Turchinov now

Photos of Turchinov do not disappear from news feeds. As Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, he participates in Council meetings and meets with representatives of friendly countries. In February 2018, Alexander Valentinovich met with the ambassadors of France, Japan and Great Britain and discussed the prospects for cooperation between Ukraine and these states in the defense industry. Supervised the tests cruise missile"Alder".

Alexander Turchinov testifies during judicial trial in the case of fugitive ex-president Viktor Yanukovych, talking about the events of four years ago. A politician gives an interview, publishes it on a page in

(Ukrainian Oleksandr Valentinovich Turchynov, born March 31, 1964, Dnepropetrovsk) - Ukrainian political and statesman, since February 22, 2014, has been the chairman. Since February 23, 2014, by resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, he has been acting as President of Ukraine. Since February 26, 2014 - Commander-in-Chief Armed forces Ukraine.

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Turchinov Alexander Valentinovich: biography

Education

In 1986 he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Technology of the Dnepropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute.

Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor.

Career

• He worked at the Krivorozhstal plant.
• 1987-1990 - secretary of the district committee of the Komsomol, then head of the department of agitation and propaganda of the Dnepropetrovsk regional committee of the Komsomol. He acted as one of the coordinators of the Democratic Platform in the CPSU, which advocated renewal and decentralization of the Communist Party.
• 1990-1991 - Chief Editor Ukrainian branch of the news agency Una-Press APN.
• 1991 - Head of the Institute of International Relations, Economics, Politics and Law.
• 1992 - Head of the Committee for Denationalization and Demonopolization of Production of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional State Administration.
• 1993 - Advisor to Prime Minister of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma on economic issues.
• 1994 - created the All-Ukrainian Association “Hromada” (VO “Hromada”), which was later headed by Pavel Lazarenko in 1997. VO "Hromada" supported Leonid Kuchma in the presidential elections.
• 1998 - elected as a people's deputy of Ukraine on the list of the Hromada party; after leaving the government - head of the Budget Committee of the Verkhovna Rada.
• 1999 - as a result of the conflict with Lazarenko, the All-Ukrainian Association “Batkivshchyna” (VO “Batkivshchyna”) is created, which has been headed by Yulia Tymoshenko since its founding, and Alexander Turchynov is her deputy.
• 2002 - re-elected as a people's deputy of Ukraine on the list of the BYuT bloc.
• 2004 - during the presidential elections - one of the deputy heads of Victor's election headquarters.
• On February 22, 2014, he was elected Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; 288 deputies out of 333 present in the meeting room voted for him.
• At the beginning of 2005, after Viktor Yushchenko's victory in the presidential elections, he was appointed head of the Security Service of Ukraine.
• In September 2005, in connection with the resignation of Yulia Tymoshenko from the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine, Turchynov also resigned from his post and headed the election headquarters of the BYuT bloc. On parliamentary elections 2006 re-elected to Verkhovna Rada. In the Verkhovna Rada of the fifth convocation he was deputy head of the BYuT faction.
• On May 23, 2007, by decree of President Viktor Yushchenko, he was appointed First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.
• On September 30, 2007, he was elected as a people's deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the BYuT faction.
• On December 19, 2007, he was appointed to the post of First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine.
• In 2008, he participated in the elections for the mayor of Kyiv and took second place.
• In 2004, he published a book - the thriller “The Illusion of Fear”, and a script for the film of the same name.

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

• During political crisis in Ukraine 2013-2014 and the resignation of Vladimir Rybak on February 22, 2014, he was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 288 deputies voted for his appointment. One of the first to welcome this election was the US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt.
• During Turchinov's chairmanship on March 11, 2014 The Supreme Council Autonomous Republic and the Sevastopol City Council adopted a declaration of independence of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, and on March 18, 2014 signed an agreement on the entry of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol into Russian Federation on the rights of subjects of the Russian Federation.
• On March 18, 2014, People's Deputy Anatoly Gritsenko invited Turchinov to resign. According to Gritsenko, Turchynov cannot cope with the role of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and this is not his calling. In addition, Gritsenko reminded Turchinov that Turchinov promised to leave politics after Yulia Tymoshenko was released from prison, but did not keep his word.
• On March 28, 2014, Turchynov, in response to the storming of the Rada by the Right Sector, which took place the day before, stated that the Verkhovna Rada is the foundation legitimate power in Ukraine, and that it can only be changed through elections, and all other methods are illegal and unconstitutional.

Acting President of Ukraine

On February 23, 2014, the Verkhovna Rada entrusted the powers of the President to Alexander Turchynov until the presidential elections in May 2014.

Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Army

On February 26, 2014, Turchynov assumed the duties of Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Army. How the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Army carried out a “large-scale anti-terrorist operation.” On April 14, Turchynov signed decree No. 405/2014 on conducting a large-scale anti-terrorist operation using the army against citizens of the East who do not agree with the new Ukrainian government. As a result, the advance detachment of the 25th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Airborne Regiment was sent to the residents of Kramatorsk, but after being surrounded by unarmed residents of Ukraine, the soldiers gave them their weapons and equipment (six BMD vehicles) and were fed by the residents of the southeast.

Personal life

Family

Married. Turchinov's wife Anna Vladimirovna (1970) is a candidate of pedagogical sciences, head of the department of foreign languages ​​at the National Pedagogical University named after Mikhail Drahomanov. Son Kirill (1994) - student.

Religion

Is a parishioner Protestant Church"Word of Life"

Alexander Valentinovich Turchinov - Ukrainian statesman, acting President of Ukraine (from February 23 to June 7, 2014), Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (from February 26 to June 7, 2014). Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (since December 16, 2014).

Head of the Popular Front faction in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (since November 27, 2014). Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (from February 22 to November 27, 2014), was a long-time friend and “right hand” of Yulia Tymoshenko. After her arrest in 2011, he took over the leadership of BYuT. On August 27, 2014, he left Batkivshchyna and joined the Popular Front.

Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada in 1998-2007 and since 2012. From February to September 2005 he was the head of the Security Service of Ukraine. From May to November 2007, he was First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. From December 2007 to March 2010, he was the first Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine.

Family of Alexander Turchinov

Alexander Turchinov's parents separated early and Alexandra was raised by her mother.

Father - Valentin Ivanovich Turchinov. Worked all his life at the Lokomotiv physical education and sports club, was a master of sports Soviet Union in volleyball.

Mother - Valentina Turchinova. According to some reports, part of Alexander Turchinov’s business is registered in her name.

Education of Alexander Turchinov

In 1986 he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Technology of the Dnepropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute. Received a specialty in metal processing under pressure. Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor. Author of a number of monographs and scientific articles. Has a dozen copyright certificates. He once said that as soon as a normal leader comes to power in Ukraine, he will immediately give up politics for the sake of science. In the meantime, he remains one of the most quoted Ukrainian politicians.

Career of Alexander Turchinov

After university, he worked for a short time as a roller and foreman at the Krivorozhstal iron and steel plant. As he himself recalled: “After college, they predicted a scientific future for me. And none of the teachers expected that I would voluntarily go to work at Krivorozhstal. Roller. Any young specialist At first they hired me for a work position..."

1987-1990 - Secretary of the Komsomol District Committee, Head of the Agitation and Propaganda Department of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional Komsomol Committee.

According to media reports, in 1989, A. Turichnov supported the aspiring entrepreneur Yulia Tymoshenko in creating the Terminal youth center under the auspices of the Dnepropetrovsk regional committee of the LKSMU, in which she took the position of commercial director.

He acted as one of the coordinators of the Democratic Platform in the CPSU, which advocated renewal and decentralization of the Communist Party, for which he lost his party card and plunged into business.

• In 1990, he and his partners created and headed the Ukrainian branch of the IMA-Press news agency, which published books and newspapers.
• In 1991, he headed the Institute he created. international relations, economics, politics and law.
• 1992-1993 - Chairman of the Committee on Denationalization and Demonopolization of Production of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional State Administration.
• 1993 - Adviser on macroeconomics to Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma, whom he met back when he headed the Dnepropetrovsk giant plant Yuzhmash. Vice-President of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (USPP).
• After the resignation of L. Kuchma from the post of head of government (September 1993), he took the position of General Director of the Institute of Economic Reforms, head of the laboratory for research of the shadow economy of the Institute of Russia of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
• In 1994, Turchynov created the All-Ukrainian Association Hromada. Many people primarily associate the name of this political force with the odious prime minister during the Kuchma-President Pavel Lazarenko, although he joined it and headed it only in 1997. And shortly before that, Yulia Tymoshenko appeared in Hromada - then another one of the leaders of the United Corporation energy systems Ukraine, which supplied Russian natural gas. VO "Hromada" supported Leonid Kuchma in the presidential elections. Since then, Turchynov and “Lady Yu” have been inseparable in politics.
• In 1998, he became a people’s deputy for the first time (later he received the mandate four more times: in 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2012). He entered parliament on the Hromada list, although he was soon expelled from his own creation due to an internal party split. In the Verkhovna Rada he headed the budget committee. At the same time, he initiated a radical budget reform, redistribution public funds in favor local government, healthcare systems, educational and coal mining industries. Wrote a program for the de-shadowing of the national economy.

New political project Turchynov and Tymoshenko became the All-Ukrainian Association Batkivshchyna (established in July 1999). Soon Tymoshenko became Deputy Prime Minister for the fuel and energy complex in the government Viktor Yushchenko, a“Batkivshchyna” was actually headed by A. Turchynov.

In January 2001, Tymoshenko was dismissed and then arrested. A tough confrontation with L. Kuchma begins (both in parliament as part of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc faction, and on the streets of Ukrainian cities: the “Ukraine without Kuchma” and “Rise up, Ukraine!” actions, the creation of the National Salvation Forum - right up to “ orange revolution" 2004-2005).

2005 - Turchynov headed the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). He made an attempt to reform the SBU, creating on its basis two structures with one subordination - the national intelligence service and the national bureau of investigation.

September 2005 - submitted his resignation in protest against the dismissal of Yuri Tymoshenko’s comrade-in-arms from the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine.

May - October 2007 - First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC).

In December 2007 appointed first deputy prime minister of Ukraine.

In 2008, after the Verkhovna Rada made a decision on the re-election of the mayor of the capital and deputies of the Kyiv City Council, Turchynov was talked about as a possible candidate for the post of mayor of the capital from BYuT. At the same time, the potential candidate himself stated that he does not want to be the mayor of Kyiv, but if the party says “We must!”, then he will run. The party finally said “We must!” As a result, he took second place, behind Leonid Chernovetsky.

After Viktor Yanukovych became president as a result of the next elections in 2010, and Tymoshenko’s government was dismissed, Turchynov lost his post as first deputy prime minister of Ukraine.

Since December 2012 - People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 7th convocation from the Batkivshchyna party (No. 4 on the list). Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Informatization and Information Technologies. First deputy head of the party VO Batkivshchyna. Since July 2013, he has headed the central headquarters of the VO "Batkivshchyna".

After the resignation of V. Rybak from the post of Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada on February 22, 2014, Turchynov was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

It is worth noting that in the entire history of Ukraine’s independence, the new speaker, Alexander Turchynov, was elected with the maximum number of votes - his candidacy was supported by 288 people’s deputies.

After the appointment of Turchinov to the post of Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament entrusted him with functions of the President of Ukraine. 282 people's deputies voted for the corresponding resolution No. 4204.

As acting President, in accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine, Turchynov assumed the responsibilities of commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Personal life

Wife - Anna Vladimirovna Turchinova (b. 1970) - Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, head of the Department of Foreign Languages ​​at the National Pedagogical University named after Mikhail Drahomanov. Owns part of Alexandra Turchinov’s business and is involved in figure skating.

Student Anna met her future husband at Dnepropetrovsk University while Alexander was working in the regional committee of the Komsomol. “He took me first of all because, unlike many gentlemen and admirers who tried to court me, he was the only one whom I could not push around. I quickly realized that I was dealing with a smart man who was stronger than me. This means we have to capitulate,” recalls Anna (“Mirror of the Week,” March 5, 2005).

Son Kirill (born 1994), entered the Faculty of Law of the Kyiv National Economic University. Vadim Getman, and in the fourth year he transferred to the Academy of Labor, social relations and tourism. In the summer of 2014, after receiving a master's degree, I wrote an application and joined the National Guard.

Creativity and hobbies of Alexander Turchinov

In 2004, Alexander Turchinov made his debut as a fiction writer, publishing psychological thriller“The Illusion of Fear”, and then the script for the film of the same name. The book tells the story of a businessman who is forced to defend his business in the difficult conditions of the gangster 90s). “The desire to get rid of “unnecessary, paralyzing, unjustified fear,” as Alexander Valentinovich himself stated, was the main reason that forced him to sit down to write a book. Then he wrote the documentary and biographical story “Testimony” and the mystical thriller “The Last Supper.”

In December 2012, Alexander Turchinov presented another book - “Advent”. As A. Turchinov said, this book is not a prophecy, although the plot traces some real events in Ukrainian politics. “This is an attempt to build a model of our society and see how this model works in the near future,” he explained.

Alexander Turchinov claims that best vacation for him it’s a change of occupation. “A short rest is like a pistol shot and there is no fatigue,” he says. However, he considers the main rest for himself not for the body, but for the soul. This is only given to me by the church that I go to most often,” says Alexander Valentinovich.

Religious views of Alexander Turchinov

Baptized in 1999. In A. Turchynov’s own words, he is an evangelical Christian, a Baptist, and is also the leader of the Ukrainian branch of the “Church of Christ”: “I am a volunteer who went into politics because I did not see the possibility of developing Ukrainian science without serious political changes, and, believe me, I I’m least interested in the career of an official... I preach in the church, and for me the pastoral ministry would be more interesting than working as a prime minister.” At the same time, he himself emphasized that, despite the sermons he preaches, he is not a pastor. To the question: “If you turned to the opposition with a sermon, what would you say?” Turchinov answered: “... a person who believes in God is not afraid of death. Just like death for us, Christian believers, it is the gateway to meeting our Creator. When there is faith, fear disappears. Go forward together and win” (“Facts”, February 2, 2004).

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Sources

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turchinov,_Alexander_Valentinovich