Turchinov real surname nationality. Alexander Turchinov and the "People's Front"

Report from Komsomolskaya Pravda.

"In Transbaikalia, a traitor to the Motherland, punisher V, was serving his sentence Alentin Turchinov.

What is doubly interesting is the fact that those who are now carrying out real terror against the Ukrainian people, like Valentin Turchinov, come from Dnepropetrovsk...

The Internet community became interested in this coincidence. One of the meticulous Chita residents, after conducting his investigation, discovered interesting documents and shared his thoughts with journalists.

Alexander Valentinovich Turchynov, the ex-acting president of Ukraine, does not like to talk about his father: allegedly, the reason is that he left his family early. The current speaker has more than once openly demonstrated his disdain not only for his own roots, but also to the Ukrainian people generally. Among his loud statements, for example, is this: “Ukrainians are a cowardly, ungrateful, whining nation that received unexpected freedom... They, of course, can hardly be called a great nation.” People do not call Turchynov anything other than a punisher and supporter of anti-Ukrainian ideas. It was by his decree that the holiday “Victory Day” was replaced with a dry and faceless “end”. Inexplicable hatred for Victory Day, for veterans...

And here is the situation in 1943: Red Army soldier Valentin Turchinov not only surrendered, but also took the oath of allegiance fascist Germany. The latter became known quite recently... Other discovered facts radically changed the view on the case of the traitor to the Motherland.

Turchinov - who is he really?

Valentin Ivanovich Turchinov was born in 1909 in the Dnepropetrovsk region. In 1941 he was drafted into the ranks Soviet army, already in August of the following year he surrendered, and three months after that he went into service with the Germans. In 1945, during interrogation, he admitted that he was a Vlasovite (that is, he was a member of the “Russian Liberation Army” created by General A. Vlasov) and told about himself that he was just on duty at the stables, transporting food to the Germans and doing other work . As part of the Vlasov army, he retreated to Poland, after which he ended up in France.

There, in 1944, Valentin Turchinov was captured by the Americans when Allied troops occupied the territory of this country. He was in camps with the Allies - in Belgium and France. In April 1945, Turchinov was taken from Marseille to, transferred Soviet troops and after the trial he was sent to a special settlement in the village of Novopavlovka, Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky district in Transbaikalia. There he worked at the mine as a hammerman from 1946 to 1949, and then was transferred to the village of Bukachach, Chernyshevsky district. In Novopavlovka, by the way, Turchinov got a Transbaikal common-law wife, Natalya (and this despite the fact that he was already officially married in).

It would seem that before us is an unremarkable biography of an ordinary, non-ideological traitor who, out of cowardice, went over to the side of the enemy. However, in 1950 it turned out that the special settler from Bukachachi was not just a Vlasovite, but a cruel punisher!

The traitors who served with him “gave him up” and told him in vivid colors what Turchinov was really doing. And he was not a horse cleaner and a driver at all, but served in the 447th punitive battalion German army. It was this battalion that waged constant battles with partisans in the Bryansk and Gomel regions.

Bloody Punisher

The materials that the correspondent was able to see with his own eyes included, among other things, a certificate of bloody path 447th punitive battalion: “...he completely destroyed the villages: Ivotok, Romanikha, Red Stream, the village of Barsov, Lyubegod, part of the village of Star, the village of Chernyatichi, the village of Zneber. Part of the population was resettled to the village of Ivot, while the rest were taken to concentration camps. The battalion's soldiers arrested, robbed and shot civilian Soviet citizens. On April 28, 1943, about 70 people were shot.”

Despite the fact that the 447th battalion literally flooded the Bryansk region with blood, Valentin Turchinov, during an interrogation conducted on May 18, 1945, stated: “From November 1942 to August 1944, he served in the convoy of the German army, transported food for the company, and was on duty at the stables. In the Rogachev area he worked on the construction of defenses.”

During one of the subsequent interrogations, Valentin Turchinov had no choice but to admit that he was a punisher and tell about everything in detail.

“Our battalion consisted only of traitors to the Motherland”

However, five years later, during new interrogations, Turchinov, exposed by his colleagues, had no choice but to give completely different, this time truthful, testimony: “I entered service in the German army voluntarily... took the oath of allegiance to the fascist army. I, together with others, were sent to the city of Zhizdra Kaluga region and for a month the Germans conducted military training with us. Then I was enlisted in the fourth company of the 447 punitive battalion of the German army.

The 447th battalion was formed exclusively from traitors to the Motherland, approximately 500-600 people... - continues Turchinov, - It was formed for the armed struggle against Soviet partisans and to protect German objects from partisans... The Germans paid us about 30 marks every month... the German command let me go on leave for a period of 12 days, on leave I was with my wife E. A. Turchinova, who at that time lived in. “I must tell the investigation that the German command released on leave those soldiers who served the German army honestly and conscientiously.” So for what special merits did the punisher Turchinov, at the very height of the Great Patriotic War, deserve such favor from the German command? After all, during the war, for soldiers it’s not just about vacation - about peaceful sleep there was no question.

"Merits" of the traitor

During interrogation, among others, the punisher answers the investigator’s question: “When and where did you go on punitive expeditions against Soviet partisans, serving in the 447th punitive battalion?”

“As part of the battalion, I repeatedly went on punitive expeditions...” responds Turchinov. – In June 1943, as part of the 447th punitive battalion, I went on a punitive expedition to fight against Soviet partisans in the Dyatkovo forests. The operation lasted about 7 days... The task was to detect and destroy Soviet partisans located in the forest. On the third or 4th day, we found a partisan detachment in the forest, which they opened fire on, the partisans returned fire on us, and this fierce firefight lasted more than a day... Partisan detachment was defeated by us. During this battle, the punitive forces captured Soviet partisans and Soviet citizens hiding from the Germans in the forest, who were then transferred to battalion headquarters.”

In total, the indictment contains 11 episodes of Turchinov’s participation in punitive expeditions against partisans. On February 10, 1951, Valentin Turchinov was convicted by the Military Tribunal of the Trans-Baikal Military District under Article 58-1 “b” of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR (treason to the Motherland - siding with the enemy). He was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Released in 1955, during a mass amnesty.

It turns out that Valentin Turchinov, like Alexander Valentinovich Turchinov, were punitive by nature own people. Such a coincidence is very symbolic, given the ongoing

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council

Education

Born in Dnepropetrovsk on March 31, 1964. In 1986 he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Technology of the Dnepropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute.

In 1995 he defended candidate's thesis“Methodological support and mechanism for reforming and optimizing taxation in modern economic conditions,” and in 1997 - a doctoral dissertation “Shadow economy (research methodology and functioning mechanisms).”

Family

Married to Anna Turchinova (born 1970), who heads the department foreign languages National Pedagogical University named after Mikhail Drahomanov.

Son Kirill (born 1992) - activist of the NGO " Popular Front youth”, 2014-2016 - serviceman of the National Guard of Ukraine, graduate student of the Institute of Legislation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, graduated from the Kiev National Economic University named after Vadim Hetman.

Career

After graduating from the institute, he worked for a short time as a roller and foreman at the Krivorozhstal iron and steel plant.

In 1987, he switched to party work - he became the secretary of the district committee of the Komsomol, then the head of the agitation and propaganda department of the Dnepropetrovsk regional committee of the Komsomol. However, after that he became one of the coordinators of the Democratic Platform in the CPSU, which demanded the decentralization of the Communist Party. For this, Turchinov was deprived of his party card.

In 1990-1991 worked as editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian branch of the news agency Una-Press APN.

In 1991 he headed the Institute international relations, economics, politics and law, which he himself created. IN next year headed the Committee on Denationalization and Demonopolization of Production of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional State Administration.

Since 1993, he was an adviser to Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma on economic issues and vice-president of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Turchinov met the future president at the time when he was in charge of the Dnepropetrovsk giant plant Yuzhmash.

When Kuchma resigned in the fall of the same year, he took over the post of General Director of the Institute economic reforms, Head of the Shadow Economy Research Laboratory at the Institute of Russia of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Political career and rapprochement with Tymoshenko

In 1994 he created the All-Ukrainian Association “Hromada”, which supported Kuchma in presidential elections. However, the association was not too active; Turchinov combined his chairmanship with scientific work.

By 1997, he met and became close with - from that time on he was on her team. It was even rumored that Turchynov agreed to give up the post of chairman of Hromada to Lady “Yu,” but soon after this the organization was headed by Pavlo Lazarenko, who resigned from the post of Prime Minister.

In 1998, Turchynov entered the Verkhovna Rada on the list of the Hromada party, but due to a conflict with Lazarenko, he left the leadership of the party in March 1999, and in May, the faction itself.

Together with Tymoshenko, in July of the same year, he created the All-Ukrainian Association “Batkivshchyna” party, the leader of which was Tymoshenko herself, and her deputy, accordingly, was Turchynov.

After Tymoshenko left for the post of Deputy Prime Minister, he headed the Batkivshchyna faction and the budget committee. In this post, he initiated a number of changes, in particular, a radical budget reform, the healthcare system, educational and coal mining industries, and wrote a program for the de-shading of the national economy.

After Batkivshchyna went into opposition in the summer of 2000, he became one of the founders of the Forum for National Salvation.

Following the results of the 2002 parliamentary elections, he became people's deputy according to the list of the BYuT bloc.

During the 2004 presidential campaign, he was deputy head of Viktor Yushchenko's election headquarters and one of the main leaders of the Maidan - he coordinated civil protests. After Yushchenko's victory in the elections in early 2005, Turchynov received the post of head of the Security Service of Ukraine. In this position, he initiated an investigation into the activities of the gas mafia in Ukraine. However, already in September 2005, after Tymoshenko’s resignation from the post of prime minister, Turchynov left his post by writing a letter of resignation.

In view of the upcoming parliamentary elections, he heads the election headquarters of the BYuT bloc, in 2006 he enters the Verkhovna Rada and becomes deputy head of the BYuT faction.

In the same year, together with a former deputy of the SBU, he was involved as a witness by the Prosecutor General's Office in the case of the destruction of materials about the activities of businessman Semyon Mogilevich and about wiretapping telephone conversations correspondent of the Segodnya newspaper Alexander Korchinsky.

In May 2007, President Viktor Yushchenko appointed Turchynov first deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.

In the elections in September 2007, he again entered the Rada from the BYuT faction, and in December he was appointed first deputy prime minister of Ukraine.

In 2008, he took part in the elections for the mayor of Kyiv and took second place.

In March 2010, he served as acting prime minister for a week (March 3-11); after Viktor Yanukovych won the presidential election, he lost his post in the Cabinet of Ministers, as he was dismissed.

On parliamentary elections 2012 passed into the Rada as number four in electoral list VO "Fatherland", is a member of the Committee on Informatization and information technologies, first deputy chairman of the Batkivshchyna party, chairman of the Central Headquarters of the Batkivshchyna party.

February 22, 2014 elected to job title Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ukraine. From 23 February, after the escape of Viktor Yanukovych, appointed acting President Ukraine, until the election of the head of state in early elections on May 25, 2014. From February 25 Turchinov authorized to sign laws Ukraine until a new one is elected President. From 26 February - Supreme Commander-in-Chief Armed Forces Ukraine.

In September 2014 at the congress

Biography

Born on March 31, 1964 in Dnepropetrovsk. Alexander Valentinovich began his career as a roller at the Krivorozhstal plant. In 1986 he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Technology of the Dnepropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute. In 1987-1990, Turchynov worked as secretary of the district committee of the Komsomol, head of the agitation and propaganda department of the Dnepropetrovsk regional committee of the Komsomol. At the same time, he was one of the coordinators of the Democratic Platform in the CPSU.

In 1990-1991, Alexander Valentinovich headed the IMA-PRESS and the Institute of International Relations, Economics, Politics and Law. In 1992, he received the position of chairman of the Committee on Denationalization and Demonopolization of Production of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional State Administration. A year later, he is an adviser to Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma on macroeconomics. He was vice-president of the USPP, a member of the Council of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine. After Kuchma's resignation from the post of head of government, he was general director Institute of Economic Reforms, head of the laboratory for shadow economy research at the Institute of Russia of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

In the parliamentary elections of 1998, he was elected as a people's deputy of Ukraine on the list of the Gromada party (No. 12). By the way, from 1993 to 1997, Alexander Valentinovich headed the Political and Economic Council of the Community. After Pavel Lazarenko was elected leader of the party, he became chairman of the Central Coordination Council of the Community. In the shadow government of the party, which was headed by Yulia Tymoshenko, Alexander Turchynov served as Minister of Economy. In 1999, after Yulia Tymoshenko was appointed deputy prime minister for fuel and energy issues, Alexander Turchynov headed the parliamentary budget committee. Since March 1999 - authorized representative of the Batkivshchyna faction.

At the parliamentary elections of 2002, the BYuT list (No. 2) received a deputy mandate. Was one of the founders of the unification of forces democratic opposition in Ukraine and the creation of the Forum for National Salvation (FNS), which organized the action Ukraine without Kuchma. As Alexander Valentinovich says, Leonid Kuchma tried to put him in prison three times. During the 2004 presidential elections, he was one of the deputy heads of Viktor Yushchenko's election headquarters. On February 4, 2005, he was appointed chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine. Was a member of the National Security and Defense Council. On September 8, 2005, he resigned due to his unwillingness to cooperate with the corrupt entourage of Viktor Yushchenko.

At the 2006 parliamentary elections, he was the head of the electoral headquarters of the Yulia Tymoshenko bloc. Elected as a people's deputy of Ukraine on the BYuT list (No. 2). At the same time he was elected as a deputy of the Kyiv Regional Council. In 2006, in the Top 100 most influential people of Ukraine, determined annually by Korrespondent magazine, Alexander Turchynov took 25th position. On May 23, 2007, Alexander Turchinov was appointed First Deputy Secretary of the Council national security and defense of Ukraine. Commenting on this appointment, Alexander Valentinovich stated: I did not dream of this position, except for problems, I received nothing (Mignews, May 30, 2007).

In the 2007 parliamentary elections, he received a deputy mandate on the BYuT list (No. 2). In 2007, in the Top 100 most influential people in Ukraine by Correspondent magazine, Alexander Turchynov took 29th position. On December 18, 2007, the Verkhovna Rada appointed Turchynov as the first Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine. In 2007, he took 27th place in Focus magazine's ranking of the 200 most influential Ukrainians. In 2008 at early elections elected to the Kyiv City Council on the BYuT list (No. 2), but refused the mandate. He ran for mayor of Kyiv. I got the second result - 19.13%.

Alexander Turchinov - very interesting character Ukrainian politics. He began his career as a roller at a factory, his political career as a secretary of the district Komsomol committee, and was in charge of agitation and propaganda of the ideals of communism. What caused Alexander’s radical change in views?

Biography of Alexander Turchinov

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.

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.

Wife - Anna Vladimirovna Turchinova (born 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 Komsomol committee. “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 an intelligent man who was stronger than me. Which 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.

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. As a roller. Any young specialist first hired 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. The name of this political force is, first of all, associated with the odious prime minister of 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 brainchild - 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.

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 Ukrainian 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.

Appeal to the people

On April 14, 2014, Turchynov signed decree No. 405/2014 on the implementation of the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine to conduct a large-scale anti-terrorist operation (ATO) against separatists encroaching on territorial integrity Ukraine.

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Biography, life story of Turchinov Alexander Valentinovich

Turchynov Alexander Valentinovich – Ukrainian state and political figure. Acting President of Ukraine since February 23, 2014.

Family, childhood

Alexander was born on March 31, 1964 in the city of Dnepropetrovsk (Ukraine) in the family of Valentina Ivanovna and Valentin Ivanovich Turchinov. His mother was a physical education teacher, his father was an employee of the Lokomotiv physical education and sports club, a master of sports of the Soviet Union in volleyball. Alexander himself does not really like to talk about his parents. All that is known is that Valentin Ivanovich left the family when Sasha was still a child.

As a child, Alexander was a quiet and obedient child, most he devoted his time to study. During the remaining free hours, Turchinov went in for sports. Following the example of his father, he became interested in volleyball, as well as skeet shooting.

Education

After school, Alexander Turchinov entered the technical faculty of the Dnepropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute. In 1986, he successfully completed his studies at this institution. But on higher education Turchinov did not stop. Over time, he received a candidate's and then a doctorate of science. Received the title of professor. Turchinov wrote a lot of interesting scientific works and monographs on corruption, totalitarianism and the shadow economy.

Career

Immediately after graduation, Alexander Valentinovich began working as a roller at the Krivorozhstal metallurgical plant (Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk region, Ukraine). Having worked in a difficult position for a little while less than a year, Turchinov realized that it was time to change his field of activity. From 1987 to 1989, the young man held the positions of secretary of the district committee and head of the propaganda department of the Dnepropetrovsk regional committee.

In 1989, with the support of the Komsomol trade union committee, the Terminal youth center was created. Turchinov took the most Active participation in the development of this project, the creation of which was initiated by her husband Alexander. This is how Turchinov met a woman with whom he would later maintain a very close relationship and even become her “right hand.”

CONTINUED BELOW

In 1990, Alexander Valentinovich decided to try himself in business. He failed to build a communist party career, since at one point, as part of the Democratic Platform of the CPSU, he advocated decentralization Communist Party. As a result, Turchinov’s party card was taken away. Entrepreneurial activity Alexandra Valentinovich went much better. In 1990, with the help of several partners, he created the Ukrainian branch news agency IMA-Press. The company produced newspapers and books. Turchinov took on the responsibilities of head of the company and editor-in-chief. After just one year, Alexander Valentinovich organized and himself headed the Institute of International Relations, Economics, Politics and Law.

In 1992, Turchinov decided to return to public service. In the period from 1992 to 1993, he was the head of the economic committee of the Dnepropetrovsk regional state administration. After that, until 1994, he served as adviser to the then Prime Minister of Ukraine Leonid Danilovich Kuchma on economic issues. Alexander Valentinovich skillfully combined the responsibilities of an adviser with the responsibilities of the vice-president of the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Then Turchynov was the general director of the Institute of Economic Reforms and the head of the shadow economy research laboratory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

In 1994 political career Alexandra Turchinova went uphill. Through his efforts, the All-Ukrainian Association “Gromada” was created. For four years the politician actively worked on his reputation, made the necessary contacts, studied the intricacies political activity. In 1998, he became a people's deputy and member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. True, after he was accepted into Verkhovna Rada, he was expelled from the Hromada party. Official reason such a sudden turn of events is generally considered internal conflict between the leaders of the association.

In the summer of 1999, Turchinov created political party All-Ukrainian Association “Fatherland”. became the leader of the party, and Alexander Valentinovich became its first deputy.

When he was arrested, Alexander Turchynov became a tough oppositionist to the authorities. Only after " Orange Revolution"He calmed down a little. In 2004, Turchynov was one of the leaders of the election headquarters. Many argue that the victory in the elections was largely due to the efforts of Turchinov. After becoming president, Turchynov was appointed head of the Security Council of Ukraine. However, already in 2005, he left a high-ranking post due to the fact that he dissolved the Cabinet of Ministers (she was the Prime Minister at that time).

On May 23, 2007, Turchynov, by decree, became First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. On December 19 of the same year, he was appointed to the post of First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine.

In 2008, Alexander Turchynov took part in the elections of the mayor of the city of Kyiv, but according to the voting results he took only second place.

In 2014, when the government changed in the country, Turchynov was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. On February 23, Turchynov signed a decree in which he assumed the duties of the President of Ukraine.

On March 18, 2014, the Republic of Crimea became part of Russian Federation. Alexander Valentinovich himself contributed a lot to the signing of this agreement. On the same day, Anatoly Stepanovich Gritsenko, a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, invited Turchinov to leave political sphere, since, according to Gritsenko, he is not coping with his responsibilities. Nobody supported Anatoly Stepanovich’s proposal and as a result he himself had to leave the faction and the Batkivshchyna party.

Personal life

In 1998, Alexander Turchinov met Anna Vladimirovna, a student at Dnepropetrovsk national university. Subsequently, Anna became the legal wife of Alexander. In 1994, Anna gave birth to a son. The boy was named Kirill.

Anna Turchinova has always been partial to science. So, at one time she received academic degree candidate of sciences, and also took the post of head of the department of foreign languages ​​at the National Pedagogical University named after Mikhail Petrovich Drahomanov.

Kirill s early years showed extraordinary Creative skills. After school, he entered the Kiev National Economic University named after Vadim Petrovich Getman, and also became a member of the Association of Philosophical Art. Kirill is the author of the novel Electi, which tells the story of young and energetic people, passionately wanting to save the world from moral and physical decay through the development of their inhuman capabilities. Kirill wrote the novel under the pseudonym Alex Kirillov.

Hobbies

Since his youth, Alexander Turchinov has been drawn to serious literature. Thus, his favorite books in his early years were the works of leading theologians and philosophers. In 2004, Turchinov himself tried himself as a writer. He published the thriller “The Illusion of Fear.” The events in the book unfold around one businessman who is forced by hook or by crook to defend his business in the harsh conditions of the recent past. In "The Illusion of Fear" there are often famous quotes from the Bible, as well as reproductions of paintings by the Dutch Renaissance artist Hieronymus Bosch. In 2007, another book by Turchinov, entitled “The Last Supper,” was published.

Religion

Alexander Valentinovich has always been a fairly religious person. At one time he became a parishioner Protestant Church"Word of Life" In addition, over time, he became a pastor and began periodically reading sermons to the parishioners of his own church.

Problems with law

On December 20, 2013, the Security Service of Ukraine opened a criminal case against Alexander Valentinovich Turchynov for calling for a coup.