The leadership of the State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia has changed. In place of Sergei Arkhangelov, who managed the museum for the last five years, Irina Velikanova, a deputy of the Moscow City Duma from United Russia, has been appointed. The former director of the museum, now the first deputy director, told Lente.ru about the reasons and consequences of the changes.

"Lenta.ru": How would you comment on the permutation?

S. Arkhangels: There is a founder of our museum - the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, it decides everything. Well-reasoned motivation: the activities of the museum must be developed in the modern political realities. Since this is a museum modern history, it is necessary to update the activities of the museum. We, like no other museum of historical profile, carry out this work: if you visit our permanent exhibition, you will see that even the events of the 1990s are shown here from all sides.

Today the performance of Irina Yakovlevna Velikanova took place, which was carried out by the Minister of Culture Vladimir Rostislavovich Medinsky. Together with the staff, we assured each other and the minister himself that we would work together. Naturally, Irina Yakovlevna needs support in her activities and professional assistants. This is our directorate and I, as the first deputy general director.

What qualitative changes await the museum?

Today Velikanova and I had our first acquaintance with each other, and she had an acquaintance with the team. And it is natural that we are still dealing with legal issues. You first need to issue papers, seals, decide with the right to sign in legal, financial and statutory documents. So it's too early to talk about any quality. Give us some time so that, having completed all the necessary formalities, we tackle the key issues.

That is, you have not discussed the direction of your future activities yet?

No. But Vladimir Rostislavovich outlined the situation and outlined priorities for us - I have already told you about this. The main thing is that Irina Yakovlevna and the Ministry of Culture and I have a mutual desire to continue this work effectively.

Were you ready for big changes at the museum, including staffing?

Naturally, even before that, the minister himself outlined the need for modernization in the near future. We have already been preparing a new development concept. It's just that now this task will come first. For example, Irina Yakovlevna offered to make an exposition in Crimea in connection with the latest events. We have already discussed this topic with colleagues and decided that it is necessary to concretize this task. We have not yet had time to talk about more ambitious plans.

Photo: press service of the Ministry of Culture of Russia

As it became known to "Lente.ru", the slogan "You create history" will become the motto of the museum of contemporary history of Russia under the direction of Irina Velikanova. The draft of the new concept of the museum says:

“The museum should become not just a central repository of modern Russian history and a scientific research center, but also a new space for urban life, attractive, interesting and convenient for visiting, providing an opportunity to get education through entertainment, making visiting the museum one of the forms of leisure. At the same time, the museum must comply with the current socio-political agenda of the country, that is, respond promptly to the main events. "

The new leadership will work on the image of an open cultural institution, whose task is "through the study of modern history to awaken historical responsibility, patriotism and national pride."

As with other museums that have undergone modernization in recent years, the former Museum of the Revolution will be actively introducing multimedia technologies. Irina Velikanova intends to update museum collections that have been inaccessible to visitors for a long time and to revise the exhibition policy. It is also planned to create a public discussion platform on the basis of the museum.

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The State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia (until 1998 - the Museum of the Revolution) is located in the building of the former English Club on Tverskaya Street. It was organized in 1922, when the exhibition "Red Moscow" was transformed into the Historical and Revolutionary Museum. The museum's collection contains archives of the 1917 revolution, monuments of military history and socialist construction, gifts to the leaders - a total of about 1.3 million exhibits. In 1969, he was the first among the country's museums to receive the status of a research institution, and during Perestroika, he was one of the first in the country to open his special storage for widespread use, 70 thousand documentary monuments of which were included in scientific circulation.

The State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia changed its name in 1998 - before that it had been the Museum of the Revolution for eighty years. In 2014, its director became Irina Velikanova, decisively announced the expansion of the concept of the museum. In an interview with Pravmir, she talks about is the museum a place for discussion and how to show the latest history of the country.

IRINA YAKOVLEVNA, WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE MUSEUM OF MODERN HISTORY TODAY? YOU BECAME DIRECTOR TWO YEARS AGO AND THEN SAID THAT THE MAIN TASK OF THE MUSEUM IS TO RESPOND TO ALL EVENTS THAT HAPPEN IN MODERN RUSSIA.

We are currently undergoing renovation work, which coincided with the preparation of an exposition on the modern history of Russia, covering the period from 1985 to the present day. I admit that this is a very hard-won project for the entire staff of the museum, a lot of effort has been invested in it.

THE STEP FOR THE CLASSIC UNIVERSITY TEXTBOOK - "UNTIL THE LAST GOVERNMENT CHANGE", WHY THE TEACHERS ARE NOT VERY LIKE TO CONTACT THE EVENTS OF THE LAST TWENTY YEARS, THIS IS MUCH MUCH MUCH LONG. YOU SPEAK ABOUT TIME VERY DISCUSSIONAL, THE ATTITUDE TO WHICH IS CHANGING TO THIS TIME. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ENSURE AN IMPARTIALITY THAT IT WAS NOT A PROPAGANDIST, BUT A MUSEUM EXPOSITION?

You said absolutely right: recent history is always the most problematic and controversial historical period, primarily because he highly politicized, all events took place in the memory of the living generation, and everyone has their own point of view on them. At the same time, the latest period of our history is practically not represented in museum exhibitions. I would like to remind you that one of the main directions of museum work is the acquisition of funds. Seemingly boring museum business. But even how the fund is completed can already be called a policy.

A simple example from life. There is a rally of miners on Gorbaty Bridge, an opposition rally on Bolotnaya. Should the museum collect some kind of clothing line associated with these rallies? It should, of course, be a part of our history, which will be studied by subsequent generations. And what about the rally in support of Putin, in which I myself participated? Undoubtedly! The main thing is that there is no one-sidedness.

SHOULD WE HAVE BELOW PICTURES OR ARTIFACTS FROM THIS RALLY, FOR EXAMPLE, PRESS PUBLICATIONS ABOUT THAT PEOPLE TO THIS RALLY WERE BROUGHT BY BUSES ON DIFFERENT ORDER?

There are a variety of publications in the press, including those that, as it later turns out, had nothing to do with reality. The museum exposition should be based on verified sources and original documents. As an eyewitness, I can say that I have not seen anyone being forcibly brought to Poklonnaya Gora by buses. It's another matter if the buses were organized by trade unions at enterprises, if the trade unions decided to support the president - I don't see anything bad in that.

You understand, we live in the 21st century, it is impossible to impose any ideology on people and force them to do something with open social networks, it is simply impossible. But if my team expresses a desire to go and support the president, I, for example, will do everything to help him in this. Just like when our museum took part in the "Immortal Regiment" action.

- "IMMORTAL REGION" IS NOT A POLITICAL ACTION.

Of course. But there were also attempts to say that the portraits were commissioned and not real.

- RETURNING TO THE EXPOSITION - WILL YOU SHOW BOTH WET AND WORSHIP?

And not only them. We take a big story, since 1985 a lot has really happened. And the evidence of this story is impartial documents. Why will there be a huge multimedia component in the exposition? Because we have brought in a lot of genuine documents, found them in the archives of our fellow journalists. For example, unique evidence has been preserved of how the Union was falling apart, what letters the leaders of future independent states wrote to each other, and how all this was welcomed in the West. But we do not consider it our task to give any assessments.

- BUT AT A CERTAIN EXPOSITION FORMATION, RATING IS IMPLIED.

A thoughtful visitor will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the documents of that time and, possibly, make some conclusions and assessments. Although, generally speaking, history does not need our assessments - we need to navigate the past to understand the present.

If you want to, this is a definite mission for us... What is the modern history of Russia? Both historians and political scientists argue about this. We have the State Historical Museum. We cooperate with its director, Alexey Konstantinovich Levykin, and are grateful for his help. But once in a conversation, he told me: “You know, we will never be competitors, because even our funds are completed according to different principles”... This is true. We still end up with a political museum, because initially it was the Museum of the Revolution and collected everything related to the history of the revolutionary movement in Russia.

THERE IS A DIFFERENT APPROACH IN THE WORLD EXACTLY TO HOW TO SHOW A MODERN HISTORY. IN RUSSIA, THOSE WHO DO THE LAST CENTURY CAN BE COUNTED BY FINGERS. THE SAKHAROV MUSEUM, "MEMORIAL", THE YELTSIN CENTER, RECENTLY OPENED, TAKING A COURSE FOR A VERY TECHNOLOGICAL FILLING. HOW DO YOU ASSESS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO US WITH THE PRESENTATION OF A MODERN HISTORY?

- “Yeltsin Center” is really the most technologically advanced museum in the country today, enormous money has been invested in its creation. A modern beautiful building, interesting design solutions. In my opinion, there is a minus: the history of the Yeltsin period is shown rather one-sided. But, probably, the museum completely dedicated to the first Russian president cannot be different.

If we are talking about a state museum, then it is necessary to give the most objective picture... What is, for example, restructuring? On the one hand, the Iron Curtain falls, and people get unlimited freedom. You can say whatever you want. The dissidents are returning. I remember this time very well, because there really was a feeling that now a new life, completely different, in a free country would begin.

But, unfortunately, all this was accompanied by a severe social and economic crisis and eventually ended with the collapse of the state, accompanied by bloody conflicts. We all remember empty counters, cards, huge queues. In fact, the self-elimination of the state took place - and the flourishing of banditry and totalitarian sects began; there was a predatory privatization for which no one was ready. As a result, we have received a monstrous drop in the standard of living of the majority of the population, the collapse of strategically important enterprises, science, education, healthcare, and the loss of positions in the international arena. Of course, we will show all this in the new exhibition.

- THE MUSEUM COMPLEX INCLUDES AND"FRESH", and "UNDERGROUND PRINTING", AND MUSEUM-APARTMENT OF KRZHIZHANOVSKY ... WHY DO PEOPLE WALK TO THE MUSEUM OF A REVOLUTIONARY ACTOR TODAY? WHY IS THIS, FOR EXAMPLE TO A MODERN SCHOOLBOY?

First of all, it depends on the history teacher. The school teacher is now generally at the forefront of the fight against various kinds of falsifications in Russian history.

Krzhizhanovsky is an outstanding personality. Our country would not have achieved many outstanding achievements if not for its GOELRO, the country's electrification plan. The memorial apartment of Krzhizhanovsky is a significant place, the interiors of the early XX century are perfectly preserved there, it is not for nothing that the apartment is in great demand among filmmakers. After all, things are the same evidence of the era, as well as documents. In Krzhizhanovsky's apartment, you can see how the life of a major Soviet economic figure was arranged. Trust me, this is incredibly interesting.

We will also modernize this branch. Now the entire mansion has been transferred to the management of the museum - we plan to place open storage of museum funds in it. By the way, this is an important part of the new concept of our museum - the maximum withdrawal of funds from closed storage facilities, ensuring free access to them for visitors.

- DO YOU WORK WITH EXTERNAL CURATORS? BEFORE YOU ARRIVED, THERE WAS A LOUD STORY WITH AN EXHIBITION ON THE EVENTS OF 1993 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ILYA BUDRAYTSKIS AND VLADIMIR POTAPOV. ARE ANY SEPARATE EXHIBITION PROJECTS PLANNED?

There are stock exhibitions, and there are exhibitions that we do together with some organizations, including the Russian Orthodox Church... We had, for example, a beautiful exhibition dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna- “White Angel” - we did it together with the Martha and Mary Convent.

We involve a lot of external specialists to create exhibitions, but the main driving force is the museum staff. We recently hosted an exhibition about the liberation of the territory of Ukraine during the Great Patriotic War. Part of the exposition told about the activities of Ukrainian nationalist organizations - OUN-UPA and others. This exhibition is our response to attempts to heroize Bandera, Shukhevych and their accomplices... We worked together with the archive of the FSB of Russia, with the RGASPI, with other archives, which presented a lot of convincing documents showing what actually happened in Ukraine at the end of the war.

Our museum cooperates with the State Tretyakov Gallery, "ROSIZO" - paintings from our collection have been at all recent exhibitions, including at "Romantic Realism" in the Manege and at the exhibition "Always modern" that has just opened at VDNKh. We never refuse when our exhibits are requested for other exhibitions, including foreign ones. The museum actively interacts with the historical park "My History" at VDNKh, in its expositions there are also works from our funds.

- MANY, INCLUDING GIMA DIRECTOR ALEXEY LEVYKIN, CRITICAL ASSESSMENT.

it a multimedia project to popularize the history of Russia as a whole... I believe that in this regard it is unique. If we are talking about young people, about people who are not very versed in national history, then this exhibition is just for them: there is very simply and easily tells about the main milestones in the development of the Russian state. And this is very important... And if a person wants to know something in more detail, to see the original exhibits and documents, he can go to the State Historical Museum and to us.

It is very important that such historical parks are opened in different constituent entities of the Federation. After all, Moscow is not all of Russia. We need to educate people... Should be - I'm not afraid of this word - propaganda of reliable historical knowledge... This should be part of government policy.

- HOW SHOULD IT BE IMPLEMENTED?

Through exhibition projects. Through educational magazines. Through an extensive network of popular science lecture halls, which the Knowledge Society will now be engaged in, through publishing educational projects. For example, we also have our own popular science historical journal, Zhivaya istoriya.

DO YOU BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE TO BUILD SOME SINGLE HISTORICAL LINE TO PROMOTE IT? IN ANY HISTORICAL TOPIC, EVEN NOT ACUTE AND NOT PAINFUL, THERE ARE ALWAYS DIFFERENT OPINIONS BASED ON DIFFERENT SOURCES. THE MASS OF SOURCES CONTRADES WITH EACH OTHER.

I mean that when studying history, you need a calm and balanced approach to assessing the past, based on the analysis of verified facts and documents, and not on myths. That is why I focused on the word reliable ... Now archives are opening - of course, with the exception of materials related to issues of state security, and although there are still quite a few of them, there are still opportunities for this.

Many sources have been discovered on the Second World War. So, last year in our museum there was a presentation of an electronic archive of documents of the State Defense Committee of the USSR, in whose hands all power was concentrated during the war years. And this is practically all the decrees and orders issued during the period of the GKO's activity, laid out in the public domain.

RESEARCHERS ARE FREQUENTLY COMPLAINED THAT ARE VERY MANY CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. FORMER GOSARKHIV DIRECTOR SERGEY MIRONENKO WAS NOT TOO GOOD ESTIMATED THE DEGREE OF OPENNESS OF THE RUSSIAN ARCHIVES.

At our round table, which took place immediately after the presentation of that same GKO electronic archive, Sergei Vladimirovich, on the contrary, spoke about openness. Yes, we probably really set ourselves ambitious and daring tasks, but there is no other way. Because there is no worse thing when you are caught in a lie, when a person comes to the exhibition and says: "Something you guys were cheating here".

YOUR BRANCH IS A KATYN EXPOSITION, FOR WHICH DOCUMENTS JUST OPEN ENOUGH, BUT EVERY TIME TO TIME THEY SAY ABOUT THAT "NOT EVERYTHING IS SO SAME".

The position of the state is clearly indicated. The President has repeatedly spoken about this, for us this topic has been exhausted. It is another matter that, speaking of Katyn, it is necessary to remember that there is a mass grave and our repressed citizens there. Very little is said about this. This is such a place, of course ... it feels like the forest is just ringing. It's really hard to be there, because you understand that wherever you go - remains everywhere ...

I believe that lately there has been a certain bias towards perpetuating the memory of Polish officers. We must not forget that tens of thousands of Soviet people lie there, and their memory must be adequately represented. A new museum and exhibition center will be created in Katyn: despite the crisis, money has already been allocated for it.

- DO YOU COOPERATE WITH POLISH COLLEAGUES ON THIS REASON?

Of course. And, of course, we look after Polish graves. Therefore, I believe that, when today in Poland they are trying to demolish monuments to our soldiers, it is simply unworthy... Here I do not identify the government with the people: many Poles who come to Katyn to bow to their relatives understand everything perfectly and are very grateful to Russia for the fact that we treat their memory so carefully. We must understand that this is our common history and our common pain, the victims of totalitarianism were on both sides.

WHEN YOU TAKEN THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM, YOU SAID THAT THERE WILL BE STILL A DISCUSSION AREA. IT'S HAPPENED?

Not only a discussion platform. The point is that now the Museum of Contemporary History of Russia is not only a place where historical relics are kept and exhibited. Gradually it becomes a kind a museum and community center, where a free historical lecture hall operates, a popular science historical magazine is published, which I mentioned, a discussion platform "Tverskaya - XXI" is working. The latter has already been attended by leaders of political factions, heads of higher educational institutions, and prominent economists: for example, Sergei Glazyev took part in one of the discussions.

- THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS FOR THIS?

No. Neither the composition of the participants, nor the composition of the spectators who come to us.

- I ASK, OF COURSE, ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE DISCUSSION. GLAZIEV HAS COME - KUDRINA TO HIM AS A COUPLE?

Of course, what kind of discussion platform is this if everyone takes the same position? There must always be a collision, otherwise it is not interesting. For example, Glazyev discussed with Vladimir Alexandrovich Mau - this is natural, since they are in different positions. Or, for example, Veronika Krasheninnikova argued with Fedor Lukyanov about the legacy of the Cold War. I'm not even talking about the leaders of political factions: Vladimir Zhirinovsky argued first with representatives of Fair Russia, and then with everyone in general.

- HOW MANY PEOPLE COME TO THE MUSEUM NOW? I UNDERSTAND THAT CONSIDERING REDUCTION OF EXPOSURE AND REPAIRS ...

No, this is a normal question. In the first quarter of this year, despite the renovation, it came by 10 thousand more than in the same period last year - 63 thousand people. We did 500 more excursions. Highly I hope that public interest in museums, in Russian history is already a real trend.

- DO YOU DIGITIZE YOUR FUNDS? WILL SPEAK OUT?

This is a colossal work, because there are more than a million exhibits in our fund. But it is being actively pursued: for example, on our website today there is already a virtual museum, which is based on already digitized exhibits. Moreover, the project itself is interactive: here you can play a quest, take part in a historical quiz. In addition, we cooperate with the State Public Scientific and Technical Library, which donated its program to us for cataloging library collections, which we have over 1,000,000 books.

- WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE MUSEUM NOW, WHAT ARE THE LONG-TERM TASKS?

This is called "start and end", there is a lot to do. We want to make our museum the most modern... After the renovation, the first part of the exposition will be opened, which begins with the reforms of Alexander II. There are thoughts on how to make it interesting and multimedia. Our museum, as I said, has a huge number of exhibits, and it is important to beat each of them. We have very good guides, but it is necessary to make sure that a person, having come to the museum, can independently walk through it and figure out everything. Now it is difficult, the exposition is "dumb", and in order to enjoy the museum, you need to know the history well. We we want to make our exposition a real bestseller.

Palace of Counts Razumovsky , a majestic building with columns, slightly "drowned" in the depths of Tverskaya Street, Muscovites of the 19th century knew very well - one of the first men's clubs in Russia sat there, Moscow English Club... "Balconies, lions on the gates", which Pushkin, one of the regular visitors of this institution, writes about in Eugene Onegin, have survived to this day, but the club itself did not survive the October Revolution. Moscow police were housed in the building.

On March 21, 1917, journalist V.P. Kranichfeld, who served as director of the museum of the All-Russian Union of Cities, appealed to the authorities with a proposal to create a Museum of the Revolution. It is interesting that the Society of the Museum of the Revolution included many prominent figures of that time, including Ivan Bunin, Valery Bryusov, historian Yuri Gautier.

The first exhibition of the new museum opened in 1922 in the building of the former English Club ... The main task of the museum was to reflect the history of the revolutionary liberation movement in Russia from the 17th century to the victory of the October Revolution. Since 1947, the museum began to study the history of the life of Soviet society as a whole, with special attention to the history of the three Russian revolutions.

In the 1960s, the museum's exposition expanded: now the museum was interested in the period from the 1890s to the present.

In 1998 the museum got its current name - "The State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia".

Irina Velikanova appointed new director of the Museum of Contemporary History of Russia

The new head of the museum was introduced by the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky. Sergei Arkhangelov, who left the position of museum director due to the expiration of his employment contract, became the first deputy director in charge of scientific and museum activities.

“On the agenda is our common, joint work with Irina Yakovlevna, we will solve all the nuances in a working order. There are duties that can only be performed by the CEO, there is work that can be entrusted to the first deputy. Now we are just defining the range of tasks. The main thing is that we look at the further development of the museum in the same way. We see it not only as a museum site itself, but also as a social and political place where significant public events should be held, ”said Sergei Arkhangelov.

“Irina Yakovlevna Velikanova is a well-known person in Moscow, knows the system of work of the Moscow Government. A humanist by profession, a person who is close and understandable to the modern history of Russia, ”said Vladimir Medinsky. The Minister expressed the hope that the joint leadership of Irina Velikanova and Sergei Arkhangelov will allow the museum to reach qualitatively new indicators - in terms of attendance, activation of museum activities, development of new territories and premises, as well as salaries. “The Ministry of Culture will help in every possible way, as we do every time with such changes in cultural institutions,” assured Vladimir Medinsky.

Irina Velikanova, in a conversation with her colleagues, called the return of the glory to the Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, which once belonged to the Central Museum of the USSR Revolution, as one of her main tasks.

“Undoubtedly, this is one of the largest repositories of our historical heritage, and I perfectly understand that the main function of the museum is to preserve the heritage. At the same time, the Museum of Contemporary History must respond vividly to all the events that take place in modern Russia, - said Irina Velikanova, addressing the museum staff. “I think that together we can make it more interesting, more modern, more accessible for all our citizens.”

The new director added that she intends to create a board of trustees for the museum, which will help it grow and develop. “It will include people who want to contribute to the new life of the Museum of Contemporary History, so that our museum becomes an obligatory item on the excursion program for the guests of the capital,” said Irina Velikanova.

Curriculum Vitae:

Irina Velikanova was born in 1964 in the city of Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. In 1986 she graduated with honors from the A.A. Zhdanov Leningrad State University with a degree in journalism. Candidate of Political Science. In 2014 she was awarded the honorary badge “For services in the development of legislation and parliamentarism”.

She worked as a primary school teacher in St. Petersburg, a correspondent and columnist for a number of newspapers in St. Petersburg and Moscow, press secretary of the chairman of the supervisory board of Svetoservis JSC (Moscow). Since 2005 - Deputy of the Moscow City Duma.

Irina Velikanova, Deputy Chairman of the Moscow State Duma Commission on Sports and Youth Affairs: "We need a new law on youth"

In 2004, Moscow was one of the first to adopt the Law on Youth. And recently, the authorities of the capital have adopted a number of fundamental decisions that raise the level of implementation of youth policy in the city to a new level.

In 2004, Moscow was one of the first to adopt the Law on Youth. And recently, the authorities of the capital have adopted a number of fundamental decisions that raise the level of implementation of youth policy in the city to a new level. Funding for events and, in general, the entire system of work with youth has increased significantly. But life does not stand still. And today the question arose about the need to develop a draft new law "On Youth", which would reflect the real situation in the country and in the capital.
link: http://www.izvestia.ru/news/ 334044

A year with Sobyanin, a year without Luzhkov. How are you, Moscow?

Today we changed the topic of our program, because the mayor of our city reported on his work over the past year to the deputies of the city parliament. Therefore, we considered it necessary to discuss this topic, and not just discuss, but draw a certain line, bring out the dry residue. Indeed, is this what Sergei Sobyanin's team was able to do, cooperating with the deputies and the Moscow City Duma? What events did Muscovites remember? And the topic of today's program we outlined as follows: “A year with Sobyanin, a year without Luzhkov. How are you, Moscow? "

Therefore, for your letters and calls, I will remind you of our means of communication. The first point is an Internet portal, finam.fm, for your letters, comments, questions. In addition, there is a live webcast, radio stations are slowly but surely being broadcast, so there is an option - both listen and watch. Those who watch the webcast already see my guests. And our multichannel telephone, its number - 65-10-996 (Moscow code - 495). Well, people who do not live in the capital, but are in Moscow, can also participate - accordingly, they probably also have their own opinion about the changes that have taken place. And so you can also speak up. Use your phone, use the site.

And I am pleased to introduce to you my guests, who today agreed to come to our studio on the air. I'll start with the only lady in our men's company, Irina Velikanova, a deputy of the Moscow City Duma, a member of the United Russia faction. Irina, good evening.
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Irina Velikanova: A child must be protected from violence!

Prevention of child abuse has become a topic of discussion in the Department of Family and Youth Policy of the city of Moscow

A tragedy in a child's life is always a disaster. Whether he will be able to survive without becoming a moral cripple is a matter of time, conditions, care and sympathy of others. Worst of all, fatal events in the fate of a child often occur not by accident, but because of the cruelty, thoughtlessness, or criminal non-intervention of those who are supposed to protect his safety.
link: http://moskva.bezformata.ru/listnews / dolzhen-bit- zashishen-ot-nasiliya / 2669349 /

Moscow City Duma deputy Irina Velikanova: "If democratic ideals are not instilled in young people from childhood, then the future of the ideals themselves may turn out to be a big question."

Now in the subjects of the federation, youth chambers are being actively created at local legislative assemblies. Moscow is no exception. What the young people will be doing, what issues they will be able to influence and what powers they will receive - Moscow City Duma deputy Irina Velikanova told about this to the correspondent of "Moscow" Alexander Pavlov. - Now in all subjects of the federation youth chambers are being created at local legislative assemblies. This is a huge step forward. From the screen with the bright logo "Youth Policy", behind which there was nothing, we are moving on to real deeds. Adult politicians have finally understood that all the problems of young people must be solved by asking them what they think about this.
link: http://www.izvestia.ru/news/ 314222

Interview

What are the Moscow authorities doing for the next generation? The Moscow City Duma deputy, member of the United Russia faction, deputy chairman of two commissions at once: on education and youth policy and on physical culture and sports, curator of the “Moscow youth parliamentarism” project, Irina VELIKANOVA, spoke about this in an interview with MK.
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VELIKANOVA

Irina Yakovlevna

Deputy of the Moscow City Duma

(convocations 2005-2009, 2009-2014)

Each person has their own path in life. Of course, being a student at Leningrad University, working as a primary school teacher at school, I had no idea that I would ever be involved in politics. After working at school, I entered journalism, first as a reporter, then as a political columnist for Obshchaya Gazeta. In the State Duma of the third convocation, she headed the press service of the Fatherland - All Russia faction, then the faction apparatus "UNITED RUSSIA" in the Moscow City Duma. In general, I have the opportunity to judge the work of a deputy from different angles. And the understanding that I myself can really help people, realize the accumulated life and professional experience, becoming a deputy of the city parliament, came to me at the stage of active work in the Moscow branch of the party "UNITED RUSSIA"- and it was my party colleagues who twice nominated me as a candidate for the Duma elections.

For the first time, I was elected a deputy of the Moscow City Duma in 2005. Maybe it sounds pathetic, but I really feel that this is a great honor and a huge responsibility. The Moscow City Duma is a special place. This is the legislative assembly of the capital of the Russian Federation, acting in accordance with clear regulations, which takes into account all the subtleties of parliamentary activity. In my opinion, the hallmarks of the atmosphere prevailing in the Moscow City Duma are correctness and mutual respect both among the deputy corps and among the staff of the Duma Apparatus.

Deputy activity is multifaceted. This is not only lawmaking, but also work with voters' appeals. At the same time, it is obvious to me that if a person turned to me for help, then he has already gone through many instances and expects a specific decision from me, or at least participation. Therefore, for me there are no “just appeals”, they are all important and you need to pass everything through yourself in order to understand and, if possible, help. Sometimes, to solve a problem, it is enough just to draw the attention of an official to a particular point of the law. Sometimes you need to "untangle" the situation, carefully study the heap of documents, find inconsistencies and point out them. There are also non-standard cases. I never promise more than I can do. There are also failures, especially in solving the housing problem. And on other problems one has to deal not only with obstacles to federal legislation, but often with dishonest attitude to the case of officials. It is their indifference that most of all “kills” people. Probably, if you collect all the tears invisible to the world that people shed after visiting the bureaucratic offices, you would get a whole sea.

Here is just one non-fictional life story.

Almost 100 families living in the Southern and Southeastern Districts were threatened with eviction from apartments that they received under a sublease agreement under the capital's program of housing for doctors. Thus, doctors were recruited to work in hospitals and clinics in Moscow in areas of mass development in the period 1997-2004. According to the doctors, when concluding the contracts, they were promised that after the expiration of a ten-year period of work and the sublease period, this housing would be assigned to them under social tenancy agreements.

The ten-year term expired, but people were refused to conclude contracts of social employment for the occupied premises, offering to conclude contracts of service employment. But such an agreement provides only for the temporary residence of employees for the period of labor relations without registration at the place of residence. Those who refused to conclude this agreement were on the verge of being evicted by the courts. This situation has arisen as a result of changes made to the Housing Code of the Russian Federation. Since March 1, 2005, socially rented residential premises can be provided only to citizens registered with the housing register, and in accordance with the sequence, based on the date of registration.

But the whole paradox is that medical workers with their families vacated their former housing, were removed from the registration register and permanently registered in the living space provided by sublease. That is, they lost their rights to their previous housing. Moreover, some families of doctors were removed from the queue to improve their living conditions, while others were denied queuing, despite the fact that, in accordance with the current legislation, they could be on the waiting list in the city. What legal grounds were at that time for making such decisions is still unclear, because the area was provided for sublease, that is, temporarily, for a certain period.

For a systematic solution to this problem, I initiated consideration of this issue at a meeting of the Moscow City Duma commissions, following which a letter was sent to the Moscow Mayor from two Duma commissions outlining the existing situation and proposals for its resolution. Sergei Semenovich Sobyanin made a cardinal and only correct decision - to re-register the occupied housing for medical workers under a social tenancy agreement with as office living quarters.

It must be said that each deputy coordinates certain areas of activity of the Moscow City Duma. From the very beginning, through the party line, I was instructed to lead work in the field of youth policy in the Duma. And to this day it is one of the main directions of my activity. And I am very happy about that. It is interesting for me to communicate with young people, who are a “mirror” of all the changes and changes taking place in Russian society.

And to be honest, the brightest moments during my work as a deputy of the Moscow State Duma are associated with young people. Firstly, I was fortunate enough to be at the forefront of the Youth Chamber at the Moscow City Duma - a youth advisory and advisory body, to be the editor of the MHD resolution on its creation, to develop the very principles and mechanisms of its formation and activity. In 2006, the youth parliamentary movement in Russia was just emerging, and the idea of ​​creating a similar youth structure under the Moscow City Duma was received by my colleagues with great interest, albeit ambiguously. The process of preparing the MHD resolution on the creation of the chamber lasted 9 months. The deputies joke that the Youth Chamber was carried together and given birth like a child. There were remarks from the State Legal Department of the Duma and the city prosecutor's office. During the consideration of the draft resolution, the deputies made about 80 amendments, as a result, even the name of the future youth body was changed (at first it was supposed to be called the Youth Duma), and also the principle of the formation of the chamber, which was originally proposed, changed significantly. All in all, the work was grandiose, with brainstorming and excitement. But on the other hand, for the first time in the history of Moscow, young people have a real opportunity to take part in the improvement of Moscow legislation and be heard by the state authorities.

The chamber is already 7 years old, its composition has changed several times, but I remember all the guys who have ever worked here. It is very important for me that many of them have now achieved noticeable professional success, occupy positions of responsibility in government bodies of various levels, among them my colleague is a deputy of the Moscow parliament, and a deputy prefect, and deputy heads of administrations, heads of municipalities, specialists of various branch departments of the city of Moscow. However, the main goal of the creation of the chamber is not career growth, but the emergence for young people of a real opportunity to take part in city management, to acquire an active life position, a sense of social responsibility.

I am also glad that over the years the youth parliamentary movement in Moscow “got on its feet”, got stronger and received its further development: in fact, a bicameral youth parliament, a center for youth parliamentarism, has been created, and a congress of young parliamentarians of the city of Moscow is held annually. By the way, I was deeply impressed by the moment when at the second congress (2008), for technical reasons, the running line with the words of the Russian anthem was interrupted on the screen, but the audience, almost three thousand people, most of whom were young people, continued to sing without music and without a prompter. And this means that, despite the predictions of pessimists, we have cool youth with a normally developed sense of patriotism.

With the kindest feelings, I will remember the moments of direct communication with the guys. Fortunately, there are a lot of them. For example, I and several of my fellow deputies took part in raids by our guys - members of the Youth Chamber at the Moscow City Duma - together with representatives of trade unions and the public on the hostels of the capital's universities in order to check their use for their intended purpose, that is, for the accommodation of students and graduate students of these universities. The raids caused quite a stir in the good sense of the word. Their result was the release of several hostels from guest workers and the adoption by the Moscow City Duma of an official appeal addressed to the Minister of Science and Education of the Russian Federation.

Every year, members of the youth parliament of the city of Moscow go to educational seminars in one of the rest houses near Moscow. And we, the deputies of the Moscow City Duma, with great interest and pleasure come there to the children as lecturers, tell them about the legislative process, about the work of the state authorities of the city of Moscow. Lively and informal communication, questions and answers, youthful enthusiasm and creativity - all these are not only memories, but also a powerful emotional “charge with youth”.

And I am also very glad that I kept my word, which I gave to the guys at the beginning of our common path - to achieve the creation of a youth parliamentary center in Moscow. Two years ago on the street. Kakhovka, 21 a multifunctional youth center was opened, which has become not only a real "home" for the parliamentary youth get-together, but also the center of attraction for all youth in the South-West district of the capital.

One ancient thinker said that only those who find joy in doing their duty live freely. The duty of a deputy is to serve Moscow and Muscovites. All these 8 years I have tried to fulfill the duty of a Moscow deputy honestly. The work brought me joy. Well, the right to evaluate my work belongs only to Muscovites.