The extraordinary story of Sergei Sobyanin: as an engineer from the hinterland became the mayor of Moscow

Krympress reports:

Sergey Sobyanin — Russian political and statesman, one of the leaders of the United Russia party. Sergei Semenovich began political activities in the 1980s in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug. In 2001 he took the post of head of the Tyumen region. In 2005 he headed the Presidential Administration. From 2010 to the present — the mayor of Moscow.

Family and early years

Sobyanin Sergey Semenovich Born on June 21, 1958 in the remote northern settlement of the Nyaximvol of the Khanty-Mansi National District. His father is Semen Fedorovich, a native of the Old Believer family, who moved to Siberia in search of protection from religious persecution. The beginning of the Great Patriotic War, Semyon found at a young age and did not fall under mobilization, unlike his older brothers.

Mother is Antonina Nikolaevna, a hereditary Cossack. Her father is Nikolai Ulanov, the register Cossack of the Ural Cossack army, a full St. George Cavalier, a participant in three wars: Russian-Japanese, First World War and Civil. Like most colleagues, he was dispossessed and moved to the north. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Nikolai Ulanov was recognized as a victim of political repressions, and his good name was rehabilitated.

In Nyaximvol, Nikolai Ulanov met his wife. Five sons were born in marriage: Ivan, Philip, Gerasim, Peter and Semyon. Gerasim and Peter died at the front. Semyon grew up, went to school, but did not graduate from it. The young man compensated for the lack of secondary education with discipline and innate organizational abilities that allowed him to build a completely successful career.

For many years, Semen Fedorovich headed the local village council, and Antonina Nikolaevna worked in his administration as an accountant. In the 1960s, the Sobyanin family moved to the Berezovo district center, where the head of the family took the post of Berezovsky oil factory. The mother of the future mayor got a job as an economist at the same enterprise. In addition to Sergey, parents raised two eldest daughters — Natalia and Lyudmila.

In Berezovo, Sergei Sobyanin spent all school years and received secondary education. He was distinguished by diligent behavior at school and good performance, loved literature and Russian, played sports and played chess quite well. He visited boxes and ski sections. In 1975, Sobyanin Jr. received a certificate of maturity and thought about obtaining higher education.

Education

After graduating from school, Sergei Sobyanin went to Kostroma, where at that time the older sister had already settled. Sergei submitted documents to the Technological Institute and successfully entered the mechanical faculty. Science was given to him easily. In his free time, he read a lot of classics a lot. Sobyanin graduated from the university in 1980 with a red diploma.

In 1989, he also completed his studies at the All -Union Legal Correspondence Institute. In 1999, Sobyanin defended his thesis and became a candidate of legal sciences.

The beginning of the career

The first workplace for a young specialist was the Kostroma plant of woodworking machines, where Sergey Sobyanin I got by distribution to the position of engineer. A few months later, he moved to Chelyabinsk, where at first he worked as a mechanic of the Chelyabinsk pipe factory, and later received the post of head of the Tokarya brigade. In 1981, Sobyanin became a master of the workshop.

In parallel with labor activity, Sergey Semenovich was engaged in Komsomol work. In 1982, he stood at the head of the organized department of the Leninsky district committee of Chelyabinsk. Such activities did not carry him away, but helped to understand the specifics of managerial processes. In this position, Sobyanin worked for two years and established himself well in the eyes of a higher authorities.

Political activity

In 1984, Sergei Sobyanin returned to his native Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, having received an appointment to the post of deputy head of the village council of people’s deputies in Kogalym. From that moment on, his work is accepted by the political color. A year later, he rises at the head of the housing and communal services department of the city executive committee, and later appointed by his secretary. In this position, Sobyanin worked for two years and in 1988 transferred to a higher position.

So, he became the deputy head of the organizational committee of the CPSU. Already in 1990 he headed the Kogalym tax inspectorate. But at this place the official did not stay for a long time and in 1991 was appointed to the post of head of the city administration. The main area of ​​his activity was the solution of social issues and interaction with enterprises of the oil industry.

In 1993, Sobyanin moved to Khanty-Mansiysk, where he holds the post of first deputy head of the district. The main direction for Sergei Semenovich was the economic sector. So, he oversaw issues related to the replenishment and distribution of the district budget, subsidizing municipalities and interaction with local enterprises. The official coped with his duties perfectly and was elected to the local Duma.

A month later, Sobyanin took the post of chairman of the District Duma and was closely engaged in the process of developing legal foundations for the further development of the region. In those years, the formation of Russian statehood only began, and a number of controversial moments in matters of the subjectivity of the districts were never safely resolved. Yugra and Yamal demanded independence from Tyumen, and Sergei Sobyanin supported their desire.

In 1996, Sobyanin was re -chosen in the Duma of Khanty -Mansi Autonomous Okrug, became its speaker and became part of the Federation Council. He initiated the trial on the recognition of the sovereignty of the districts, but the Constitutional Court rejected the initiative. A year later, Sergei Semenovich joined the ranks of the local government and became a member of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation and Judicial Law issues of the Federation Council. In 1998, Sobyanin headed this committee and continued the struggle for the sovereignty of both districts.

In 1999, Sergey Semenovich became a member of the board of the Political Association of Ugra. In parallel, he worked in the Political Resource “All of Russia”, which later merged with the party “United Russia”. At the end of 1999, this political association took part in the elections to the State Duma and gained 13.5% of the vote.

The post of governor of the Tyumen region

In 2000, Sergei Sobyanin took the post of presidential envoy in the Ural Federal District and in the same year nominated his candidacy for the post of governor of the Tyumen region. The election race was not easy, but Sergey Semenovich was able to get ahead of the opponents, gaining more than 52% of the vote and bypassing his main competitor Leonid Rocketsky.

Having took office, Sobyanin was faced with two main problems-the lack of funding and a long-term conflict with Ugra and Yamal, who still did not leave an attempt to get out of the jurisdiction of Tyumen. To overcome the crisis, Sergei Semenovich began to develop conditions that all the conflicting aspects could satisfy.

The compromise managed to come b in 2004 after the adoption of the Interregional Cooperation program. First of all, the participation of the Khanty -Mansi Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo -Nenets Autonomous Okrug was redistributed in financing the general budget, oil rent was redistributed, after which income from the development of oil fields flowed into the treasury of Tyumen. In return for the districts, the right to autonomy and self -determination was fixed.

At the disposal of the governor, additional funds appeared to finance various social projects, the construction of a new and reconstruction of existing infrastructure, improve the quality of the road network and modernize public transport. Due to the stable investment, the attractiveness of the regional center gradually grew, which positively affected the growth of its population. The general plan was developed, according to which it was planned to make a millionaire city from Tyumen.

During his stay at the post, Sobyanin was able to increase the regional budget by more than 10 times. In addition, the airport and the bus station were modernized, the reconstruction of the road network, pedestrian zones and the embankment, which eventually became the main place of attraction for citizens and guests of the city.

In 2004, Sobyanin decided to join the United Russia party. The following year, shortly before the completion of his governor’s powers, he turned to the head of state with a question of trust. The candidacy of Sergei Semenovich was again put up for a discussion in the regional Duma for the governor’s post. The deputies approved the re -election of the governor for a second term, but Sobyanin soon left Tyumen and moved to Moscow, having received a new appointment.

Career in federal authorities

Since the fall of 2005, Sergei Sobyanin worked as the head of the presidential administration, and a year later he became a member of the Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation by foreign partners, and also received an offer to join the board of directors of Twel, one of the divisions of the Rosatom Corporation. In 2008, he headed the headquarters of Dmitry Medvedev in the election race.

Under the leadership of Sobyanin, a successful campaign was held, and Dmitry Anatolyevich won the election, becoming the third president of Russia. In 2008, Sergey Semenovich headed the apparatus of the Government of the Russian Federation, where he oversaw the economic and information sectors, and also engaged in the implementation of the country’s socio-economic development program, which was based on the active implementation of high technologies.

Work on the post of mayor of Moscow

In 2010, the Russian President spoke to the Legislative Assembly of Moscow with the initiative to appoint a politician by the mayor of the capital. The city parliament approved the proposal of the head of state. At the same time, Sergei Sobyanin entered the Russian Security Council. First of all, the new mayor took up the solution of the most acute and very sensitive problems for the townspeople.

Moscow suffered from huge traffic jams. To unload the road network, the mayor acted in several directions at once. He launched a large -scale repair of roads, achieved a uniform distribution of traffic flow throughout the road network, withdrew part of enterprises from the city center, updated the public transport fleet, and increased the number of passenger routes.

To reduce the number of cars on the streets of Moscow, new paid parking lots were created. These measures prompted a significant part of the townspeople to transfer to the subway. Sobyanin expanded the metro, putting into operation new branches, and also built a ground ring railway — the Moscow Central Ring. These measures allowed the capital in seven years to leave the first ten list of cities in the world with the most difficult road situation.

A lot of means and effort was spent on the improvement of the city. I had to reduce the number of outlets on the streets and invest significant amounts in the reconstruction of parks, embankments and public places. Sobyanin did a huge amount of work, which earned the confidence of the townspeople. In 2018, he was re -elected to the post of head of the city, securing the support of more than 70% of Muscovites, which is much higher than the 2013 indicator.

Having re -elected, Sergei Semenovich launched the implementation of the My District project, the purpose of which is to improve the quality of life of Muscovites and create a favorable urban environment. The general attractiveness of the city consists of many factors, and Sobyanin acted in several directions at once. The number of queues in preschool institutions was reduced, and additional playgrounds were restored and built.

The authorities actively worked on the improvement of streets, parks and embankments. The relevance of the modernization of public space in places of compact residence of citizens especially pronounced itself in the days of covid restrictions, when people were practically locked within their yards. Sobyanin was able to introduce a “average” model of quarantine measures, which allowed to stop the epidemic and increase the immunization of the population.

In 2020, the mayor summed up its activities over the past 10 years. Due to the timeliness and effectiveness of the adopted reforms, he significantly increased the attractiveness of Moscow in the eyes of residents, guests and tourists, made the capital more comfortable for living, reconstructed more than 90% of monuments and attractions. The city acquired the largest fleet of electric buses.

Since 2021, the mayor’s office refused to purchase diesel fuel vehicles and expanded the infrastructure for electric vehicles. Due to the tightening of external sanction pressure, Sobyanin initiated the release of grants to support the domestic manufacturer. The metro network was significantly expanded and suburban messages were reconstructed, as well as active support for the construction industry.

Personal life

Sergey Sobyanin and Irina Rubinchik met in 1985. The girl received a diploma of higher education with a degree in engineer-builder and was sent to Kogalym, where she met the future spouse. In 1986, young people got married. In the same year, their daughter Anna was born. After 11 years, the couple had a second daughter called Olga.

In 2004-2005, the wife of politics was taught by the art of collage and floristry at the Children’s Center for Tyumen Development. After the Sobyanins moved to Moscow, she got a job as a teacher in kindergarten. In 2014, after 28 years of marriage, Sergei Semenovich and Irina Iosifovna decided to divorce. Former spouses maintained a warm relationship.

Since 2014, Sobyanin is single. His eldest daughter, Anna, moved to St. Petersburg, where she entered the Shtiglitz Art and Industry Academy, which she successfully graduated from a specialist in monumental art. Olga up to her adulthood lived in the house of her parents. It is not known about what profession the girl chose after school has chosen.

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