Former governor of the Moscow region, ex-Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief.

Born in the city of Chadan, Tuva Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

In 1977— graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute.

Labor activity:

In 1977 - 85- foreman, site manager, senior foreman, chief engineer, deputy manager of construction trusts in Krasnoyarsk, Kyzyl, Achinsk and Sayanogorsk.

In 1985 - 88- Manager of the Sayantyazhstroy and Abakanvagonstroy trusts (Khakassia).

In 1988 - 89- Second Secretary of the Abakan City Committee of the CPSU (Khakassia).

In 1989 - 90- Inspector of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Committee of the CPSU (Krasnoyarsk).

In 1990 - 91- Deputy Chairman of the RSFSR State Committee for Architecture and Construction (Moscow).

In 1991— Chairman of the Russian Rescue Corps, Moscow; Chairman of the RSFSR State Committee for Emergency Situations.

In 1991 - 94- Chairman of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief.

Since January 1994- Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief.

In April 1998 By decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was appointed Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense Affairs in the new government. During a government crisis ( August-September 1998) - and about. head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

September 11, 1998 By decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was appointed Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief.

Since September 24, 1999 headed the Interregional Unity Movement. Included in the federal list of block number one in the central part.

Based on voting results in parliamentary elections December 19, 1999 elected to the State Duma of the third convocation on the federal list of the Unity electoral bloc. He refused to work in the State Duma, retaining the post of Minister of Emergency Situations.

In January 2000- Appointed to the post of Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation.

In May 2000 in connection with the reorganization of the Government, he was appointed Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief (without retaining the post of Deputy Prime Minister).

February 24, 2004 By decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was dismissed as part of the Government of Mikhail Kasyanov.

March 9, 2004 By decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Fradkov was appointed to the post of Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief in the Government.

In May 2004 After Vladimir Putin, elected for the next term, took office as President of the Russian Federation, he was again appointed to the post of head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation.

September 2007- Acting head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in connection with the resignation of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation M. Fradkov and the Cabinet of Ministers, returned to the position after the appointment of V. Zubkov as Prime Minister.

In April 2012, he was approved by the governor of the Moscow region.

Member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

Awards: Order "For Personal Courage", the highest award of the Serbian Orthodox Church - the Order of St. Sava of Serbia (2003).

Family status: married, two daughters.

Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu (Tuv. Sergei Kuzhuget oglu Shoigu) is a Russian military officer and statesman. Chairman of the State Committee of the RSFSR and the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief (1991−1994), Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief (1994−2012), Hero of the Russian Federation ( 1999). Army General (2003). Governor of the Moscow Region (from May 11 to November 6, 2012). Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation (since November 6, 2012).

Sergei Shoigu's childhood

Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu was born on May 21, 1955 in the small town of Chadan, Tuva Autonomous Okrug. Sergei Shoigu is Tuvan by nationality.

Sergei Shoigu’s father, Kuzhuget Sereevich Shoigu (Kuzhuget Shoigu Seree oglu, 1921−2010), worked as editor of the regional newspaper “Shyn” (in Tuvan “Pravda”). Tuvan writer. He wrote the stories “Time and People”, “The Black Vulture’s Feather” (2001), “Tannu-Tuva: Country of Lakes and Blue Rivers” (2004). He also headed the state archive, was secretary of the Tuvan regional committee of the CPSU, and at one time worked as deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

Sergei Shoigu’s mother, Alexandra Yakovlevna Shoigu (maiden name Kudryavtseva, Russian, 1924−2011), was born in the Oryol region, before the war the family moved to the Lugansk region, the city of Kadievka (now Stakhanov). Specialty: livestock specialist. Received the title of Honored Worker of Agriculture of the Republic of Tyva. Until 1979, she worked as the head of the planning department of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic, and was a deputy of the Supreme Council of the Tuva Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

Sergei Shoigu with his parents and sister (Photo: Facebook.com)

Education of Sergei Shoigu

From Sergei’s biography it is known that he entered first grade in 1962. I studied well at school. In 1972 he entered the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute. He graduated from it in 1977. Received a specialty as a civil engineer.

Sergey Kuzhugetovich received the academic degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences, having defended his dissertation “Organization of public administration in forecasting emergency situations in order to reduce socio-economic damage” at RANEPA (1996).

Career of Sergei Shoigu

After graduation, Shoigu began a busy working life. The future minister began his working career at the Promkhimstroy trust in Krasnoyarsk: from 1978 to 1979. - foreman, and then head of the site of the Tuvinstroy trust (Kyzyl).

From 1979 to 1984, Sergei Shoigu worked in Achinsk. Performed the duties of a senior foreman. Afterwards he was appointed chief engineer and, finally, head of the Achinskaluministroy construction trust. Then he moved to Sayanogorsk (Sayanaluminiistroy), and then to Abakan (Sayantyazhstroy, Abakanvagonstroy).

Increasingly, Sergei Kuzhugetovich is being entrusted with leadership positions. Being a communist, in 1989 Sergei Shoigu began working in party bodies. Sergei’s track record, as is known from his biography, includes the position of second secretary of the Abakan City Committee (1988−1989). Shoigu then became an inspector of the Krasnoyarsk regional committee of the Communist Party (1989−1990).

Georgian Defense Minister Tengiz Kitovani and Chairman of the Special Commission to resolve the situation in the region of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict Sergei Shoigu. 1992 (Photo: Anatoly Morkovkin/TASS)

Sergei Kuzhugetovich is invited to work in Moscow as deputy chairman of the RSFSR State Committee for Architecture and Construction (1990).

In 1991, on the initiative of Sergei Shoigu, the Russian Rescue Corps was formed. Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu was appointed its head. In the same year, the State Committee of the RSFSR for Emergency Situations was established on the basis of the same department, and Sergei Kuzhugetovich headed the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief. In the rebellious year of 1991, Sergei Shoigu, as Wikipedia reports, sided with Boris Yeltsin. Later, the President of Russia presented him with the “Defender of Free Russia” award.

During the Ossetian-Ingush conflict (1992), Sergei Shoigu served as deputy head of the provisional administration in North Ossetia and Ingushetia.

Since 1994, Sergei Shoigu has been appointed Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief. He held this position until 2012. In 2000 (from January 10 to May 7), Sergei Shoigu was Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.

Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu, 1994 (Photo: Vladimir Velengurin/TASS)

From 1993 to 2003, Sergei Shoigu was the Chairman of the National Commission of the Russian Federation for the UN International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. In 2003, Minister Shoigu received the rank of army general.

Political activities of Sergei Shoigu

Sergei Shoigu led the interregional movement “Unity” (1999−2001). Then, together with Yu. M. Luzhkov and M. Sh. Shaimiev, he became co-chairman of the United Russia party (2001−2002), a member of the Supreme Council of United Russia. Shoigu is one of the founders of the United Russia party.

On May 11, 2012, Sergei Kuzhugetovich took office as governor of the Moscow region after the term of office of the former governor Boris Gromov expired. Shoigu served as governor until November 6, 2012. And then Sergei Shoigu was appointed Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation. At the same time, he became deputy head of the interdepartmental working group under the President of Russia to monitor the implementation of the state defense order and the implementation of the state weapons program.

Sergei Shoigu - Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation

After taking office as minister, Shoigu continued the course begun under his predecessor towards a radical reform of the Russian Armed Forces, but introduced a number of significant changes to the practical implementation of the reform. Sergei Kuzhugetovich increased the intensity of combat training, and sudden combat readiness checks became more frequent. Special Operations Forces were created. Shoigu returned to service many unfairly dismissed officers and canceled the demilitarization of military medicine.

Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Viktor Ozerov, a year after the arrival of Sergei Shoigu and his team in the Ministry of Defense, noted that then the moral climate in the Armed Forces left much to be desired, but “Shoigu, an army general, a man who has been through many hot spots and emergency situations , managed to turn the situation around and become part of the army.” Over the year, enrollment in military schools and academies increased 7.5 times, and in universities without military departments, on the initiative of the new minister, scientific companies were created (which allows students of these universities to serve in the army without interrupting their studies), in Russia the number of cadet and Suvorov schools.

At Shoigu’s initiative, Arctic troops are being created to ensure the security of the Russian Arctic region; International Army Games are held annually and army sports are developing; The largest and only one of its kind military-patriotic park “Patriot” is being built. There are many photos showing Sergei Shoigu at exercises, at army tank biathlon competitions and others. Russian soldiers have repeatedly won these competitions.

The increased ability of the Russian Armed Forces to counter external threats was demonstrated during the events of February-March 2014 in Crimea. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin highly appreciated the actions of the Armed Forces at this time, when the Russian Ministry of Defense transferred special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate and Russian Marines to the peninsula; These units ensured the disarmament of the Ukrainian units located in Crimea.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu presents the main prize to the Russian team that took first place in the International Army Games 2015 (Photo: Sergei Bobylev/TASS)

Sergei Shoigu motivated the actions of the Russian Ministry of Defense in Crimea with “a threat to the lives of civilians and the danger of extremists seizing the Russian military infrastructure” and emphasized that “thanks to the high moral and strong-willed qualities, good training and endurance of Russian military personnel, it was possible to prevent bloodshed,” and during these actions “ The Russian Federation has not violated a single bilateral agreement with the Ukrainian side, as well as its international obligations” (Wikipedia).

In September 2015, Sergei Shoigu was included in the Ukrainian sanctions list. Accused by the Ukrainian side of “committing especially serious crimes against the foundations of Ukraine’s national security and civil security, peace and international law and order,” in September 2016, the Pechersky District Court of Kiev issued a warrant to detain Sergei Shoigu in order to bring him to a trial.

Many foreign politicians are surprised at how quickly Russia's military power is being restored.

For example, the Chinese magazine “Universe of Weapons” published an article by professors from the National Defense University of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China “Russia is again creating a large and sharp sword,” from which it can be understood that the reforms of our army are under the close attention of Chinese specialists.

The Chinese army intends to use the experience of reforming the Russian Armed Forces to confront the United States. At the same time, as Chinese military analysts note, their country does not yet possess the necessary military technologies and, in order to achieve parity with the United States, will be forced to buy weapons from Russia.

Since September 30, 2015, Russia has been conducting a military operation in Syria. On October 7, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a working meeting with Shoigu in Sochi, summing up the results of the first week of the operation, once again gave a highly positive assessment of the work of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: both the actions of the ministry as a whole and the combat operations carried out by Russian pilots from an air group stationed in Syria, which carried out air strikes on specified targets, and sailors of the Caspian Flotilla, who fired Caliber cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea and successfully hit all the intended targets.

Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu has been nominated for many Russian and foreign state awards. According to Wikipedia, Russian citizens have repeatedly called Sergei Shoigu the most popular minister, along with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. For example, according to a 2016 VTsIOM survey, Shoigu received 4.70 on a five-point scale.

And in March 2017, Shoigu and Lavrov flew to Japan for negotiations in the “two plus two” format, and the Foreign Minister, who was celebrating his birthday, put on a T-shirt with his portrait and the signature “Whoever does not want to talk to Lavrov will talk to Shoigu " The photo with this T-shirt aroused great interest among social network users.

Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu with his daughter Ksenia at the premiere of Nikita Mikhalkov’s film “Burnt by the Sun-2” (Photo: Valery Sharifulin/TASS)

Family of Sergei Shoigu

Sergei Shoigu has two children, daughters Yulia (b. 1977) and Ksenia (b. 1991)

Yulia Sergeevna Shoigu’s husband is Alexey Yuryevich Zakharov. He is the prosecutor of the Moscow region. Yulia Shoigu has worked since 2002 as director of the Center for Emergency Psychological Assistance of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Sergei Kuzhugetovich's wife is Irina (maiden name Antipina). Engaged in business tourism, president of the Expo-EM company.

The elder sister is Larisa Kuzhugetovna Shoigu, deputy of the State Duma of the 5th and 6th convocations from the United Russia party.

Younger sister - Irina Kuzhugetovna Zakharova (nee Shoigu; born 1960), psychiatrist.

Interests and hobbies of Sergei Shoigu

Sergei Shoigu is fond of sports. Loves football and hockey. On the Internet and on the minister’s Wikipedia page you can see many photos of Shoigu on the ice - after a hockey match, in the company of Vyacheslav Fetisov and Vladimir Putin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a gala match of the Night Hockey League at the Bolshoi Ice Palace. Sochi. 2015 (Photo: Artur Lebedev/TASS)

In March 2016, together with Sergei Lavrov, he presented the People's Football League of Russia. Like Lavrov, Shoigu is a fan of the football team Spartak, while in hockey he sympathizes with the army club CSKA, as befits a defense minister.

Sergei Shoigu is interested in the history of the Peter the Great period and the history of the Patriotic War of 1812, and is also interested in the history of the Decembrist movement in Russia. Sergei Kuzhugetovich is the president of the Russian Geographical Society (since 2009).

When time allows, Shoigu draws (watercolors, graphics) and makes wood crafts. His collection includes sabers, daggers, broadswords, Indian, Chinese and Japanese samurai swords.

The Minister of Defense plays the guitar and is a fan of the original song. He loves humor, in particular, on the Internet you can see photos of Shoigu at KVN.

Army General Sergei Shoigu, who until now served as governor of the Moscow region, has been appointed as the new head of the Ministry of Defense.

The head of state announced these personnel changes at a meeting with Shoigu. “Taking into account the situation that has developed around the Ministry of Defense, in order to create conditions for an objective investigation of all issues, I have decided to relieve Defense Minister Serdyukov from his post,” Putin said.

At the same time, he noted that “in recent years, a lot has been done to develop the Armed Forces and to resolve social issues, including the housing problem.” According to the president, the new Minister of Defense “should be a person who can continue everything positive for the dynamic development of the Armed Forces, ensure the implementation of the State Defense Order and the grandiose plans for the rearmament of the army that have been set.”

In turn, Sergei Shoigu admitted that for him this “offer came as a surprise.” At a meeting with the president, he thanked him for his trust and assured: “I will try to do everything in my power.” Shoigu promised that he would continue the work begun on modernizing the Armed Forces and would rely on the personnel and intellectual potential available in the Ministry of Defense.

The President recalled that Shoigu “very recently began working as governor of the Moscow region,” created the prerequisites for solving the problems facing the region, and “created a team.”

Vladimir Putin expects that the new leader of the Moscow region, who will be elected by residents, will be able to improve work in the region. “I hope the new leader, who will be elected in a year, will be able to improve the work,” said the head of state.

The Prime Minister's press secretary, Natalya Timakova, said that consultations on the appointment of Sergei Shoigu as head of the Ministry of Defense have been ongoing for the last few days.

“In accordance with existing legislation, after Serdyukov submitted his resignation, the Prime Minister submitted draft decrees for approval to the President on the dismissal of Anatoly Serdyukov from the post of Minister of Defense and the appointment of Sergei Shoigu to this post,” Timakova said.

Before appointment by acting president Ruslan Tsalikov will serve as governor of the Moscow region and head of the region. This was reported by Advisor to the Governor of the Moscow Region Maria Kitayeva. “According to the law, until the appointment of the acting governor of the Moscow region by presidential decree, Vice-Governor Ruslan Tsalikov will now temporarily act as head of the region,” she said.

Early elections for the governor of the Moscow region will take place in September 2013 - on a single voting day, said Maya Grishina, a member of the Russian Central Election Commission.

Reference

In 1977 he graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute.

From 1977 to 1985 he worked as a foreman, site manager, senior foreman, chief engineer, and deputy manager of construction trusts in Krasnoyarsk, Kyzyl, Achinsk and Sayanogorsk.

In 1984-1985, Sergei Shoigu worked in the city of Sayanogorsk as deputy manager of the Sayanaluminstroy trust.

From 1986 to 1988, he held the position of manager of the Sayantyazhstroy and Abakanvagonstroy trusts, the city of Abakan.

From 1988 to 1989 he was the second secretary of the Abakan City Committee of the CPSU.

From 1989 to 1990 - inspector of the Krasnoyarsk regional committee of the CPSU.

From 1990 to 1991, Sergei Shoigu served as deputy chairman of the RSFSR State Committee for Architecture and Construction in Moscow.

In 1991, he headed the Russian Rescue Corps, becoming chairman of the RSFSR State Committee for Emergency Situations.

From November 19, 1991 to 1994, he was Chairman of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief.

In 1993-2003, he was Chairman of the National Commission of the Russian Federation for the UN International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction.

From January 1994 to May 2012, he was the Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief (from January 10, 2000 to May 7, 2000 - Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation - Minister of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia).

In April 2012, he was proposed by United Russia for the post of governor of the Moscow region. Took office on May 11, 2012.

Since 1996, he has been a member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

Since 2001 - member of the Maritime Board under the Government of the Russian Federation.

Sergei Shoigu - Candidate of Economic Sciences, academician of the Academy of Quality Problems of the Russian Federation, the International Academy of Sciences for Environmental Safety, as well as the Russian and International Engineering Academies.

Co-chairman of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party.

Since November 2009 he has been president of the Russian Geographical Society.

In 2003, Sergei Shoigu was awarded the military rank of Army General.

Shoigu is married, his wife is Irina Alexandrovna. Daughters Julia (born in 1977), Ksenia (born in 1991). Yulia Shoigu is the director of the Center for Emergency Psychological Assistance of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia.

Biography

Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu is a Russian military leader and statesman. Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation since November 6, 2012. Army General (2003). Hero of the Russian Federation (1999).

Chairman of the State Committee of the RSFSR and the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief (1991-1994), Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief (1994-2012), Governor of the Moscow Region ( 2012).

Head of the interregional movement “Unity” (1999-2001), co-chairman of the United Russia party (2001-2002, together with Yu. M. Luzhkov and M. Sh. Shaimiev), member of the Supreme Council of “United Russia”. Founder of the United Russia party.

President of the Russian Geographical Society (since 2009).

Sergei Shoigu was born on May 21, 1955 in the small town of Chadan, Tuva Autonomous Region, in the family of the editor of the regional newspaper Kuzhuget Sereevich Shoigu and livestock specialist Alexandra Yakovlevna Shoigu (nee Kudryavtseva).

Education

From 1972 to 1977, Sergei Shoigu studied at the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute and graduated with a degree in civil engineering.

In 1996, he defended his dissertation “Organization of public administration in forecasting emergency situations in order to reduce socio-economic damage” at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration for the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences.

Career

Construction

From 1977 to 1978 - master of the Promkhimstroy trust (Krasnoyarsk); from 1978 to 1979 - foreman, site manager of the Tuvinstroy trust (Kyzyl); from 1979 to 1984 - senior foreman, chief engineer, head of the construction department SU-36 of the Achinskaluminstroy trust, Achinsk; from 1984 to 1985 - deputy manager of the Sayanaluminstroy trust, Sayanogorsk; from 1985 to 1986 - manager of the Sayantsyazhstroy trust (Abakan); from 1986 to 1988 - manager of the Abakanvagonstroy trust (Abakan).

From 1988 to 1989 - second secretary of the Abakan City Committee of the CPSU (Abakan); from 1989 to 1990 - inspector of the Krasnoyarsk regional committee of the CPSU (Krasnoyarsk).

In 1990 he moved to a new place of work in Moscow. From 1990 to 1991 - Deputy Chairman of the RSFSR State Committee for Architecture and Construction.

Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia

Since 1991 he becomes chairman of the Russian Rescue Corps; Chairman of the RSFSR State Committee for Emergency Situations. From 1991 to 1994 - the first chairman of the new State Committee of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief.

In 1992, he was appointed deputy head of the temporary administration on the territory of North Ossetia and Ingushetia during the Ossetian-Ingush conflict. From 1993 to 2003 - Chairman of the National Commission of the Russian Federation for the UN International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction.

From 1994 to 2012 - Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief (At the same time, from January 10 to May 7, 2000 - Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation). As Minister of Emergency Situations, he led many rescue and humanitarian operations of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. He was repeatedly named by Russian citizens as the most popular minister, whose activities are approved by the majority of Russians.

In 1996 - curator of the election campaign of the President of the Russian Federation in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

Since 1996 - member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation (since 2012 - permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation).

In 2000, he headed the Unity party, which later, together with the Fatherland (Yuri Luzhkov) and All Russia (Mintimer Shaimiev) parties, was transformed into the United Russia party.

Since October 15, 2003 - member of the Maritime Board under the Government of the Russian Federation. Since November 2009 - President of the Russian Geographical Society. Since October 2010 - Member of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee of Russia. Since July 2011 - member of the Interdepartmental Commission for Combating Extremism in the Russian Federation. Until June 30, 2011, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the federal network operator in the field of navigation activities NIS GLONASS.

Governor

On April 4, 2012, he was proposed by the United Russia party to the President of Russia as a candidate for the post of governor of the Moscow region. On April 5, 2012, Shoigu’s candidacy was unanimously supported by the Moscow Regional Duma. He took office on May 11, 2012, after the term of office of the former governor Boris Gromov expired.

Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation

On November 6, 2012, Army General Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu was appointed Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation instead of Anatoly Serdyukov, who was dismissed. According to the press secretary of the Prime Minister Natalya Timakova, Dmitry Medvedev recommended Shoigu for appointment as Minister of Defense. At the same time, he was appointed deputy head of the interdepartmental working group under the President of Russia to monitor the implementation of the state defense order and the implementation of the state weapons program.

After taking office as minister, Shoigu continued the course begun under his predecessor towards a radical reform of the Russian Armed Forces, but introduced a number of significant changes to the practical implementation of the reform.

The intensity of combat training was significantly increased, repeated surprise checks of combat readiness were undertaken (in order to reveal the real state of affairs in the Armed Forces), Special Operations Forces were created, many unfairly dismissed officers were returned to service, and the demilitarization of military medicine was canceled. Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Viktor Ozerov, a year after the arrival of Sergei Shoigu and his team in the Ministry of Defense, noted that then the moral climate in the Armed Forces left much to be desired, but “Shoigu, an army general, a man who has been through many hot spots and emergency situations , managed to turn the situation around and become part of the army”; over the year, enrollment in military schools and academies increased 7.5 times, and in universities without military departments, on the initiative of the new minister, scientific companies were created (which allows students of these universities to serve in the army without interrupting their studies), in Russia the number of cadet and Suvorov schools.

At Shoigu’s initiative, Arctic troops are being created to ensure the security of the Russian Arctic region; The International Army Games are held annually and army sports are developing; The largest and only one of its kind military-patriotic park “Patriot” is being built.

The increased ability of the Russian Armed Forces to counter external threats was demonstrated during the events of February-March 2014 in Crimea. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin highly appreciated the actions of the Armed Forces at this time, when the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (acting under the guise of strengthening the security of Russian military facilities in Crimea) transferred special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate and Russian Marines to the peninsula; These units ensured the disarmament of the Ukrainian units located in Crimea. Sergei Shoigu motivated the actions of the Russian Ministry of Defense in Crimea with “a threat to the lives of civilians and the danger of extremists seizing the Russian military infrastructure” and emphasized that “thanks to the high moral and strong-willed qualities, good training and endurance of Russian military personnel, it was possible to prevent bloodshed,” and during these actions “ The Russian Federation has not violated a single bilateral agreement with the Ukrainian side, as well as its international obligations.”

Since September 30, 2015, Russia has been conducting a military operation in Syria. The operation is carried out by the Military Space Forces created on August 1, 2015 with the support of the Russian Navy. On October 7, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a working meeting with Shoigu in Sochi, summing up the results of the first week of the operation, once again gave a highly positive assessment of the work of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: both the actions of the ministry as a whole and the combat operations carried out by Russian pilots from an air group stationed in Syria, which carried out air strikes on specified targets, and sailors of the Caspian Flotilla, who fired Caliber cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea and successfully hit all the intended targets.

By 2015, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation became the second most powerful army in the world.

According to public opinion polls, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, has been the leader in performance assessment among ministers of the Russian Government since 2013.

Awards and recognition

The title “Hero of the Russian Federation” - for courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty in extreme situations (September 20, 1999)

Order of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called with swords for distinction in military operations (2014, date of award unknown, decree not published)

Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree (December 28, 2010) - for services to the state and many years of conscientious work

Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree (May 21, 2005) - for great contribution to strengthening civil defense and services in preventing and eliminating the consequences of natural disasters

Order of Alexander Nevsky (2014)

Order of Honor (2009) - for services to the state and great contribution to improving the security system of the Russian Federation in the field of civil defense, protection of the population and territories from emergency situations

Order "For Personal Courage" (February 1994)
Medal “Defender of Free Russia” (March 1993)
Medal "60 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"
Medal "In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow"
Medal "In memory of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg" (2003)

Honorary title “Honored Rescuer of the Russian Federation” (May 18, 2000) - for services in preventing and eliminating the consequences of accidents, catastrophes and natural disasters

Medal “In memory of the 1000th anniversary of Kazan” (August 2005)
Encouragements from the President and Government of Russia
Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (1993)

Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (July 17, 1996) - for active participation in the organization and conduct of the election campaign of the President of the Russian Federation in 1996

Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (February 22, 1999) - for his great contribution to strengthening the country's defense capability and in connection with the Day of Defenders of the Fatherland

Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (July 30, 1999) - for active participation in the implementation of the plan for the political settlement of the conflict between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO and the provision of humanitarian assistance to the population of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Certificate of Honor from the Government of the Russian Federation (April 16, 2000) - for services to the state and many years of impeccable work

Gratitude from the Government of Russia (May 21, 2005) - for services to improving civil defense and personal contribution to protecting the population from the consequences of natural disasters, catastrophes and providing assistance to victims

Award and personalized weapons
9 mm Yarygin pistol
Awards from constituent entities of the Russian Federation

Honorary Citizen of the Republic of Tyva (2015) - for outstanding services to the Republic of Tyva and personal contribution to its development

Honorary Citizen of the Republic of Khakassia (2015)
Order of the Republic of Tuva

Order "Buyan-Badyrgy" 1st degree (Tuva, 2012) - for special contribution to the socio-economic development of Tuva

Order of Merit for the Altai Territory, 1st degree (Altai Territory, 2011) - for providing practical assistance in the prevention and elimination of natural disasters

Order of Merit (Ingushetia, 2007)
Insignia “For Services to the Moscow Region” (December 24, 2007)
Medal “For the Glory of Ossetia” (Republic of North Ossetia - Alania, 2005)
Honorary citizen of the Kemerovo region (2005)
Medal "For Services to the Stavropol Territory" (January 2003)
Honorary Citizen of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (2001)
Departmental awards
Medal "For Strengthening the Military Commonwealth" (FPS)
Medal "For Strengthening the Military Commonwealth" (FAPSI)
Medal “200 years of the Ministry of Defense” (Russian Ministry of Defense)

Honorary Badge of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation “For Merit in the Organization of Elections” (April 9, 2008) - for active assistance and significant assistance in organizing and conducting election campaigns in the Russian Federation

Medal "For the Return of Crimea"
Medal "For Distinction in Eliminating the Consequences of an Emergency" (EMERCOM of Russia)

Medal "For Merit in Ensuring National Security" (Security Council of the Russian Federation)

Order "Danaker" (Kyrgyzstan, May 21, 2002) - for great contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic

Medal "Dank" (Kyrgyzstan, January 22, 1997) - for contribution to the development and strengthening of cooperation between the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation and in connection with the 5th anniversary of the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States

Grand Cross of the Order of Merit pro Merito Melitensi (Order of Malta, 5 July 2012) - for mercy, salvation and assistance.

Order of the Serbian Flag, 1st class (July 2012)

Order of Merit in the Field of National Security (Venezuela, February 11, 2015)

medal "Grand Cross of the Army of Nicaragua" (Nicaragua, February 12, 2015) - for services to the people of the republic

Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, 1st degree (July 18, 2014) - In consideration of the assistance provided to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra

Order of Saint Sava, 1st class (Serbian Orthodox Church, 2003)
Public awards

Laureate of the St. Andrew the First-Called Prize in 1997 - for a brilliant solution in the shortest possible time to the task of forming an all-Russian “help and rescue” service, which has become a symbol of reliability and hope for millions of people

Laureate of the Vladimir Vysotsky “Own Track” Prize in 1998 - for the search for original solutions, creative dedication and high professional level

Laureate of the National Public Prize named after Peter the Great in 1999 - for effective management and development of the national civil security system of Russia

Academician of the Academy of Quality Problems of the Russian Federation, the International Academy of Sciences for Environmental Safety, the Russian and International Engineering Academies.

A street in the town of Chadan, Dzun-Khemchik district of the Republic of Tyva, is named after Shoigu.

General Shoigu Avenue in Shagonar (Republic of Tyva).

Military ranks

1977 - Reserve lieutenant (after graduating from the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute, he studied at the military department there).

1993 - Major General (April 26).
1995 - Lieutenant General (May 5).
1998 - Colonel General (December 8).
2003 - Army General (May 7).

Family

Father - Kuzhuget Sereevich Shoigu (1921-2010) (born Kuzhuget Shoigu Seree oglu), editor of a regional newspaper, later worked in party and Soviet bodies, was secretary of the Tuvan regional committee of the CPSU and retired as first deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. He also headed the Tuvan State Archives and worked for six years as editor of the newspaper “Shyn” (“Truth”) in the Tuvan language, wrote the stories “Time and People”, “The Feather of the Black Vulture” (2001), “Tannu-Tyva: Country of Lakes and Blue Rivers” (2004).

Mother - Alexandra Yakovlevna Shoigu, nee Kudryavtseva (1924-2011). Born in the village of Yakovlevo near the city of Orel. From there, shortly before the Great Patriotic War, she and her family moved to Ukraine - to Kadievka, now the city of Stakhanov, Lugansk region. Livestock specialist, Honored Worker of Agriculture of the Republic of Tuva, until 1979 - head of the planning department of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic, was repeatedly elected as a deputy of the Supreme Council of the Tuva Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

Wife - Irina Aleksandrovna Shoigu (nee Antipina), president of the Expo-EM company, which deals with business tourism (among the main clients is the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations).

The eldest daughter, Yulia Sergeevna Shoigu (born 1977), is the director of the Center for Emergency Psychological Assistance of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia (since 2002). Spouse - Alexey Yurievich Zakharov (born 1971) - prosecutor of the Moscow region.

The youngest daughter is Ksenia Shoigu (born 1991). On October 27, 2015, the Anti-Corruption Foundation published an investigation into land plots owned by the Shoigu family. In it, with reference to the Unified State Register data extract, it was stated that the daughter of the head of the Ministry of Defense, Ksenia, in 2009 (when she turned 18 years old) bought two plots with a total value of $9 million in the Rublevo-Uspenskoye Highway area. In 2010, Elena Antipina, who, according to FBK, is the sister of Ksenia Shoigu’s mother, became the owner of one of the plots; two years later she bought the second plot. Fund employees noted that the purchase of plots at the time of Ksenia Shoigu’s eighteenth birthday allowed her father to no longer indicate her in his own income statement. The head of the public relations department of the organizing committee of the “Race of Heroes” sports event, Igor Yurtaev, whose development is being carried out by Ksenia Shoigu, stated that the data does not correspond to reality. When asked whether Elena Antipina is Ksenia Shoigu’s aunt, the representative replied: “I don’t have such information.” When asked whether the former owner of the plot, Ksenia Shoigu, indicated in the register, is related to the daughter of the Minister of Defense or is her full namesake, he promised to answer in writing. In November, FBK employee Georgy Alburov reported that Rosreestr had changed information about the holdings of the family of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. Now, the minister’s sister-in-law, Elena Antipina, is listed as the owner of the lands from the moment of their acquisition, while “the date Antipina received the plots was not changed, so there is simply no information about the owners for several years.”

The elder sister is Larisa Kuzhugetovna Shoigu, deputy of the State Duma of the 5th and 6th convocations from the United Russia party.

Younger sister - Irina Kuzhugetovna Zakharova (nee Shoigu; born 1960) - psychiatrist.

Hobbies

He is interested in studying the history of Russia during the time of Peter the Great and 1812-1825 (the war with the French and the Decembrists).

He is interested in sports. In hockey he supports CSKA. He is a player in the Night Hockey League and HC CSKA. On the unique project “CSKA - Spartak. Confrontation”, in which hockey veterans, famous politicians and young hockey players from CSKA and Spartak schools take part.

Loves football. He is a fan of Spartak. In March 2016, together with Sergei Lavrov, he presented the People's Football League of Russia, designed to unite fans of this sport from all over the country.

Collects sabers, daggers, broadswords, Indian, Chinese and Japanese samurai swords.

The name of Sergei Shoigu's father at birth is Shoigu, and his surname is Kuzhuget. When Kuzhuget Shoigu's documents were processed as an adult, the passport officer mistakenly mixed up his first and last names.

Shoigu holds the absolute record of tenure among all Russian post-Soviet politicians of ministerial rank: he headed the department for combating emergency situations in all parts of the Russian government from 1991 to 2012.

The minister's income for 2011 amounted to 4.94 million rubles, his wife's income - 78.07 million rubles.

The medieval fortress of Por-Bazhyn in Tuva became a monument of federal significance thanks to the efforts of Sergei Shoigu.

In February 2009, he proposed introducing criminal liability for denying the victory of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War.

In April 2012, he expressed his opinion on the advisability of moving the capital of Russia to Siberia.

On October 14, 2010, it was reported that the Federal Antimonopoly Service prohibited placing the name of the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Sergei Shoigu, on Viktor Petrik’s water filters. A specially created commission of the antimonopoly service recognized that the manufacturers of water filters OJSC Hercules and LLC Holding Golden Formula committed an act of unfair competition by using the Shoigu surname to promote their products. It was established that the Ministry of Emergency Situations and Shoigu did not give businessmen permission for such advertising. FAS also fined the Golden Formula company 200 thousand rubles for using the name of the filter “ZF Ministry of Emergency Situations (SHOIGU)”.

On April 26, 1993, the head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, Sergei Shoigu, was awarded the rank of major general in the order of recertification. The rank was assigned after the military rank of “senior reserve lieutenant” without observing the order of assignment of officer ranks.

On the night of October 3-4, 1993, at the request of Yegor Gaidar, he allocated for him 1000 machine guns with ammunition from the civil defense system subordinate to him (the matter did not come to the distribution of these machine guns).

Alexey Kuzovkov, the son-in-law of the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu, in 2005 won the notorious “thieves” competition of the Moscow government to fill vacancies of state notaries. Subsequently, the competition was declared illegal by the decision of the Simonovsky District Court of Moscow.

At a speech before members of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on March 3, 2010, he stated “You know, we will... What is business telling us? We will continue to rivet these “samovars” in the form of these fire extinguishers... You remember, “hit your head on the ground”, it says (first line)... And you protect us...”, while fire extinguishers that require a blow to be triggered do not have been produced and not used for a long time.

On August 5, 2010, S. Shoigu told reporters: “I already spoke once about tenders and competitions for extinguishing fires. This is where something needs to change, then non-governmental organizations will appear that will buy equipment, specially train personnel, participate in these competitions and win them,” while private organizations involved in fire extinguishing have existed for a long time and for extinguishing fires outside territories protected under treaties do not take money.

On May 9, 2015, before the start of the Victory Parade in Moscow, leaving the gates of the Spasskaya Tower, Shoigu crossed himself, since there is an Orthodox icon above the arch of the gate (it had previously been walled up). I did the same before the start of the Victory Parade in 2016.

Criminal prosecution in Ukraine (2014)

On July 22, 2014, the Main Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine opened criminal proceedings against the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu and the Russian businessman Konstantin Malofeev on suspicion of creating paramilitary or armed formations not provided for by law (Article 260 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The leadership of the relevant committees of the State Duma of the Russian Federation believes that this act is revenge for Russia’s putting on the international wanted list the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Arsen Avakov, and the oligarch Igor Kolomoisky.

In September 2015, he was included in the Ukrainian sanctions list. Accused by the Ukrainian side of “committing especially serious crimes against the foundations of Ukraine’s national security and civil security, peace and international law and order,” in September 2016, the Pechersky District Court of Kiev issued a warrant to detain Sergei Shoigu in order to bring him to a trial.

In literature

In Dmitry Glukhovsky’s book “Twilight” he appears under the name “Sergei Kochubeevich Shaibu”, “head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations”.

In Andrei Maksimushkin’s novel “White Revenge” he appears under the name Sergei Kozhutdinovich Boygu.

An employee of the Tuva State University, Aibek Soskal, wrote the epic “O Buga Tour Shoigu,” the prototype of which was the governor of the Moscow region, Sergei Shoigu, who formerly served as head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The text of the epic was published on the website of the International Tengri Research Foundation.

The large golden star on the shoulder straps of the Minister of Defense makes many people think that Shoigu’s military rank is marshal (this is a tradition brought up by the long “one-star” status of Soviet marshals in newsreels, feature films, and military photo albums). In fact, the head of the security department has held the rank of army general since 2003. President Putin defined the marshal star for the shoulder straps of military personnel of this level by his decree quite recently - in 2013.

Shoulder straps of a Marshal of the Russian Federation and an Army General - what is the difference?

The second symbol, located closer to the collar of the jacket - a red star in a wreath - indicates the military rank of army general. Next comes the same golden one, it looks like a marshal’s one, it has a diameter of forty millimeters. The same is embroidered on the shoulder straps of the fleet admiral. With the same size, the only large star above it is the coat of arms of the Russian Federation, a double-headed eagle.

The stars on the shoulder straps of lower generals have half the diameter - 20 millimeters. Previously, until February 2013, Shoigu’s military rank allowed him to wear four such stars. To this day, three are decorated with the shoulder straps of a Colonel General, two - of a Lieutenant General, and one - of a Major General.

Twinkling marshal stars

The four-star system was legalized in 1943. For the same military rank, a large marshal's star was provided for a thirty-three-year period, starting in 1974. This is exactly how it was perceived by the popular consciousness, brought up on newsreels of the Great Victory. Then, in 1993, the military rank of marshal was abolished, and in 1997, Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin signed a decree on the return of the tradition of placing four stars on the shoulder straps of an army general.

The title of Marshal of the Russian Federation was not abolished by the 1997 reform. However, from that time until this day, it has never been assigned to anyone (like the Stalinist generalissimo, which was listed in the charters until 1993, but was not inherited by anyone).

Shoigu's military rank is now higher than that of the President of the Russian Federation and the Queen of England!

Dressed in uniform, he wears the modest shoulder straps of a colonel (the rank in which he was transferred to the reserve from the KGB, now the FSB). So formally Shoigu’s military rank is higher than that of the president. But the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is a priority.

Let us remember that Emperor Nicholas II also led the state with the rank of colonel. The same title is borne by all current monarchs of Great Britain (not excluding the impressive Elizabeth II, “assigned” to the Horse Guards regiment).

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is also a reserve colonel. In terms of mutual “honor of rank,” the prime minister and the president are an absolutely equal tandem. On occasion, they can greet each other as equals in rank.

The unprecedented career of Sergei Kuzhugetovich

To obtain the current rank, you must, according to the Regulations on the Procedure for Military Service (Article 22), remain in the army ranks (having joined them as a private) for at least 30 years. From receiving a lieutenant (the military rank of Defense Minister Shoigu, in which he went into the reserve in 1977) is at least 26 years. That’s exactly how much time passed according to the calendar until 2003, when on May 7 he became an army general.

The surprising thing is that Sergei Kuzhugetovich became Major General on April 26, 1993, at that time, according to his length of service, according to the existing order, he was entitled to only shoulder straps... of a senior lieutenant, or at best, a captain (he re-entered military service in 1991). If an officer had continuously and as successfully as possible climbed the army hierarchy, by this time he could have risen to the rank of colonel. Either Boris Yeltsin “confused” the ranks, or his services to the country were so great, but Shoigu “slipped through many of his military ranks.”

Segei Kuzhugetovich received the rank of lieutenant upon graduating from the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute. He successfully passed all the sergeant levels associated with compulsory military service. Thus, Shoigu's military ranks form a dizzyingly short chain of only five links - from lieutenant to successive general ranks.

General steps

In this part of the ascent up the bureaucratic ladder, the recommendations of the Army Regulations were formally observed: two years later, on May 5, 1995, Shoigu became a major general, three and a half years later, on December 8, 1998, a colonel general. From May 7, 2003 to this day, Shoigu’s military ranks have “stalled” at the high level of army general. Actually, it would be illogical to assign a higher marshal rank to the head of the ministry with the “colonel status” of the president himself.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin shuns that army pomp that Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin did not disdain in his time. Rumors about conferring the rank of marshal on the President of the Russian Federation turned out to be premature. Moreover, it is unlikely that the rank of generalissimo or field marshal (both perceived purely as belonging to history) will be revived in Russia. Therefore, the current situation will most likely last at least until the end of the presidency of the current head of state.

Should we expect a “supernova explosion”?

It seems that the very phrase “army general” is perceived very respectably by ear and has a wide semantic connotation: the leader of the entire Russian army, all armed forces. So, one must assume that Shoigu’s new military ranks will not appear in his brilliantly short service record in the near future.

But what will happen if Sergei Kuzhugetovich decides to run for president for the next term with the approval of the leading parliamentary party and with the blessing of his charismatic predecessor? This prospect is very likely; the transition from managing the forces of the Ministry of Emergency Situations to leading the army is one of the indirect signs of a “passing figure” of the future candidate.

The transition to the next level, raising the status to presidential status may serve as a basis for the adoption of a state decision to assign S.K. Shoigu of the marshal rank. And then a double-headed eagle, the coat of arms of the Russian Federation, will appear above the embroidered star on a shoulder strap with a diameter of 40 mm.