The life of Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov can be called an example of a political career. He went through all the steps of the career ladder and embodied the image of a Soviet politician, who seemed to be created specifically to promote the Soviet way of life. But at the same time, Nikolai Ivanovich always remained a Man: with emotions, character, point of view.
Family and childhood
In the family of a miner in the village of Dyleevka, Donetsk region, on September 28, 1929, an addition happened - a son was born. So the future Prime Minister Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov was born. Nothing foreshadowed such a significant biography, but fate had its own plans for the boy.
Nikolai's childhood was not easy, because at that time the country was going through difficult times: industrialization, war. All this made the boy grow up early and think about acquiring a useful profession. After school, he entered the engineering college, where he received the speci alty of a mechanical technician. The desire to achieve a high level in the profession makes him, after graduating from a technical school,enter the Ural Polytechnic Institute in the department of "equipment and technology of welding production."
Soviet worker's fast-paced career
After graduating from a technical school, Nikolai Ryzhkov begins his career path. He connected his life with the Ural Machine-Building Plant. In 1950, he came to Uralmash, where he worked for 25 years. He starts as a shift foreman, then quickly moves up the career ladder: the head of the flight, the head of the workshop, the chief technologist, the chief engineer, the general director. At the age of 40, he was appointed head of an enterprise of federal significance. Very few manage to achieve such heights, and this testifies to the extraordinary abilities of Nikolai Ryzhkov.
He is distinguished by high efficiency, the ability to take responsibility, managerial talent, the desire to penetrate into every detail of the process that he manages. In the field of welding production, he was a real ace in those days; wrote two monographs, several scientific articles. During his work at Uralmashzavod, Nikolai Ryzhkov was twice awarded the State Prize: for the organization and implementation of the project to create the largest block of shops for welded machine-building structures and for the development and implementation of curved steel continuous casting plants.
State Level Manager
Such an active and promising leader could not stay long even in the position of general director of one of the largest Soviet enterprises. Add to listNikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov was included in the country's personnel reserve, whose biography developed very successfully, and he did not have to stay on the list of candidates for high posts for a long time. In 1975, Nikolai Ryzhkov was appointed First Deputy Minister of Heavy and Transport Engineering. Four years later, he becomes the first deputy chairman of the State Planning Committee of the USSR. The statesman Ryzhkov Nikolai Ivanovich was distinguished by his principles, large-scale thinking, and progressiveness. His hard work, experience and knowledge did not go unnoticed even in these high positions.
Soviet-era politician
In 1982, a new politician Nikolai Ryzhkov appeared in the country, whose biography makes another turn and takes him to the very top. According to the traditions of that time, Ryzhkov became a member of the Communist Party in 1956, this was a prerequisite for those wishing to make a career. In 1981, he became a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, and, as was typical for Nikolai Ivanovich, he began to move up the career ladder. Nikolai Ivanovich says that the introduction to the Central Committee came as a surprise to him, this event was the result of Yu. V. Andropov. Immediately after the appointment of Ryzhkov, they are included in the commission for the preparation of reforms. The situation in the country was very difficult, and the team, which also included M. S. Gorbachev, had to assess the situation and formulate proposals for its correction. A little later, Nikolai Ryzhkov, whose biography describes another ascent, becomes the secretaryCentral Committee of the CPSU, appointed head of the economic department. He had a very good idea of how things were going in the country, understood economic problems, and could imagine a real way out of the crisis. In 1985, he became a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU - the highest governing body of the country at that time.
The coming to power of M. S. Ryzhkov received Gorbachev with enthusiasm. He supported the idea of the need for reforms, realizing that the country was heading into the abyss, and something urgently needed to be done. In 1985, Gorbachev appointed him Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Ryzhkov became the second person in the country. As Prime Minister, Nikolai Ivanovich made a huge contribution to the elimination of the catastrophic consequences of the Chernobyl accident and the Spitak earthquake. He is developing the economic part of Gorbachev's perestroika program. His position was very difficult: on the one hand, the liberals accused him of a lack of decisiveness in carrying out reforms, on the other hand, the communists of the old leaven believed that he was betraying the ideals of communism. At the end of December, Ryzhkov suffers a very severe heart attack, and Gorbachev retires him. There is a version that Ryzhkov claimed the first position in the country, Gorbachev removed him from power.
Politician of the new time
After his resignation, Nikolai Ryzhkov does not leave the political arena, but runs for President of the RSFSR and becomes the second person of the state after Yeltsin. In 1995, he was elected a deputy to the State Duma and would last for three convocations. In 2003 he became a member of the Councilfederation, where he actively works in the committee on natural monopolies. He supported the policy of V. V. Putin, voted for a mandate for the president to use force in Ukraine. In 2014, he received the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" from Putin's hands. In general, Nikolai Ivanovich has a lot of awards. He has 7 orders, several medals, has repeatedly received awards of various levels, was awarded the gratitude of the President of Russia.
Private life
Nikolai Ryzhkov, whose photo did not leave the pages of the media in the 90s, prefers not to talk about his personal life. His wife Lyudmila Sergeevna and daughter Marina do not give interviews and do not flicker at social events. In rare moments of leisure, Ryzhkov reads a lot, loves music, but still calls work the main business of life.
