The author of the phrase “We wanted the best, but it turned out as always”, the younger generation and schoolchildren no longer know. As well as the event to which she was dedicated. But these words are forever included in the classics of modern Russian folklore.
Authorship Options
“They wanted the best, but it turned out as always.” Whose phrase so aptly described good intentions, leading at best to a lack of result, and provoked heated discussions among philologists?
The first “candidate” is the king of France, Louis the fifteenth, who in the eighteenth century said "They thought it would be better."
Also often mentioned were the names of the Chairman of the Government of the Soviet Union, Valentin Pavlov, and the anarchist Peter Kropotkin.
Accepted Authorship
The recognized author of the phrase “We wanted the best, but it turned out as always” is Viktor Chernomyrdin , a famous politician whose peculiar humor is loved by millions. Viktor Stepanovich began his career in the distant fifties as a mechanic and pump driver, as well as the head of a technological unit. During his successful political career at various times he held the posts of director of the Orenburg gas processing plant, deputy, and later - minister of gas industry of the USSR, head of the Gazprom gas concern. He was Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation for the Fuel and Energy Complex, Member of the State Duma, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Federation, Acting President of the Russian Federation, Member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Ambassador to the Republic of Ukraine. The author of the phrase “We wanted the best, but it turned out as always” truly had a dizzying and interesting life.
Background
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin said the phrase “they wanted the best, but it turned out as always”, summing up the results of the monetary reform of 1993, which was carried out with the aim of taming galloping inflation, exchanging old Soviet and Russian banknotes for modern banknotes, and counteracting the influx of banknotes from the former Soviet republics . Their Central Banks conducted an uncontrolled process of printing the Soviet ruble, and this money eventually fell into the Russian market and only exacerbated the critical situation. Non-cash payment systems between the former republics also ceased to exist.
Reform process
From July twenty-sixth to the seventh of August 1993, citizens could freely exchange an amount of thirty-five thousand rubles (the equivalent of thirty-five US dollars) with a stamp in the passport. If this limit is exceeded, all additional cash remained in the banking system in the form of term deposits for at least six months.
Later, the exchange dates were extended until the end of the year, but only subject to the provision of a certified certificate in which the reason for failure to appear in the specified time frame would be detailed.
The decision caused a panic in the country.
Despite the concessions introduced, a large number of people did not manage to visit banking institutions in time, and their money lost all value.
Contemporaries this monetary reform will be remembered for kilometer-long queues in bank branches. And for financial workers - continuous work for days on end.
Why did you want better, but it turned out as always?
Despite the fact that billions of banknotes were withdrawn from circulation, the ruble was not able to strengthen. Inflation was catastrophically increasing.
Relations with fraternal countries have seriously deteriorated due to a sharp drop in the exchange rate of national currencies, tightly tied to the Russian ruble. First of all, with Belarus and Kazakhstan. In order to ease tensions, the Russian government was forced to transfer some of the freshly printed banknotes to the central banks of these countries.
Conclusion
Now you probably know who said "We wanted the best, but it turned out as always."
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin remained in the memory of his descendants not only as a good politician, but also as the author of many winged expressions that firmly entered the classics of Russian folklore, one of the most famous - “We wanted the best, but it turned out as always” and “It never happened, and here again. "
The politician died on November 3, 2010 in Moscow from an extensive heart attack, and was buried in the Novodevichy cemetery.