In 1992, Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar, who was remembered by many residents of Russia, signed a government decree establishing the Higher School of Economics, approving Yaroslav Kuzminov as the rector of this institution. It should be noted that at that time he was the youngest rector of the country. About interesting facts from the biography of this man tells our article.
Dynasty, the origins
Since 1992, Kuzminov Yaroslav Ivanovich and the Higher School of Economics became one. Consider the biography of the rector of the Higher School of Economics.
On May 26, 1957, the son of Yaroslav was born in the family of the Moscow doctor of economic sciences, professor Ivan Ivanovich Kuzminov. Note that AND .I. Kuzminov was a Bolshevik since 1924, in 1945-1949 he was a member of the editorial board and deputy chief editor of the Bolshevik party magazine, and later headed the department of political economy of the Higher Party School and the Academy of Social Sciences under the Central Committee of the CPSU. That is, his worldview is fully consistent with the spirit of the times, as evidenced by the scientific works of the professor: "The Stakhanov movement - the highest stage of socialist competition", "The impoverishment of the working people under capitalism" and others. The government appreciated the contribution of I. I. Kuzminov to the domestic economy. In 1962, he was awarded the title of Honored Worker of Science.
Family Traitor
Yaroslav Kuzminov successfully continued his father’s work, entering the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University, and after graduating in 1979, he remained at the Department of the History of National Economy. As a teacher, he worked for 10 years. A lot has happened during this time. In collaboration with other specialists, Kuzminov participated in the publication of textbooks on economic history. In the same period, Yaroslav met with graduate student Elvira Nabiullina. The couple registered a marriage. In 1988, they had a son.
The next stage of Kuzminov’s career was the defense in 1984 of his dissertation on the topic “Economics of Community Relations”. In the same 80s, he dealt with the issues of "real socialism": the differences between the declared and achieved results in the economy and humanistic transformations of society.
The next steps were fairly well structured: the organization and publication of the Origins almanac, the purpose of which was to popularize historical knowledge of economics, the opening of the Department of Economic Theory at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1989, and in 1989-1993, work at the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (RAS) as a researcher . During this period, young employees presented the results of studies related to economics, sociology, economic policy. These studies will form the basis of the study cycle on institutional economics, which Kuzminov has been reading since 1995 at the HSE.
It should be noted the leading work of Yaroslav Kuzminov in the Cultural Initiative fund of George Soros, whose odious figure causes quite justified indignation among many governments and countries both in Eastern Europe and in the USA. As for Russia, the Gaidar government and Soros have developed "high relations." However, at some point they were curtailed, despite his charitable enthusiasm. There are well-founded suspicions that it was Soros who initiated the revolutions in Yugoslavia, Georgia and Ukraine.
In 1992, with the support of E. Yasin, Kuzminov submitted to the Government for consideration a proposal for the creation of a HSE with a cardinal difference from the traditional approach to the learning process. Over the 10 years of its existence, the HSE has become one of the strongest in terms of training students of educational institutions with excellent facilities.
Reform in education, background
In anticipation of the 2000s, Kuzminov, together with E. Yasin, L. Yakobson, and A. Yakovlev, dealt with issues of the effectiveness of economic and social directions. One of the aspects being developed was educational reform based on market relations. It was Kuzminov who proposed the creation of the Russian Public Council for the Development of Education (ROSRO) in 2001. The Council included public figures who considered education a priority in the country. Their party affiliation did not matter. The public expert council formed by ROSRO on the standard for school education and its chairman Kuzminov introduced amendments to the content of school curricula in basic subjects.
Reform of higher education, state apparatus
In 1998, the Thesis on Corruption appeared in the press, authored by Kuzminov. They presented constructive changes in the work of the state apparatus. The HSE rector will analyze this topic in 2002-2003, as well as the issues of the "new economy" based on attracting the country's intellectual potential. These developments have been included in the economic policy programs of the Russian Federation since 2003.
Working in the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation (first composition) in 2006-2008, Kuzminov supervised the preparation and publication of the report “On the State of Civil Society in the Russian Federation”. As a member of the Council of the Public Chamber (third composition) in 2010-2012, Kuzminov initiated quality control of admission of applicants to universities.
Since 2011, the Kuzminov-Mau tandem has begun finalizing and analyzing pressing problems in the economy and social sphere for the period until 2020. It's about Strategy 2020. The results of this work, entitled “A New Growth Model - A New Social Policy”, were presented to the Government of the Russian Federation in March 2012.
Merits and Awards
The activities of the HSE rector were highly praised by the President. In 2002, Kuzminov was awarded the Order of Honor. In 2012, he was awarded the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, IV degree, for many years of work for the benefit of Russian science. In 2017, Kuzminov was once again awarded. This time he received the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree.
Campaign in politics
As the HSE rector himself says, he never really wanted to get into politics. However, taking into account the interests of the educational institution headed by him, I understood that closer contacts with the authorities are necessary, since the interests of Kuzminov Yaroslav Ivanovich and the Higher School of Economics are inextricably linked.
Therefore, he ran for parliament in the 45th constituency and was elected to the Moscow City Duma on September 14, 2014. It should be noted that Kuzminov did not run as a representative of any party, but as a private individual.
Personal life
The biography of the HSE rector Yaroslav Kuzminov would be incomplete without mentioning his wife, Elvira Sakhipzadovna Nabiullina, head of the Central Bank of Russia. Their marriage was concluded in 1988, when Elvira Nabiullina was a graduate student at Moscow State University. The year of her birth is the 1963rd. She was born and raised in Ufa, where she graduated from school "excellently", but she was not given a gold medal. It should be noted that there are a lot of photos on the web of Yaroslav Kuzminov with his wife, which indicates a strong family relationship. Since 1991, Nabiullina’s rapid career rise began. In 2013, she took over as head of the Central Bank of Russia.
Wives and children
There is no information about the first wife of Yaroslav Kuzminov. With children from his first marriage (Angelina and Ivan), Nabiullina has a good relationship. The personal life of Nabiullina is sparingly covered in the media, but it is known that they have a son, Vasily, who was born in 1988, with Yaroslav Kuzminov.
Continuing the work of the family, he also proved himself in the economic sphere. He currently works at the Higher School of Economics at the Department of Statistics. In his personal life there is a relationship with the girl, but her name was not disclosed.
Thus, the wives of Yaroslav Ivanovich Kuzminov gave him three children.
Budget portrait of a family
The time of the rector of the Higher School of Economics is scheduled by the minute: he must take part in the work of five commissions of various kinds under President Putin. We add here seven more commissions under the Government. In addition, five councils and boards under federal authorities require attention. The load is huge, but very highly paid. According to official data, in 2014 the family budget amounted to 67.2 million rubles. Of these, the income of the head of the family is 45.3 million rubles.
Outrageous educational ideas
We list the ideas of the rector of the Higher School of Economics Yaroslav Kuzminov already embodied in the framework of the Russian Federation:
- Let's start with the painful: USE and its consequences.
- Optimization of educational institutions, including schools.
- A business approach to financing educational institutions.
- Reducing the teaching staff.
This is for the general education system.
Changes in Higher Education
Higher education has also undergone constructive transformations:
- A multi-level system of higher education has been introduced on the basis of the so-called Bologna process. Now we have undergraduate and graduate programs.
- Despite the fact that the task of undergraduate studies is to ensure the need for mass higher education, the practical employment of graduates with bachelor's degrees is often difficult.
- To get into the professional elite, you need to continue training in a magistracy.
However, this requires additional financial investments and time-consuming, so many very capable bachelor's graduates, for material reasons, leave their studies after receiving a bachelor's degree. As a result, we have a polarized society. This stratification occurs not so much because of the difference in intellectual potential, but because of property differentiation.
Given such an active activity of the rector, many have a very reasonable question: where is Yaroslav Kuzminov now? Let's talk about this a little lower. First, we will highlight some moments in the life of his wife.
Oddities of the Central Bank
August 24, 2018 after 20-00 hours in the building of the Central Bank on the street. Neglinnaya there was a fire. It was Friday, the end of the work week. Some fire circumstances are thought provoking.
The sequence of events is as follows: at the time of the fire, Elvira Nabiullina herself, as well as Dmitry Tulin and Sergey Shvetsov, were in the room.
Around the same period, Prime Minister D. A. Medvedev somehow disappeared from the television screens. Evil tongues say that these two events are somehow connected, and some even claim that the head of the Central Bank had a forceful effect on the head of the Government, which resulted in an injury and the prime minister's absenteeism from work. Perhaps this is the machinations of the "yellow press".
Among the entourage of Nabiullina and her inner circle, "suitcase moods" ripened . Many have noticed the unstable emotional state of the usually unflappable head of the Central Bank.
They say that the rumors about possible checks by law enforcement agencies of the activities of Elvira Nabiullina became the cause of this. The inspections were planned by the Prosecutor General, the Investigative Committee and the Special Economic Crimes Department. Many Russians know that Ugra Bank lost its license, and Otkritie Bank became a destabilizer of the financial situation in the market due to Nabiullina’s policy. Each of these banks has someone else's interests.
On August 20, 2018, an interview was held by Nabiullina. In a conversation with the correspondent of the American journal The Wall Street Journal, the head of the Central Bank authoritatively stated that the limit of Russia's growth would be 2%.
According to eyewitnesses and confirm the photo, the fire in the Central Bank was quite large-scale. However, official media claim that all the documents are safe and sound, which sounds very implausible, given that 26 fire brigades took part in putting out the fire.
Some assumptions and conclusions
Elvira Nabiullina recently not too often visited the building on the street. Neglinnaya. She even transferred the right to sign to her deputy Dmitry Tulin. According to one version, it was Nabiullina who was the author of the fire on August 24. The goal is the destruction of "extra" documents. Most likely, she succeeded. She also managed to retire from the scene on time. As for her husband, there are persistent rumors that Yaroslav Kuzminov escaped.
Judging by what happened in the Central Bank building after the fire was liquidated, this is not an ordinary event. All night special services searched the most secret premises of the Central Bank. Leading experts of the Central Bank were removed from the building, after which fighters of the Russian Guard were blocked all approaches to the Central Bank.
Perhaps, precisely in order to prevent the Ministry of Internal Affairs units from entering the Central Bank territory, this fire show was conceived. Although spontaneous arson is not ruled out due to the acute lack of time to extract compromising material.
According to unverified data, Elvira Nabiullina is hiding in the United States, in the same place as Yaroslav Kuzminov and Vasily Kuzminov. Official media on this subject remain restrained.