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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus since September 2002; was born on January 12, 1951 in Ivanovo; graduated from the Ivanovo Power Engineering Institute in 1974; 1974-1977 - worked in various positions at the Fizpribor plant (Kirov); 1977-1978 - was on a business trip in Mongolia under the auspices of the USSR Ministry of Defense; 1983-1990 - Chief Engineer of the Shchelkovo Biocombine; 1990-1993 - People's Deputy of the Russian Federation, 1990-1992 - Secretary of the Committee of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation on the work of the Councils of People's Deputies and the development of self-government; since 1992 he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: director of a department, adviser to the minister, ambassador-at-large; 1995-1999 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Azerbaijan; January-May 2000 - Minister for Federation and Nationalities Affairs of the Russian Federation; May 2000 - October 2001 - Minister of the Russian Federation for Federation Affairs, National and Migration Policy, was relieved of this post due to the abolition of the ministry; has the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; owns English language; married, has a daughter.



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RUSSIAN-TURKMENISTAN RELATIONS

Diplomatic relations between Russia and Turkmenistan were established on April 8, 1992. The basic document is the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation of April 23, 2002 (replaced a similar Treaty of July 31, 1992). At the moment, more than 170 interstate, intergovernmental and interdepartmental agreements have been signed.

Russian-Turkmen relations are based on the principle of strategic partnership, as enshrined in the bilateral Agreement on expanding strategic cooperation in the field of energy and mechanical engineering of December 22, 2009 and the Strategic Partnership Agreement (signed on October 2, 2017, entered into force on August 11, 2018) .).

A stable political dialogue has been established at the highest and high levels... On October 2, 2017, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin paid an official visit to Turkmenistan. President of Turkmenistan G.M. Berdimuhamedov came to Sochi on October 11, 2017 to participate in a meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS, on the sidelines of which he had a brief meeting with V.V. Putin. On July 6, 2018, the Turkmen leader paid a visit to Tatarstan, during which he attended the quarterfinal match of the FIFA World Cup.

On February 14 and 28, June 29, December 26, 2017, as well as on March 12 and June 29, 2018, Vladimir Putin had telephone conversations with G.M. Berdymukhamedov.

On February 14 and June 29, 2017, telephone conversations were organized between the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation D.A. Medvedev and G.M. Berdymukhamedov. On February 20, 2017, in Gorki, D.A. Medvedev met with the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan R.O. Meredov.

Regular negotiations between the foreign ministers of the two states took place on February 21, 2017 in Moscow, and on October 2, 2017 in Ashgabat. On December 5, 2017, their meeting took place in Moscow on the sidelines of the Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Caspian states. On April 6 and September 1, 2017, and then on May 27, 2018, the ministers spoke by telephone.

On October 17-18, 2017, during a working trip to Ashgabat, State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation G.B. Karasin was received by G.M. Berdimuhamedov and held negotiations with R.O. Meredov.

On December 11, 2017, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation A.A. Pankin held a conversation with R.O. Meredov in Ashgabat during the events dedicated to the International Day of Neutrality and the 10th anniversary of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia.

On September 5-6, 2017, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Chief of Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation S.E. Prikhodko visited Ashgabat, who was received by G.M. Berdimuhamedov and held talks with R.O. Meredov.

Inter-parliamentary ties are developing consistently. A representative group of Russian senators and deputies participated in the observation of the elections to the Mejlis of Turkmenistan on March 25, 2018.

More than 60 constituent entities of the Russian Federation maintain interregional ties with Turkmenistan. The development of interregional cooperation is facilitated by the regular exchange of delegations. At the same time, the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod, Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk regions, the Republics of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan, Moscow and St. Petersburg account for over 80% of the Russian-Turkmen trade. A number of constituent entities of the Russian Federation and the Government of Turkmenistan have signed agreements on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation (Moscow - 1996, Astrakhan Region - 2008, Republic of Tatarstan - 2008, St. Petersburg - 2011, Krasnodar region- 2017).

On October 2, 2017, an Agreement was signed on the establishment of twinning relations between the city of Oryol and the city of Mary. This is the first document of its kind in modern history Russian-Turkmen relations.

The volume of bilateral trade between Russia and Turkmenistan in 2017 amounted to 428.2 million US dollars, in January-May 2018 - 124.4 million US dollars.

About 190 companies with the participation of Russian capital operate in Turkmenistan. Among the leaders in doing business in this country are PJSC KAMAZ, LLC MC GAZ Group, PJSC Tatneft.

The Intergovernmental Russian-Turkmen Commission for Economic Cooperation (IGC) plays a significant role in the development of bilateral cooperation in the economic sphere.

Relations in the cultural, humanitarian and scientific spheres are developing steadily. Currently in Russia at the expense of federal budget about 3 thousand Turkmen students study. In accordance with the Plan for the admission of foreign citizens and compatriots living abroad, for the 2018/2019 academic year, Turkmenistan has been allocated a quota for 210 places. All in all, over 18 thousand people from Turkmenistan are trained in Russia on a budgetary and paid basis.

Since 2002, the Joint Russian-Turkmen secondary school named after A.S. Pushkin has been successfully operating in Ashgabat (SRTSOSH, a new building was built with the assistance of PJSC Gazprom in 2009), which is the only secondary school in the country. educational institution working on an 11-year Russian training program.

In May 2018, a secondary school was opened in the village. Poundovo of the Privolzhsky district of the Astrakhan region, built by the Turkmen side on the initiative of G.M. Berdimuhamedov.

In accordance with the decisions of the tenth meeting of the IGC, on October 2-3, 2017, the Days of Russian Culture were held in Turkmenistan.

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TURKMENISTAN

The state in Central Asia, which proclaimed its independence (from the USSR) on October 27, 1991

Territory- 488 thousand sq. km. In the west, Turkmenistan is washed by the Caspian Sea, in the south and south-west it is surrounded by the Kopetdag and Parapamiz mountains. About 80% of the country's territory (375 thousand sq. Km) is occupied by the Karakum Desert. It borders with Kazakhstan in the north (the length of the border is 458.3 km), in the northeast - with Uzbekistan (1656 km), in the south - with Iran (1100 km) and Afghanistan (744 km). The climate is sharply continental and dry.

Flag. Rectangular panel with an aspect ratio of 2: 3 green. In the left part there is a vertical red-burgundy stripe with five national ornaments - gels, corresponding to the main Turkmen tribes - Tekins, Yomuds, Yazyrs, Chovdurs and Ersars. Olive branches are depicted at the bottom of the strip. Above, to the right of the stripe, there are five white stars according to the number of velayats, and to the right of them is a white crescent.

Capital- Ashgabat (about 700 thousand people). The largest cities are Turkmenabat (formerly Chardzhou), Dashoguz (formerly Tashauz), Mary, Balkanabad (formerly Nebit-Dag), Turkmenbashi (formerly Krasnovodsk).

State and administrative structure. According to the Constitution (approved on May 18, 1992, new edition adopted in September 2016), Turkmenistan is "a democratic, legal, secular state with a presidential form of government." Administratively, the state is divided into 5 velayats (regions): Akhal (administrative center - Anau), Balkan (Balkanabat), Dashoguz (Dashoguz), Lebap (Turkmenabat) and Mary (Turkmenabat) Mary). Velayats are subdivided into etraps (districts). Ashgabat is equal to the velayat and consists of six etraps. The leaders of the velayats and the khakims (mayors) of the cities are appointed by the President.

Population of the country. According to the UN, there are about 5.48 million people. The share of urban residents is 47%, rural - 53%. Representatives of 58 nationalities live in the country. Representatives of the titular nation - the Turkmen - make up about 90% of the country's population.

Official language- Turkmen, Russian is used as the language of interethnic communication.

Religion- Sunni Islam.

Currency unit - manat. In the classification of the Central Bank of Russia - the new Turkmen manat. 1 manat is equal to 100 tenge. The official rate is 3.49 manats per US dollar.

Public Holidays: New Year(January 1), International Women's Day (March 8), National holiday spring (March 21-22), Day of the Constitution of Turkmenistan and the State Flag of Turkmenistan (May 18), Remembrance Day (October 6 - for the victims of the Ashgabat earthquake of 1948 and the defenders of the Geoktepe fortress of 1881), Independence Day of Turkmenistan (from 2018 onwards). celebrated on September 27; sovereignty proclaimed on October 27, 1991), International Day of Neutrality (December 12), Kurban Bayramy and Oraza Bayramy (specific dates are annually determined by the Decree of the President of Turkmenistan).

Head of state and the executive- President, elected for a seven-year term. He is also the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, the executive and administrative body of the country), which includes Deputy Chairmen and sectoral ministers. The current President of Turkmenistan is G.M. Berdimuhamedov (re-elected on February 12, 2017).

Legislature- The Mejlis is a unicameral parliament, consisting of 125 deputies, elected by universal, direct secret ballot for a term of five years. The next elections to the Mejlis were held on March 25, 2018. The Chairman of the Mejlis is G.S. Mammedova.

Political parties. Until recently, there was only one political party in the country - Democratic Party Turkmenistan (DPT, de facto - the successor of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR), headed by the President of the country. In August 2013, at the 7th congress of the DPT, G.M. Berdimuhamedov announced his decision to leave the post of chairman of the party and suspend its membership during his presidency, so as not to "create an advantage for the party over others." Chairman of the DPT since April 2018 - A. Serdarov. After the adoption in January 2012 of a new law on political parties in August of the same year, the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan was registered (chaired by S. Ovganov). On September 28, 2014, the founding congress of the Agrarian Party of Turkmenistan (chairman - O. Enermyradov) was held in Ashgabat.

Mass media activities is governed by a special law adopted in 2012 that meets the democratic principles of freedom of the media.

Education in Turkmenistan, including higher education, it is free.

Turkmenistan is rich minerals. According to Turkmen estimates, proven gas reserves amount to 25.2 trillion cubic meters. m (4th place in the world), oil - 21 billion tons. Annual production of natural gas is about 70 billion cubic meters. m, and exports within 40 billion cubic meters. m. According to experts, in 2017 this figure does not exceed 60 billion cubic meters. m. At the moment, China is the only foreign importer of Turkmen gas. There are large deposits of sulfur, potash and rock salts, non-ferrous and rare earth metals, etc.

To the main industries Turkmenistan includes the extraction and processing of natural gas and oil, electricity, textiles and construction. In recent years, the processing industries (petrochemical, chemical and food) have developed.

Agriculture... The main industries are plant growing (in addition to growing cotton and grain crops, fruit growing, viticulture, vegetable growing, melon growing, sericulture are developed) and animal husbandry (cattle, camels, pedigree horse breeding). The strategic sectors in the agricultural sector are cotton growing and grain growing.

Transport system includes rail, sea, river and air transport. The length of the railway network is about 4 thousand km. Hard surface roads - over 12 thousand km. The length of the inland navigable arteries is 600 km. The largest transport hub of Turkmenistan in the Caspian is the city of Turkmenbashi - on May 2, 2018, a new international seaport with a throughput capacity of up to 18 million tons of cargo per year was put into operation there.

The planes of the state airline "Turkmenhowayollary" ("Turkmen Airlines") operate regular flights from Ashgabat to all regional centers and 11 countries of the world. The fleet includes 24 Boeing passenger aircraft of various models, 8 Il-76 cargo aircraft, as well as American and French-made helicopters.

Foreign policy. Turkmenistan has established relations with 145 states, is a member of 44 universal and regional organizations, including the UN, OSCE, ECO, OIC, and participates in NATO's Partnership for Peace program. Diplomatic missions of 30 countries and 13 international organizations are accredited in Turkmenistan. The OSCE Center has been operating in Turkmenistan since January 1999; in December 2007, the headquarters of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia was opened. Permanent neutrality was proclaimed as a fundamental principle of foreign policy, which was enshrined in a special resolution of the 50th session of the UN General Assembly, adopted on December 12, 1995. In June 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted another resolution "On the permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan", the draft of which was introduced at the initiative of Ashgabat to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the previous similar document. On February 2, 2017, the UN General Assembly adopted, on the initiative of Turkmenistan, the resolution “On International Day neutrality ”, which is proposed to the states to celebrate annually on December 12 (coincides with the Day of neutrality, celebrated in Turkmenistan).

(p. 12.01.1951)

Minister of the Russian Federation for Federation Affairs and

nationalities in the government of M.M.Kasyanov from 01/05/2000 to

05/07/2000, Minister of the Russian Federation for Federation Affairs,

national and migration policy in the government of M.M.Kasyanov with

05/18/2000 to 07/26/2002 in the first presidential term V.V.

Was born in Ivanovo. Educated at Ivanovsky

Energy Institute named after V. I. Lenin(1974), in graduate school

Ivanovo Power Engineering Institute (1983). Before entering the institute at

1967-1968 was a worker at the Ivanovo plant "Ivtorfmash". After

graduation from the institute in 1974-1977. worked as a senior engineer,

deputy head of the shop, head of the shop, deputy chief

power engineering of the Fizpribor plant in Kirov. In 1977-1978. was in

a business trip to Mongolia through the USSR Ministry of Defense. V

1978-1980 chief mechanic of the Ivanovo sewing association. After

graduation from graduate school in 1983-1990. worked as chief power engineer

state Shchelkovo biocombine of the Moscow region. In March

1990 elected as People's Deputy of the RSFSR. Was the chairman of the subcommittee,

Secretary of the Committee of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on the work of the Soviets of People's

deputies and the development of self-government. Since 1992 Adviser to the Minister

Foreign Affairs of Russia A.V. Kozyreva, since 1993 Director of the Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

RF, since 1995 Ambassador-at-Large to the RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From June 1995 to

01/05/2000 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to

The Azerbaijan Republic. In March 1999 he read B. A. Berezovsky,

who arrived in Baku to meet with the President of Azerbaijan G. Aliev,

a cipher program from Moscow on the dismissal from the post of the executive secretary of the CIS. WITH

01/05/2000 Minister of the Russian Federation for Federation Affairs and

nationalities. Replaced in this position V. A. Mikhailova.

May 7, 2000 dismissed from office due to the resignation of the government. WITH

05/18/2000 Minister of the Russian Federation for Federation Affairs, National and Migration

politicians. The ministry in recent years, regardless of the name, was considered

a secondary department dealing mainly with theoretical problems.

However, when in 2000 a number of really functioning services became part of it,

primarily migration, and the president began to show interest in issues

federal structure of Russia, A. V. Blokhin could well declare himself as a

useful person. But this did not happen: the problems of relations with the regions

ended up under the control of the presidential administration. Due to lack of

real, albeit controversial, proposals for solving the problems of migrants and

On national issues, the chances of A.V. Blokhin have decreased even more. The last

the minister's hope was the absence of strong candidates for his post,

ready to effectively supervise the entire range of problems under the control of the department.

However, this issue was resolved radically - by liquidating the ministry itself.

In October 2001, the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Federation, National and

the migration policy was abolished and the minister was dismissed. Functions

of the abolished ministry divided between the Ministry of Internal Affairs (migration policy), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

(relations with the CIS countries) and the Ministry of Economic Development (financial issues,

related to refugee problems). According to former chairman Goskomnats V.

A. Tishkova, the ministry under A. V. Blokhin finally lost its face,

taking into its competence the issues of migration and the North, along with large

financial resources. The day before the liquidation of the ministry, A.V. Blokhin said,

that the migration situation at the borders of Russia “does not cause much

anxiety ". This placid announcement was made against a backdrop of operational and

tough measures of the new migration regime, which immediately after the start

Ukraine began to undertake anti-terrorist operations in Afghanistan,

Moldova and other countries of the Commonwealth in order to secure their territories from

November 10 - June 29 Predecessor: Leonid Petrovich Moiseev Successor: Vladimir Nikolaevich Morozov November 10 - June 29 Predecessor: Leonid Petrovich Moiseev Successor: Vladimir Nikolaevich Morozov November 10 - June 29 Predecessor: Leonid Petrovich Moiseev Successor: Vladimir Nikolaevich Morozov July 26 - July 14 Predecessor: Vyacheslav Ivanovich Dolgov Successor: Dmitry Fedorovich Ayatskov

appointment did not take place)
since 6 February 2006 May 18 - October 17 Head of the government: Mikhail Mikhailovich Kasyanov The president: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin Predecessor: he himself, as the Minister for Federation, Nationalities of the Russian Federation Successor: the position was abolished (powers were transferred to the minister "without portfolio" Vladimir Yuryevich Zorin) January 6 - May 18 Head of the government: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin The president: Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin Predecessor: Vyacheslav A. Mikhailov Successor: he himself, as the Minister of Federation Affairs, National and Migration Policy of the Russian Federation June 26 - January 6 Predecessor: Walter Alexandrovich Shonia Successor: Nikolay Timofeevich Ryabov Birth: January 12(1951-01-12 ) (68 years old)
Ivanovo, RSFSR, USSR Children: son and daughter Education: Ivanovo Power Engineering Institute named after V. I. Lenin Profession: engineer Activity: diplomat Awards:

Alexander V. Blokhin(born January 12, 1951, Ivanovo, USSR) - Russian statesman, diplomat.

Biography

  • June 26 - January 6 Azerbaijan.
  • January 6 - May 7 - Minister for Federation and Nationalities of the Russian Federation.
  • May 7 - May 18 - I. O. Minister for Federation and Nationalities Affairs of the Russian Federation.
  • May 18 - October 17 - Minister for Federation Affairs, National and Migration Policy of the Russian Federation, was relieved of this post due to the abolition of the ministry.
  • July 26 - July 14 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus.
  • November 10 - June 29 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Australia.
  • January 31 - June 29 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of the Fiji Islands concurrently.
  • February 6 - June 29 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Vanuatu concurrently.
  • March 14 - June 29 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Nauru concurrently.

A family

He is married and has a son and a daughter.

Awards

Diplomatic rank

see also

  • List of ambassadors of the Russian Federation to the states of Europe
  • List of ambassadors of the Russian Federation to the states of Asia
  • List of Ambassadors of the Russian Federation to Australia and the Oceania States

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Predecessor:
Walter Alexandrovich Shonia
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Azerbaijan


June 26, 1995 - January 6, 2000
Successor:
Nikolay Timofeevich Ryabov
Predecessor:
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Dolgov
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Belarus


July 26, 2002 - July 14, 2005
Successor:
Dmitry Fedorovich Ayatskov
(appointed by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation,
appointment did not take place)
Alexander Alexandrovich Surikov
since 6 February 2006
Predecessor:
Leonid Petrovich Moiseev
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Australia


November 10, 2005 - June 29, 2010
Successor:
Vladimir Nikolaevich Morozov
Predecessor:
Leonid Petrovich Moiseev
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Fiji
(concurrently)


November 10, 2005 - June 29, 2010
Successor:
Vladimir Nikolaevich Morozov
Predecessor:
Leonid Petrovich Moiseev
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Vanuatu
(concurrently)


November 10, 2005 - June 29, 2010
Successor:
Vladimir Nikolaevich Morozov
Predecessor:
Leonid Petrovich Moiseev
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Nauru
(concurrently)


November 10, 2005 - June 29, 2010
Successor:
Vladimir Nikolaevich Morozov
Predecessor:
Igor Anatolyevich Blatov
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Turkmenistan


From May 5, 2011
Successor:
in the position

An excerpt characterizing Blokhin, Alexander Viktorovich

The emperor said he was thanking and bowed. Prince Andrew went out and was immediately surrounded by courtiers from all sides. Affectionate eyes looked at him from all sides and gentle words were heard. Yesterday's adjutant's wing reproached him for not staying in the palace, and offered him his house. The Minister of War approached, congratulating him on the Order of Maria Theresa of the 3rd degree, which the emperor had bestowed on him. The Empress's chamberlain invited him to her Majesty. The Archduchess also wanted to see him. He did not know who to answer, and for a few seconds collected his thoughts. The Russian envoy took him by the shoulder, took him to the window and began to talk to him.
Contrary to Bilibin's words, the news he brought was received with joy. A thanksgiving service was appointed. Kutuzov was awarded the Grand Cross by Maria Theresa, and the entire army received awards. Bolkonsky received invitations from all sides and had to make visits to the main dignitaries of Austria all morning. Having finished his visits at five o'clock in the evening, mentally composing a letter to his father about the battle and about his trip to Brunn, Prince Andrey returned home to Bilibin. At the porch of the house occupied by Bilibin, there was a chaise half packed with things, and Franz, Bilibin's servant, with difficulty dragging a suitcase, went out the door.
Before going to Bilibin's, Prince Andrey went to the bookstore to stock up on books for the trip and sat in the shop.
- What? Bolkonsky asked.
- Ach, Erlaucht? - said Franz, with difficulty loading the suitcase into the chaise. - Wir ziehen noch weiter. Der Bosewicht ist schon wieder hinter uns her! [Ah, Your Excellency! We go even further. The villain is on our heels again.]
- What? What? - asked Prince Andrey.
Bilibin went out to meet Bolkonsky. Bilibin's always calm face was worried.
- Non, non, avouez que c "est charmant," he said, "cette histoire du pont de Thabor (bridge in Vienna). Ils l" ont passe sans coup ferir. [No, no, admit it is lovely, this story with the Taborsky bridge. They crossed it without resistance.]
Prince Andrew did not understand anything.
- But where are you from that you do not know what all the coachmen in the city already know?
- I am from the Archduchess. I heard nothing there.
- And did not you see that they fit everywhere?
- I have not seen ... But what's the matter? Prince Andrew asked impatiently.
- What's the matter? The fact is that the French crossed the bridge that protects Auesperg, and the bridge was not blown up, so Murat is now running along the road to Brunn, and tomorrow they will be here.
- Like here? Why didn't they blow up the bridge when it was mined?
- And this I ask you. Nobody, and Bonaparte himself, knows this.
Bolkonsky shrugged his shoulders.
“But if the bridge is crossed, it means that the army is also lost: it will be cut off,” he said.
- That's the thing, - answered Bilibin. - Listen. The French are entering Vienna, as I told you. Everything is very good. The next day, that is, yesterday, Messrs. Marshals: Murat Lann and Belyard, mount on horseback and go to the bridge. (Note, all three are Gascons.) Gentlemen, says one, you know that the Tabor bridge is mined and countermined, and that in front of it is a formidable tete de pont and fifteen thousand troops, who were ordered to blow up the bridge and not let us in. But our sovereign Emperor Napoleon will be pleased if we take this bridge. Let's pass the three of us and take this bridge. - Let's go, others say; and they go and take the bridge, cross it, and now, with the whole army on this side of the Danube, are heading towards us, towards you and towards your messages.
- To joke completely, - Prince Andrey said sadly and seriously.
This news was sad and at the same time pleasant to Prince Andrey.
As soon as he found out that the Russian army was in such a hopeless situation, it occurred to him that it was precisely for him that it was intended to lead the Russian army out of this situation, that here he was, that Toulon, who would lead him out of the ranks of unknown officers and would open the first path for him to glory! Listening to Bilibin, he was already thinking how, having arrived at the army, he would give an opinion at the council of war, which alone would save the army, and how he alone would be entrusted with the implementation of this plan.
“To joke completely,” he said.
“I'm not joking,” Bilibin continued, “there is nothing more just and sadder. These gentlemen come to the bridge alone and raise their white kerchiefs; assure that there is a truce, and that they, the marshals, are going to negotiate with Prince Auersperg. The officer on duty lets them into the tete de pont. [bridge fortification.] They tell him a thousand Gascon nonsense: they say that the war is over, that Emperor Franz has made an appointment with Bonaparte, that they want to see Prince Auersperg, and a thousand Gasconades, and so on. Officer sends for Auersperg; These gentlemen embrace the officers, joke, sit down on the cannons, while the French battalion, unnoticed, enters the bridge, throws sacks of flammable substances into the water, and approaches the tete de pont. Finally, the Lieutenant General himself, our dear Prince Auersperg von Mautern, appears. “Dear enemy! The color of the Austrian army, the hero of the Turkish wars! The enmity is over, we can shake hands with each other ... Emperor Napoleon is burning with the desire to recognize Prince Auersperg. " In a word, these gentlemen, not for nothing the Gascons, so bombard Auersperg with beautiful words, he is so seduced by his so quickly established intimacy with the French marshals, so blinded by the appearance of Murat's mantle and ostrich feathers, qu "il n" y voit que du feu, et oubl celui qu "il devait faire faire sur l" ennemi. [That he sees only their fire and forgets about his own, which he was obliged to open against the enemy.] (Despite the liveliness of his speech, Bilibin did not forget to pause after this mot to give time to evaluate him.) The French battalion rushes into tete de pont, the cannons are nailed down, and the bridge is taken. No, but what is best, - he continued, calming down in his excitement by the charm of his own story, - is that the sergeant, assigned to the gun, at the signal of which he was supposed to light mines and blow up the bridge, this sergeant, seeing that the French troops running to the bridge, he was about to shoot, but Lann pulled his hand away. The sergeant, who, apparently, was smarter than his general, approaches Auersperg and says: "Prince, they are deceiving you, here are the French!" Murat sees that the case is lost if the sergeant is allowed to speak. He is surprised (a real Gascon) turns to Auersperg: "I do not recognize the Austrian discipline so vaunted in the world," he says, "and you allow the lower rank to talk to you like that!" C "est genial. Le prince d" Auersperg se pique d "honneur et fait mettre le sergent aux arrets. Non, mais avouez que c" est charmant toute cette histoire du pont de Thabor. Ce n "est ni betise, ni lachete ... [This is brilliant. Prince Auersperg is insulted and orders the arrest of the sergeant. No, admit it is lovely, this whole story with the bridge. This is not just stupidity, not like meanness ...]
- With "est trahison peut etre, [Perhaps treason,]" said Prince Andrew, vividly imagining gray greatcoats, wounds, gunpowder smoke, the sounds of firing and the glory that awaits him.
- Non plus. Cela met la cour dans de trop mauvais draps, Bilibin continued. - Ce n "est ni trahison, ni lachete, ni betise; c" est comme a Ulm ... - He seemed to ponder, looking for the expression: - c "est ... c" est du Mack. Nous sommes mackes, [Also not. This puts the yard in the most preposterous position; it is neither treason, nor meanness, nor stupidity; it's like under Ulm, it's ... it's Makovshchina. We were soaked. ] - he concluded, feeling that he had said un mot, and a fresh mot, such a mot that would be repeated.
The folds on his forehead, collected so far, quickly dissolved as a sign of pleasure, and he, with a slight smile, began to examine his nails.
- Where are you going? He said suddenly, addressing Prince Andrey, who got up and went to his room.
- I'm on my way.
- Where?
- To Army.
- Yes, you wanted to stay two more days?
- And now I'm going now.
And Prince Andrey, having made the order to leave, went to his room.
“You know what, my dear,” said Bilibin, entering his room. - I thought about you. Why are you going?
And to prove the irrefutability of this argument, the folds all fled from the face.
Prince Andrew looked inquiringly at his interlocutor and said nothing.
- Why are you going? I know you think it is your duty to ride into the army now that the army is in danger. I understand that, mon cher, c "est de l" heroisme. [my dear, this is heroism.]
“Not at all,” said Prince Andrew.
- But you are un philoSophiee, [philosopher], be him completely, look at things from the other side, and you will see that your duty, on the contrary, is to take care of yourself. Leave it to others who are no longer good for anything ... You were not ordered to come back, and from here you were not released; therefore, you can stay and go with us wherever our unhappy fate takes us. They say they are going to Olmutz. And Olmutz is a very nice city. And we will safely ride together in my carriage.
“Stop joking, Bilibin,” said Bolkonsky.
“I’m telling you sincerely and in a friendly way. Judge. Where and why are you going now that you can stay here? One of two things awaits you (he gathered the skin over his left temple): either you will not reach the army and peace will be concluded, or defeat and disgrace with the entire Kutuzov army.
And Bilibin loosened his skin, feeling that his dilemma was irrefutable.
“I cannot judge that,” said Prince Andrey coldly, but thought: “I am going to save the army”.
“Mon cher, vous etes un heros, [My dear, you are a hero,]” said Bilibin.

On the same night, bowing to the Minister of War, Bolkonsky went to the army, not knowing where he would find it, and fearing that he would be intercepted by the French on the way to Krems.
In Brunn, the entire court population was packed, and weights were already sent to Olmütz. Near Etzelsdorf, Prince Andrey drove onto the road along which the Russian army was moving with the greatest haste and in the greatest disorder. The road was so crowded with carts that it was impossible to ride in a carriage. Taking a horse and a Cossack from the Cossack commander, Prince Andrew, hungry and tired, overtaking the carts, went to find the commander-in-chief and his cart. The most ominous rumors about the position of the army reached him by road, and the sight of the disorganized running army confirmed these rumors.
"Cette armee russe que l" or de l "Angleterre a transportee, des extremites de l" univers, nous allons lui faire eprouver le meme sort (le sort de l "armee d" Ulm) ", [" This Russian army, which English gold brought here from the end of the world, will experience the same fate (the fate of the Ulm army). ”] he recalled the words of Bonaparte's order to his army before the start of the campaign, and these words equally excited in him surprise at the genius hero, a feeling of offended pride and the hope of glory. "And if there is nothing left but to die? He thought. Well, if it is necessary! I will do it no worse than others."
Prince Andrey looked with contempt at these endless, interfering teams, carts, parks, artillery and again carts, carts and carts of all kinds, overtaking one another and in three, in four rows dammed the muddy road. From all sides, back and forth, as long as the ear could be heard, the sounds of wheels, the clattering of bodies, carts and gun carriages, horse trampling, whip blows, prodding cries, cursing soldiers, orderlies and officers were heard. Along the edges of the road, there were incessantly skinned and unkempt horses that had fallen, now broken carts with lonely soldiers waiting for something, sometimes soldiers who had separated from the teams, who in droves went to neighboring villages or dragged from the villages chickens, rams, hay or bags filled with something.
On the ascents and descents, the crowds grew thicker, and there was a continuous groan of screams. The soldiers, knee-deep in the mud, grabbed guns and wagons in their arms; whips thrashed, hooves slipped, strings burst and shrieks tore from their breasts. The officers who were in charge of the movement, now forward, then backward, passed between the carts. Their voices were faintly audible in the midst of the general hum, and it was evident from their faces that they were desperate for the possibility of stopping this disorder. "Voila le cher ['Here is a dear] Orthodox army," thought Bolkonsky, recalling Bilibin's words.
Wanting to ask one of these people where the commander-in-chief was, he drove up to the wagon train. Directly opposite him rode a strange one-horse carriage, apparently arranged by the soldiers' domestic means, representing the middle between a cart, a convertible and a sidecar. A soldier was driving in the carriage, and a woman was sitting under a leather top behind an apron, all tied with kerchiefs. Prince Andrew drove up and had already turned to the soldier with a question, when his attention was drawn to the desperate cries of a woman sitting in a wagon. The officer in charge of the wagon train beat the soldier, who was sitting as a coachman in this carriage, because he wanted to bypass the others, and the whip fell on the apron of the carriage. The woman screamed shrilly. Seeing Prince Andrey, she leaned out from under the apron and, waving her thin hands that had jumped out from under the carpet shawl, shouted:
- Adjutant! Mister adjutant! ... For God's sake ... protect ... What will it be? ... I am the medicinal wife of the 7th Jaeger ... they are not allowed; we lagged behind, lost ours ...
- I'll break it into a cake, wrap it up! - shouted the angry officer at the soldier, - turn back with your whore.
- Mr. Adjutant, protect me. What is this? - shouted the medic.
“I’m sorry to skip this carriage. Can't you see that this is a woman? - said Prince Andrey, driving up to the officer.

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Alexander V. Blokhin(born January 12, 1951, Ivanovo, USSR) - Russian statesman, diplomat.

Biography

  • June 26 - January 6 Azerbaijan.
  • January 6 - May 7 - Minister for Federation and Nationalities of the Russian Federation.
  • May 7 - May 18 - I. O. Minister for Federation and Nationalities Affairs of the Russian Federation.
  • May 18 - October 17 - Minister for Federation Affairs, National and Migration Policy of the Russian Federation, was relieved of this post due to the abolition of the ministry.
  • July 26 - July 14 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus.
  • November 10 - June 29 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Australia.
  • January 31 - June 29 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of the Fiji Islands concurrently.
  • February 6 - June 29 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Vanuatu concurrently.
  • March 14 - June 29 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Nauru concurrently.

A family

He is married and has a son and a daughter.

Awards

Diplomatic rank

see also

  • List of ambassadors of the Russian Federation to the states of Europe
  • List of ambassadors of the Russian Federation to the states of Asia
  • List of Ambassadors of the Russian Federation to Australia and the Oceania States

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Predecessor:
Walter Alexandrovich Shonia
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Azerbaijan
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June 26, 1995 - January 6, 2000
Successor:
Nikolay Timofeevich Ryabov
Predecessor:
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Dolgov
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Belarus
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July 26, 2002 - July 14, 2005
Successor:
Dmitry Fedorovich Ayatskov
(appointed by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation,
appointment did not take place)
Alexander Alexandrovich Surikov
since 6 February 2006
Predecessor:
Leonid Petrovich Moiseev
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Australia
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November 10, 2005 - June 29, 2010
Successor:
Vladimir Nikolaevich Morozov
Predecessor:
Leonid Petrovich Moiseev
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Fiji
(concurrently)
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November 10, 2005 - June 29, 2010
Successor:
Vladimir Nikolaevich Morozov
Predecessor:
Leonid Petrovich Moiseev
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Vanuatu
(concurrently)
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November 10, 2005 - June 29, 2010
Successor:
Vladimir Nikolaevich Morozov
Predecessor:
Leonid Petrovich Moiseev
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Nauru
(concurrently)
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November 10, 2005 - June 29, 2010
Successor:
Vladimir Nikolaevich Morozov
Predecessor:
Igor Anatolyevich Blatov
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Turkmenistan
60 px

From May 5, 2011
Successor:
in the position

An excerpt characterizing Blokhin, Alexander Viktorovich

The little dragon funny stretched out its spiked muzzle, apparently deciding to see if I had anything interesting ... And suddenly he licked me right in the nose! Stella squealed with delight and was clearly very pleased with her work.
- Well, okay, - I agreed, - while I'm here, he can be with me.
- Aren't you taking him with you? - Stella was surprised.
And then I realized that she, apparently, does not know at all that we are “different”, and that we no longer live in the same world. Most likely, the grandmother, in order to feel sorry for her, did not tell the girl the whole truth, and she sincerely thought that this was exactly the same world in which she used to live, with the only difference that now she could still create her own world. ...
I knew for sure that I didn't want to be the one who would tell this little gullible girl what her life is really like today. She was contented and happy in this “her” fantastic reality, and I vowed to myself in my mind that I would never be the one to destroy this fairy-tale world of hers. I just couldn't understand how my grandmother explained the sudden disappearance of her entire family and, in general, everything in which she now lived? ..
- You see, - with a slight hesitation, I said with a smile, - dragons are not very popular where I live ...
- So no one will see him! - the baby chirped cheerfully.
I really had a mountain off my shoulders! .. I hated to lie or twist, and especially in front of such a pure little man as Stella was. It turned out that she understood everything perfectly and somehow managed to combine the joy of creation and sadness from the loss of her relatives.
- And I finally found myself a friend here! - the baby declared triumphantly.
- Well? .. Will you ever introduce me to him? - I was surprised.
She nodded amusingly with her fluffy red head and narrowed her eyes slyly.
- Do you want it right now? - I felt that she was literally "fidgeting" in place, unable to restrain her impatience any longer.
"Are you sure he'll want to come?" - I was alerted.
Not because I was afraid or embarrassed of someone, I just didn't have the habit of bothering people without a very important reason, and I was not sure that right now this reason was serious ... But Stella was apparently in this I am absolutely sure, because literally in a fraction of a second a person appeared next to us.
It was a very sad knight ... Yes, yes, it was a knight! .. And I was very surprised that even in this “other” world, where he could “put on” any energy “clothes”, he still didn’t parted with his harsh knightly appearance, in which he apparently still remembered himself very well ... And for some reason I thought that he must have had some very serious reasons for this, if even after so many years he did not want to part with this appearance.
Usually, when people die, for the first time after their death, their essences always look exactly as they looked at the moment of their physical death. Apparently, the tremendous shock and wild fear of the unknown are great enough not to add any additional stress to this. When time passes (usually after a year), the essences of old and elderly people gradually begin to look young and become exactly the same as they were in the best years of their youth. Well, and prematurely dead babies sharply "grow up", as if "catching up" with their undelivered years, and become something similar to their essence, what they were when they entered the bodies of these unfortunate ones who died too early, or from some kind of illness untimely dead children, with the only difference that some of them "add" a little in development, if during their short years in the physical body they were lucky enough ... And much later, each entity changes, depending on how she lives on in the "new" world.
And high essences living on the mental level of the earth, unlike all others, are even able to create a "face" and "clothes" for themselves, of their own free will, since having lived for a very long time (the higher the development of the essence, the less often it reincarnated into a physical body) and having mastered enough in that “other” world, at first unfamiliar to them, they themselves are already able to create and create a lot.
Why little Stella chose this particular adult and somehow deeply wounded person as her friend is still an unsolved mystery to me. But since the girl looked absolutely pleased and happy with such a "purchase", I could only completely trust the unerring intuition of this little, sly sorceress ...
As it turned out, his name was Harold. The last time he lived in his physical earthly body was more than a thousand years ago and apparently possessed a very high essence, but I felt in my heart that the memories of the interval of his life in this, last, incarnation were something very painful for him, since it was from there Harold endured this deep and sorrowful, accompanying sorrow for so many years ...
- Here! He is very good and you will make friends with him too! - Stella said happily, not paying attention that her new friend is also here and hears us perfectly.
She probably didn't think that it might not be very right to talk about him in his presence ... She was simply very happy that she finally had a friend, and with this happiness she was openly with me and with shared pleasure.
She was generally an incredibly happy child! As we said - "happy by nature." Neither before Stella, nor after her, I have never met anyone, even a little like this "sunny", sweet little girl. It seemed that no misfortune, no misfortune could knock her out of this extraordinary "happy rut" ... And not because she did not understand or did not feel human pain or misfortune - on the contrary, I was even sure that she felt it much deeper than all the others. It's just that she was, as it were, created from cells of joy and light, and protected by some strange, very "positive" protection that did not allow either grief or sadness to penetrate into the depths of her small and very kind heart, in order to destroy it so familiar to all of us daily avalanche negative emotions and feelings hurt by pain .... Stella herself WAS HAPPINESS and generously, like the sun, gave it to everyone around.
- I found him so sad! .. And now he is much better, right, Harold? - Stella continued happily addressing both of us at the same time.
“I’m very pleased to meet you,” I said, still feeling a little stiff. - It must be very difficult to be between the worlds for so long? ..
“This is the same world as everyone else,” the knight replied calmly with a shrug. - Only almost empty ...
- How - empty? - I was surprised.
Stella immediately intervened ... It was clear that she was impatient to tell me "everything, everything" as soon as possible, and she was already just jumping up and down from the impatience that was burning her.
- He simply could not find his loved ones here, but I helped him! - happily blurted out the baby.
Harold smiled affectionately at this wondrous, "sparkling" man with happiness and nodded his head, as if confirming her words:
- This is true. I've been looking for them for ages, but it turned out that all I had to do was open the right "door". So she helped me.
I stared at Stella for an explanation. This girl, without realizing it, continued to amaze me more and more.
- Well, yes, - Stella said a little confusedly. “He told me his story, and I saw that they were simply not here. So I looked for them ...
Naturally, I did not really understand anything from such an explanation, but I was ashamed to ask again, and I decided to wait, what she would say next. But, unfortunately or fortunately, it was not so easy to hide something from this smart little girl ... Sly glancing at me with her huge eyes, she immediately suggested:
- Do you want - I will show you?
I just nodded in the affirmative, afraid to frighten off, as I was expecting something yet another "amazingly incredible" from her ... Her "colorful reality" disappeared somewhere once again, and an unusual landscape appeared ...
Apparently, it was some kind of very hot, possibly eastern, country, since everything around was literally blinded with a bright, white-orange light, which usually appeared only in very hot, dry air. The land, as far as the eye could catch, was scorched and colorless, and, except in the blue haze of the visible distant mountains, nothing diversified this sparingly monotonous, flat and “naked” landscape ... the circle was surrounded by a dilapidated stone wall... Surely, no one attacked this city for a long time, and locals they were not very worried about the "renovation" of the defense, or at least the "aged" surrounding city wall.
Inside, narrow snake-like streets ran through the city, joining in a single wider, with unusual small "castles" that stood out on it, which looked more like miniature white fortresses, surrounded by the same miniature gardens, each of which was shyly hiding from prying eyes behind a high stone wall. There was practically no greenery in the city, from which the sun-drenched white stones literally "melted" from the scorching heat. The evil, midday sun furiously brought down all the power of its burning rays on the unprotected, dusty streets, which, already gasping for breath, piteously listened to the slightest breath of fresh breeze that did not appear. The hot air "swayed" with hot waves, turning this unusual town into a real stuffy stove. It seemed like it was the hottest day of the hottest summer on earth ...
This whole picture was very real, just as real as my favorite fairy tales once were, into which I, just like here, “fell headlong”, not hearing or seeing anything around ...
Suddenly a small, but very “homely” fortress emerged from the “general picture”, which, if not for two funny square turrets, would have looked more like a large and rather cozy house.
On the steps, under a large olive tree, a little blond boy of four or five years old was playing. And behind him, under an old apple tree, a plump, pleasant woman who looked like a sweet, caring, good-natured nanny was picking fallen apples.
A very beautiful, fair-haired young lady and ... my new acquaintance, the knight Harold, appeared in the yard.
The woman was dressed in an unusual, but apparently very expensive, long silk dress, the folds of which gently swayed, repeating every movement of her light, graceful body. A funny, beaded blue silk cap peacefully rested on the fair hair of a beautiful lady, perfectly emphasizing the color of her large light blue eyes.
Harold, in spite of such incinerating, hellish heat, almost suffocating, “honestly tormented” in his red-hot knightly armor, mentally cursing the crazy heat (and immediately asking forgiveness from the “merciful” Lord, to whom he had been so faithfully and sincerely for so many years served) ... Hot sweat, greatly annoying, poured hail from him, and, covering his eyes, heartlessly spoiled the quickly fleeing minutes of their next "last" goodbye ... Apparently, the knight was going somewhere very far away, because the face of his lovely lady was very sad, despite the fact that she honestly, tried her best to hide it ...
- This is the last time, my love ... I promise you, this is true for the last time, - the knight said with difficulty, affectionately touching her tender cheek.
I heard the conversation in my head, but there was a strange feeling of someone else's speech. I understood the words perfectly, and yet I knew that they spoke in some other language.
- I will never see you again ... - the woman whispered through her tears. - Never again ...
For some reason, the little boy did not react in any way either to the imminent departure of his father, or to his farewell to his mother. He calmly continued to play, not paying any attention to the adults, as if it had nothing to do with him. This surprised me a little, but I did not dare to ask anything, but just watched what would happen next.
- Won't you say goodbye to me? - turning to him, asked the knight.
The boy shook his head without looking up.
- Leave him, he is just angry with you ... - the woman asked sadly. - He, too, believed you that you will no longer leave him alone.
The knight nodded and, climbing onto his huge horse, galloped down the narrow street without turning around, very soon hiding behind the first bend. And the beautiful lady looked sadly at his trail, and her soul was ready to run ... to crawl ... to fly after him no matter where, if only to see once again at least for a moment, at least for a short moment to hear! .. But she knew that this will not happen, that she will remain where she is, and that, by a capricious whim of fate, she will never see and hug her Harold ... disappeared into the dusty ground like sparkling drops ...
- God save him ... - the woman whispered bitterly. - I will never see him ... never again ... help him, Lord ...
She stood motionless, like a mournful Madonna, not seeing or hearing anything around her, and a blond baby huddled at her feet, now barely exposing all his sadness and looking longingly to where, instead of his beloved dad, the empty dusty road was only lonely white ... ...

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