There were times when the name of Korzhakov was onhearing, and he was recognized in every corner of the country. Today they forgot about him. Where is Korzhakov Alexander Vasilyevich now? Few will be able to answer this question. And he continues to work, write books, often recalls the old days. How did the life of Alexander Korzhakov?
Childhood and family
Alexander Korzhakov was born on January 31, 1950Moscow Korzhakov Sr. went through two wars: the Finnish and the Second World War. He worked first as a worker, then became a foreman at the “Three-Mountain Manufactory”. There he met his mother Alexander, who was a weaver.
Korzhakov’s mother, Ekaterina Nikitichna, was born inthe old village of Molokove. There the boy Korzhakov spent all the holidays. He still considers Molokovo the best place on Earth, and it was there that he set up his permanent place of residence.
Alexander's childhood was completely normal.He studied at the school in Krasnaya Presnya, played a lot of sports, and often participated in fights. Study was not his favorite thing. After school, Alexander even made an attempt to study at the institute, but quickly dropped it.
The Beginning of Adulthood
After leaving the institute, in 1967, Alexander Korzhakovbegins to work at the Moscow Electromechanical Plant in Memory of 1905 as a mechanic. A year later, he was called into the Soviet Army. Thanks to good physical training, Korzhakov falls into the so-called Kremlin regiment, that is, he begins to work in security. In the army he liked it, and this predetermined his life choice.
Education
Alexander Korzhakov, only 7 years after graduation, decided to continue his education and entered the All-Union Law Correspondence Institute, which he graduated from in 1980.
Later, already in Yeltsin's time, he defended his thesis on economics.
Service in the KGB
After demobilization in 1970, AlexanderKorzhakov goes to work at the Ninth Administration of the State Security Committee, which is engaged in the protection of senior leaders of the party and the state. In 1971, he joined the ranks of the CPSU, is a member of the party bureau of his unit. Korzhakov says little about his service of those times, and nothing particularly interesting for the general public at that time in his life. In 1981, he was sent to Afghanistan to participate in hostilities.
Boris Yeltsin in the life of Korzhakov
В 1985 году Коржаков получает новое назначение:becomes bodyguard of the first secretary of the Moscow city committee of the CPSU, Boris Yeltsin. This event changed the life of Alexander Vasilyevich. He got quite close to the protected "object". This is how the tandem "Alexander Korzhakov - Boris Yeltsin" appeared, which participated in many significant events in the life of Russia.
In 1987, when Yeltsin was dismissedKorzhakov did not leave Boris Nikolayevich for the objectionable authorities, and continued to maintain friendly relations with him. For this, in 1989, he was dismissed from the ranks of the KGB, formally due to "age and health," but in fact, for supporting the inconvenient, disgraced Yeltsin. At the same time, Korzhakov is expelled from the CPSU, and all this signified the end of his career. But times have changed.
Formally, Korzhakov worked as head of the service.security in the cooperative "Plastic", but in fact continued to protect his friend and former chief B. N. Yeltsin. When Yeltsin was appointed chairman of the USSR Armed Forces Committee on Architecture and Construction, Korzhakov came to work in its structure. In fact, he remained a personal bodyguard of Boris Nikolayevich. In 1990, after Yeltsin became chairman of the USSR Armed Forces, Korzhakov was appointed head of the Armed Forces security service.
Yeltsin’s election as President of the Russian Federation broughtKorzhakov, the post of head of the presidential security service and the rank of major general. In this role, Alexander Vasilyevich received enormous power and influence, which he repeatedly used. Opponents accused Korzhakov of his involvement in many dark stories, in particular, in the murder of V. Listyev, and the attempt on B. Berezovsky. During the coup in 1993, he organized the supply of heavy armored vehicles to the parliament in Moscow, and Korzhakov personally arrested Rutskoi and Khasbulatov.
During the 1996 election campaign, Korzhakov entered the Election Headquarters, and then became the first assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, the head of the SBP of the Russian Federation.
June 20, 1996 there was a huge scandalrelated to the financing of Yeltsin’s election campaign, the so-called “currency case in a xerox box”. The organizer of the fraud was named Alexander Korzhakov. "Top Secret" - the newspaper, whose journalists were conducting an investigation, printed a photo of a box with half a million dollars and described a complex chain of people and organizations that closed on the head of the SBP. As a result, overnight Korzhakov was dismissed from all posts and lost Yeltsin’s trust.
MP Korzhakov
After dismissal from the Kremlin Korzhakov AlexanderVasilyevich made a lot of loud statements, tried to speculate with secret information, which he owned, he blamed his daughter Yeltsin Tatiana for his troubles. But, to his credit, he did not tell any unpleasant information about his former boss. Korzhakov entered into alliances with various politicians, including the opposition Alexander Lebed, looking for support.
In 1997 it passes to the State Duma.deputy from the Tula region. In the Duma, he withstood several convocations, adjoining various factions, in recent parliamentary years he was a member of United Russia. In 2011, Alexander Korzhakov ended his career as a deputy and left big politics.
Books Korzhakov
After leaving the team of the President of the Russian FederationKorzhakov zealously began to write memoirs. Perhaps, at first it was just an attempt to intimidate Yeltsin, but later all this resulted in a real book. Already in 1997, Korzhakov’s work "Boris Yeltsin. From Dawn to Dusk" entered the bookstores. In his texts, Alexey Vasilyevich walked harshly around Yeltsin’s entourage, his family, but he almost did not touch the former boss himself. In 2012, Alexander released the second book about Yeltsin’s entourage, where he again, with all his might, accuses the family and close associates of the president. In numerous interviews, Korzhakov hinted that he knew a great deal about the events of Yeltsin’s rule, that all his revelations were still to come, but so far he had not decided to make sensational statements.
Awards
Alexander Vasilyevich for his valiant servicerepeatedly received various awards. He received the Order For Personal Courage, as well as several medals, including the Defender of Free Russia, For Impeccable Service, several commemorative awards and a certificate of honor from the administration of the Tula Region.
Personal life
Alexander Korzhakov in his life was twice married.He lived with his first wife Irina for many years, the couple had two daughters - Galina and Natalya. Korzhakov is already a grandfather, his daughter Natalia had a son, Ivan. Now Alexander is married a second time, his wife's name is Elena.
In private, Korzhakov is very calm andunassuming man. He resides in the village of Molokovo, where he built a temple at his own expense, bought a pump for water for the villagers. He loved sports all his life and continues to play tennis today, chasing a ball with his grandson. Korzhakov loves dogs very much, and there were always a few dogs in his house. Today in his estate lives several dogs of different breeds.
В жизни Коржакова, кроме политики, были и другие interesting events. So, he starred in the movie: "The Bremen Town Musicians", "Heaven and Earth", "Only You". He enjoys watching TV shows about the work of power structures, and in some of them heroes sometimes flash, the prototype of which he himself has become.
Today's Day
Alexander Korzhakov, whose books are sold outfairly large print runs, continues to write today. He is working on another volume of memoirs about his participation in the backstage of the big Russian policy, which will be called “Notes of the Wandering General”. Korzhakov lives a quiet country life. Sometimes he advises former colleagues and colleagues, gives interviews to various media outlets and continues to promise that “he will sometime tell the whole truth,” but he immediately states that “people should not know everything”.
