Oleg Poptsov

On May 28, 1934, Oleg Poptsov was born - the founder of the All -Russian State Television and Radio Company.

Personal business

Oleg Maksimovich Poptsov (86 years old) was born in Leningrad. In 1959 he graduated from the Higher Forestry Academy with a degree in Lesodovalist, worked as an assistant to the forestry in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

Having graduated from the Higher Party School of the Central Committee of the CPSU (VPS), he became the secretary of the Leningrad regional committee of the Komsomol. In 1965, he was transferred to work in the central apparatus of the Komsomol Central Committee in Moscow. The journalistic path began in the magazine "Rural Youth", which was the editor -in -chief of which was in 1968; He headed the publication until 1990. In February 1989, he participated in the creation of the peasant party of Russia, headed by Yuri Chernichenko.

In March 1990, Poptsov became deputy Yegor Yakovlev in the first independent Russian newspaper Moscow News. Then he became a deputy of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR, entered the Glasnosti group, the Media Committee.

On July 14, 1990, Oleg Poptsov was appointed chairman of the All -Russian State television and radio company (VGTRK). He led the second channel for more than five years. On February 15, 1996, the presidential decree was relieved of his post.

Since April 1996, he worked as a observer in the weekly newspaper. In February 1997, he became the general director of the Pushkinskaya Square publishing house (alphabet, ah ..., “versts”, “yat”).

On February 9, 2000, with the support of the Moscow Mayor, Yuri Luzhkov, he was appointed president - General Director of TV Center OJSC. On December 21, 2005 he left the post - according to official figures, due to the expiration of the contract. According to the Moscow Komsomolets, the reason for the dismissal of Poptsov with the TVC was such an incident. Shortly before the elections to the Moscow City Duma, the channel showed a concert under the auspices of United Russia. But during the advertising pause, the Communist Party of the Communist Party was broadcast, which caused discontent among the curators of the canal from the party in power. Poptsov explained what happened by the fact that he could not go against the law and is obliged to give television time to all parties.

Since 2009 - member of the expert council of the International Analytical Journal "Geopolitics".

He was awarded the Orders of Friendship of Peoples and the "Badge of Honor". Laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize, Public Prize named after Peter the Great, a number of journalistic prizes. The owner of the title "Best Manager of Russia in the Media." Laureate of the Washington World Association of Religious Radio and Television for 1993.

Married, has two daughters.

What is famous

Oleg Poptsov is called the founding father of the first alternative television of the RTR in the USSR and the All-Russian State Television and Radio Company. In 1990, he was actually one of the creators of Russian television. In the future, working on TVC, he deliberately put in the broadcasting net a lot of social TV projects.

On May 12, 2016, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin Oleg Poptsov was awarded the Order of Honor "for great merits in the development of television and radio broadcasting, many years of fruitful activity."

What you need to know about

Oleg Poptsov is the author of about 20 novels, stories, fairy tales. Among them is the most famous cycle about the Russian authorities - the “Chronicle of the times of Tsar Boris” (1995) - about the secrets of the Yeltsin era and “The anxious dreams of the royal retinue” (2000). In 2008, he graduated from the third book of the cycle - “full house in the Kremlin. There are no free presidential places. ” In the preface to her, Oleg Poptsov answered the question constantly asked to him - why does he write these books.

“Imagine: August 1994. I am the chairman of the Russian State television and radio company, I am withdrawing a transfer dedicated to the anniversary of the failure of the GKChP. That first of my first book about the authorities, dedicated, including the events of August 1991, which finally turned up both Russia and the USSR, and the entire so -called “socialist camp”. The shooting of the program was already ending, we worked on a hunchback bridge in front of the White House. It was necessary to remove another general plan. And suddenly the director of the program, an already middle -aged woman, asks me: “Oleg Maksimovich, why did you write your book about“ King Boris? ”

I look at her, I guess on my face not a confusion even, but depression. With a lightweight, relaxing smile, I answer: “Because I could not help but write. I, excuse me, writer. And he was not only an eyewitness, but also a participant in those events. ” “Have you thought about us? They won’t forgive you for this, ”said the female director and cried. I rushed to reassure her, they say, this book is an analysis of public moods, hopes, mistakes and disappointments. We all went through this time, and we need to remember it. “I understand everything,” the woman says, “only you are a romantic. You can’t redo them, but to suffer for us. ”

In January 2001, Poptsov became the laureate of the Prize of the Union of Journalists of Russia “Golden Poro of Russia” - “For journalistic books about Russian politics”.

Direct speech

About my resignation: “The resignation was not a surprise to me. During the election campaign, a certain conflict occurred in the Moscow City Duma, after which I felt distrust of myself. They told me that I did not catch mice. But I did not let at the rats of the rats, that is, all kinds of officials imposed on me. The board of directors went calmly: they said thanks to me for the work, but now I will no longer be on the TVC. I did not write a resignation statement, because I know that in this case a team will leave for me. ”

About Putin’s board: “We have been in a country that over the past 85 years experienced a jump from capitalism to socialism, and then back to capitalism. As a result, we have been all these years, and now we are in the transition period. We live according to the temporary model. Alas, there is nothing more constant than temporary. This is the biggest danger. If President Putin manages to complete the transition period, it will already be a lot. Since you can’t be in the transition all the time. I need certainty - where we are. Even the metal has a threshold of fatigue. The people are even more so. ”

About the situation with the Crimea: “I am positive about this, because I understand that Putin took advantage of the moment. Of course, he knocked Obama in this situation. They overslept. Well, nothing surprising. I wrote this in my article that there was no connection - there was a reunion. These are different things. Fundamentally different. "

About the situation with Ukraine as a whole: “The events in Ukraine literally overturned the usual world. The politicization of fellow citizens seems to have reached the highest bar. Who would have thought that in a democratic society - and European society, even recognizing its flaws, undoubtedly, democratic - such poisoning of the mind can happen. The information aggression against Russia, which has crossed all the boundaries, creating the image of Russia as an enemy and hatred for it, is like a mental disorder. And the propaganda delirium in the West believes: a wave of patriotism, which rose in Russia after reuniting with the Crimea, is interpreted by the West only as the triumph of the invaders. ”

4 facts about Oleg Poptsov

• The technical complex of VGTRK, organized by Poptsov, became the first Newsrum in Russia.
• According to media reports, Poptsov “left” with TVC for inadequate coverage of the war in Chechnya.
• Poptsov himself considers the reason for dismissal his television film “Your Highly Odino”, built as an imaginary dialogue with Vladimir Putin. The meaning of the film was that Putin did not know the real position of the country and the Russian people, which hides his environment from him.
• On October 3, 1993, during an attempt to storm the Ostankino television center supporters of the loose parliament, Poptsov organized a TV show from the reserve studio.

Materials about Oleg Poptsov

Article about Oleg Poptsov on Wikipedia

Interview with Oleg Poptsov in Moscow Komsomolets

Interview with Oleg Poptsov in the "Independent Gazeta"

Interview with Oleg Poptsov in Vesti.ru