Manager from the Union

Victor Tolokonsky is a bridge connecting us and the USSR. As a manager, he formed back in Soviet times, he is a native of the family of a Soviet official. And these are not fiery commissars with the Nagans, this is a late Soviet nomenclature, whose main competencies are to fluctuate with the party line in time, weave Byzantine intrigues and skillfully distribute the resources that have taken.

Victor Tolokonsky is an era. Both for the Novosibirsk region and Siberia in general. At the dawn of my career, a political observer in the taiga.info, I wrote his political portrait . This was the first and (I hope that for now) the last publication in this series.

What has changed over the past 12 years? The country has changed, we have changed (rarely for the better), Viktor Tolokonsky changed. I would say - Tolokonsky swept. Then, in 2005, many who remembered him before could still equate his intelligence with weakness. Now there are no such in Novosibirsk. In the political portrait, I wrote that at the right time, Alexei Bespalikov with Dubina came out of the back of the intelligent Tolokonsky and explains everything to the incomprehensible. But for seven years now, Tolokonsky copes without Bespalikov - and nothing.

When Tolokonsky was sent to the Krasnoyarsk Territory, many were predicted - now the terrible Krasnoyarsk political sharks will be eaten. I was sure - Viktor Alexandrovich would “divorce” these sharks like Malkov. And it is unlikely that his resignation can be regarded as the victory of the Krasnoyarsk sharks - it is not clear who defeated him and what.

The policy of the federal center simply changed, and Tolokonsky unexpectedly and unpredictably turned out to be “unsuitable” for the place occupied. Moreover, Tolokonsky has long been “non -format” (in a good way) for the governor's corps. It is amazing not that he was removed, but that he remained afloat for so long.

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Victor Tolokonsky is a bridge connecting our time and the USSR. As a manager, he formed back in Soviet times, he is a native of the family of a Soviet official. And these are not fiery commissars with the Nagans, this is a late Soviet nomenclature, whose main competencies are to fluctuate with the party line in time, weave Byzantine intrigues and skillfully distribute the resources that have taken. Moreover, distribute in accordance with the rank, rank and reciprocity.

Victor Tolokonsky comprehended these sciences perfectly.

But even moreover, he added a lot in the 90s and subsequent ones. In his arsenal there were PR, and a tough fight against opponents (from the closure of the NTN-4 television channel to the organization of Yurchenko’s checks that led to the criminal cases of the latter), the members of the Novosibirsk organized crime group (if you trust the investigation) listened to the headquarters of his enemy in the elections. He could hammer enemies for years - and yet wait (and achieve) their fall. He experienced the betrayal of friends, political attacks, resignations and appointments. It will survive this.

Tolokonsky would have looked completely organically in the “Game of Thrones”, and would not be the worst character.

It is a pity that he will never tell everything he knows.

If not titans, then people who passed the fire of the nineties and zero water. And who will replace them? Clerks from the ministry? And on the eve of the fall of the wall? Let's see how they can cope with this, a fascinating sight.

Alexey Mazur