Chub Vladimir Fedorovich was born on July 24, 1948 in Pinsk, Brest region, in the family of a serviceman. Graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Water Transport. Since 1971, he worked as a shop foreman at the Red Fleet repair and maintenance base in Rostov-on - Don, then as a shop manager, department manager, and chief engineer.

In 1972-1973 he served in the Armed Forces.

From November 1980 to September 1983, he worked as the second secretary of the Proletarian District Party Committee in Rostov-on-Don. From September 1983 to October 1985 - Chief Engineer of the Volga-Don River Shipping Company.

In October 1989, on an alternative basis, he was elected Chairman of the Rostov-on-Don City Executive Committee, and in 1990, also on an alternative basis, he was elected Chairman of the Rostov City Council of People's Deputies.

In October 1991, on the recommendation of the session of the Regional Council of People's Deputies, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was appointed head of the administration of the Rostov region. In 1993, he was elected a member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

In September 1996, at the first direct general election in the history of the Don, he was elected Head of Administration (governor) of the Rostov region. He is Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Budget, Tax Policy, Financial, Currency and Customs Regulation, and Banking. Since 1998-Chairman of the Council of the Association for Social and Economic Cooperation of the Republics, Territories and Regions of the North Caucasus, member of the Russian Government.

- Vladimir Fedorovich, Rostov-on-Don and the Rostov region occupy a special place on the map of Russia. The agro-industrial potential of the region is significant, the composition of the population is multi-ethnic, and the history is rich in events. In this connection, can we say that the political, socio - economic processes taking place in the field are typical for the whole of Russia?

- I am not a big proponent of comparative generalizations, especially when it comes to such a huge, multinational, multicultural country as our Russia, and even in the current time of transition. Of course, the pace of economic reform, the depth of penetration of new trends in industrial and social relations, and people's reactions to these processes vary from region to region. Therefore, I would not judge the state of affairs in our region about how political, socio-economic processes are going in other regions of the Russian Federation. However, it is possible to reflect on some areas in the economy, the preservation of the country's defense potential, which may be affected by the current situation in our country.

The Rostov region, due to its geographical and geopolitical position, is rightly called the gateway to the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia, the center of southern Russia. And such an objective status requires a lot. For example, to ensure that these "gates do not creak with all their hinges", and the people "serving" them do not get carried away with political "infighting", and regularly work for the benefit of their native land.

We still manage to keep the working rhythm. Despite the economic crisis, the devaluation of the ruble and other unpleasant events in the Russian economy, we generally managed to keep the production of goods and services at the same level, and prevent a collapse in job cuts. Experts of the World Bank for Reconstruction and Development have recognized the Rostov region as a politically and economically stable region with a low level of investment risk. And such an assessment of Western partners who can count money and invest it is worth a lot.

A vivid example of the persistent desire of Rostov residents to resist the onslaught of economic troubles, to learn how to work fruitfully in the market is the activity of many enterprises of the military-industrial complex located in the region. These enterprises are trying to find ways of financial recovery, using new technologies to reorient production to produce products that are in demand in the Russian and global markets. For example, Rostvertol RVC has a business plan for the company's development, which includes the development of licensed production of Sokol VZA and Mi - 34 helicopters, which have an excellent reputation both in our country and abroad.

The team of another giant of the military - industrial complex, JSC Horizont, does not stand still. This joint-stock company, which is a leader in the production of navigation equipment in Russia and the CIS countries, in addition to its main products, has mastered the production of speedboats using an outboard motor or a water jet propulsion system. It also produces reactive asynchronous electric drives for household and industrial appliances and installations.

As you can see, people do not sit idly by and try to act in relation to the new conditions. And we are committed to helping them. First of all, we need to create a favorable investment climate and conduct a balanced regional tax policy.

- On the geographical location of the Rostov region. Our region is a fertile one, but there are so many well-known problems caused by its close proximity to the politically unstable republics of the North Caucasus. In recent years, the Rostov region has been flooded with refugees and internally displaced persons. This circumstance cannot but affect the situation in the region?

- In recent years, our region has become a kind of" accumulator " for hundreds of thousands of destitute people, torn from their habitable places by a storm of interethnic strife and ethnic conflicts, rampant nationalist passions and economic ruin. You can understand them: the Rostov region is seen as a kind of oasis of peace and well-being, where you can settle down, start a new life, and provide a normal future for children. The so-called Russian-speaking population comes to us willingly, not only from the republics of the North Caucasus, but also from other regions of the former USSR. Most of these people are natives of the Rostov region, who for one reason or another found themselves far from their native places. Naturally, such an influx creates certain difficulties for us. After all, new arrivals need housing, work, social and medical services.

Only officially, since 1992, more than 100 thousand people have applied for help to the migration service of the region. 38 thousand of them received the status of internally displaced persons. The percentage of people who came from the republics of the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia is very significant.

- Perhaps we should say something about the attitude towards people who suffered during the Chechen war?

- Yes, this category of citizens is on our special account. The Regional Temporary Commission for Compensation for Lost housing and property to citizens who suffered during the fighting in the Chechen Republic, in 1997 - 1998, considered more than four hundred applications for financial assistance. More than two hundred families have already received compensation in the amount of about two billion rubles. 198 families were recognized as eligible for such compensation. And it will be paid immediately as soon as the money is received from the Federal Migration Service. The relevant management and executive structures are considering another 400 such applications.

In total, since 1992, 15 thousand registered migrants have received benefits from the federal budget in the amount of about one million rubles. Almost 30 million rubles were also issued in the form of loans for the purchase or construction of housing. In accordance with the presidential program "Children of refugee and Internally displaced families", children from large and low-income migrant families are provided with free meals at schools and financial assistance to prepare for the school year. In the summer, many children had a free rest in children's health camps. In total, over three hundred thousand rubles were spent for these purposes in 1998.

- Please tell us how a set of measures is being implemented in the region to provide psychological and medical assistance to people affected by military conflicts.

- We understand how important it is not to lose sight of all the circumstances related to the adaptation and arrangement of people in our region. After all, in addition to purely human compassion, there are other reasons that make us seriously deal with this problem. Let's not turn a blind eye to the facts: under certain conditions, such people can become a kind of fuel in the hands of political forces interested in whipping up passions and destabilizing the situation in the region. And this cannot be allowed, and our citizens have already had many trials.

Yes, there is still a lot to be done in this direction, and no matter what figures and facts I mention, they may seem insignificant against the background of the mass of accumulated problems and difficulties. Nevertheless, such work is underway. In accordance with the Federal Law "On Veterans" and my decree ?24 of November 18, 1996, we have established a regional system of medical rehabilitation of former military personnel, participants in military operations, disabled military service and other persons of privileged categories. So, on the basis of the regional medical and physical culture dispensary, a regional center for participants in military conflicts was created. During the past year, 196 participants of military conflicts and 43 members of their families received psychological and rehabilitation assistance here. For 27 participants, a course of treatment was conducted, 11 people received the right to sanatorium - resort services. In total, more than 2,000 people visited the Center during this period. Similar institutions operate in many cities and districts of the region. In particular, in Taganrog on the basis of the medical and diagnostic center of the Krasny Gidropress plant, in Volgodonsk, and other places.

I would also like to mention this important point: in most cases, people who are assigned to deal with the problems of citizens in need of help and support do so sincerely, from the bottom of their hearts. Didn't the staff of the Millerovsky military enlistment office and the local administration respond to the misfortune of the family of the deceased Senior Lieutenant Yuri Gromov with human warmth, for example? It was necessary to help with the child's placement in kindergarten - no problem. Elena Gromova and her daughter needed to improve their health in the Sochi sanatorium of mother and child on a preferential ticket - and there was no refusal for the hero's family. And there are hundreds of such examples.

- Providing specific, targeted assistance to people in distress is a necessary and important task. But what measures are being taken to reverse the difficult economic and social situation in general?

- Of course, the financial support provided by the Federal Migration Program and other regulatory documents is primarily intended to provide, as they say, emergency assistance to people, to give them the opportunity to recover from the shocks they have experienced at first. It is even more important to create economic and political prerequisites for improving the situation in the North Caucasus, to give people the opportunity to live and work in peace.

This task, in particular, is what the Association for Social and Economic Cooperation of the Republics, Territories and Regions of the North Caucasus, whose Council I was elected Chairman of in 1998, is designed to solve. It aims to comprehensively stimulate the activities of domestic producers, attract inter-regional Russian and foreign investments, and strengthen mutually beneficial business cooperation between economic entities of the North Caucasus territories. The Association's activities are already bearing real fruit. The program "Development of the transport complex of the North Caucasus", which provides for the construction and reconstruction of railway and automobile communications, air and water transport facilities, has been developed and is being implemented on its instructions. Thus, as part of the program, a bridge over the Mius River was recently reconstructed, which significantly eased cargo and passenger traffic with neighboring Ukraine for Russians. In August of last year, the Association's Council adopted the "Energy of the North Caucasus" program, the implementation of which will reduce the energy deficit of the region, create conditions for safe energy use and reduce tariffs for energy resources.

The main feature of these programs is their social orientation. The implementation of such measures will give us both an increase in the number of jobs and additional funds for social and household needs, which means that it will make the life of Rostov residents richer and calmer.

- Will these changes affect the social and everyday problems of military personnel serving in the region? Do they have the right to count on the help of local authorities?

- I will start with the main thing: for people who have decided to devote their lives to military service, we must create the most favorable conditions for fulfilling their duties. This is an axiom. Of course, we have to take into account the economic capabilities of the state, and Russia, as we know, still has little of them. However, what we can do must be done. As you know, most of the military personnel discharged from the reserve have to solve two main tasks - obtaining housing and employment.

The first of them is traditionally associated with understandable difficulties: a reduction in the volume of municipal housing construction, an increase in the number of people on the waiting list at the expense of people dismissed in connection with organizational and staff activities. In the past few years, the severity of this problem has been mitigated by the construction and commissioning of four military residential towns in the Rostov region, built under Russian-German agreements.

However, life is not static, there are new apartment-less reserves and retirees, and they are also not abandoned to the mercy of fate. I'll give you a concrete example. Not so long ago, the aviation unit in the Bataisk garrison was reduced, while more than 100 families were deprived, as they believed, of any prospect of getting housing. Naturally, people were nervous, the situation was heating up. By my decision, a working group was specially created under the administration of the Rostov region, which helped the Bataysk city administration allocate a "construction spot" for the construction of 28 houses for retired military personnel. 60 people were included in the list-an application for state certificates through the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

In total, in the region in 1998, 110 certificates were issued to former military personnel and 443 such documents were registered. As of January 1 of this year, 490 reserve officers and warrant officers became homeowners. About seventy and a half million rubles have been raised from the federal budget for this purpose.

Now about employment, the employment of dismissed servicemen and their family members. Nowadays, especially after the well-known August crisis events, it is not so easy for a person to find a highly paid and interesting job. Especially if the army specialty is not in high demand in civilian conditions. This lack of demand for the strength and knowledge of thousands of energetic, working-age people is fraught with an increase in social tension in the region. To prevent the escalation of negative phenomena, we have developed and are implementing a regional program to provide employment and retraining for civilian specialties for military personnel who were discharged from the reserve in 1999-2000.

The most important component of this program is the support of specialized educational institutions engaged in such work. There are several of them on the territory of the region. First of all, it is located in Rostov-on - Don Institute "Prestige "and Taganrog training center"Choice". Here, military personnel preparing for retirement are trained free of charge in specialties adapted to market conditions, and they are given knowledge that would help them start their own business. In Prestige, which operates at the Rostov State University of Civil Engineering, since 1994, 2,250 previously dismissed military personnel who are preparing for the reserve have received such training. Many of them have now become managers and leading specialists of large companies, prominent entrepreneurs.

- One of the painful points of our life is the lack of patriotic feelings, the leveling and overthrow of established historical and moral values. A direct consequence of this process was the negative attitude of some young people to military service. Some guys consider it almost valor to "mow down"' from the service. How do Rostov residents feel about this?

- I can say for sure: despite all the social conflicts of recent years, we have generally managed to preserve the system of military-patriotic education of young people. Unfortunately, there were some excesses and omissions here. For example, when, in an effort to get rid of excessively ideologized, organized forms and methods of military-patriotic education, we somewhat hastily abandoned the time-tested, effective means of conducting such work.

For example, it was not the best solution to cancel the course of primary military training in general education and professional educational institutions. Instead, in 1992, such a subject as "Fundamentals of life safety" was introduced. Agree, it sounds very amorphous and vague.

Not the best role was played by the anti-army campaign, which was attended by a number of media outlets and some public figures. At the same time, one should not confuse frank, objective media statements on the army topic with undisguised denigration. Criticism, and not only in military matters, can breed anger and suspicion. However, when building relationships with the military, when organizing and conducting military-patriotic events, we are guided by completely different approaches.

Now for the facts. In 1997 - 1998, in the Rostov region, pre-conscription training was conducted in 1073 educational institutions with coverage of almost 25 thousand young men of military age. In addition, 2,736 people were trained in circles, clubs and sections in military-applied specialties. Thanks to the efforts of local administrations and military commissariats, a number of cities and districts conducted field training sessions for students, although they are not provided for in the program of the OBZH course.

The work on military-patriotic education in our region has specific nuances, such as Cossack traditions, high activity of war veterans and the Armed Forces. In recent years, residents of Rostov have become increasingly confident that the former slogan "The people and the army are united" is not so conservative. In schools and colleges of the Rostov region, the Young Patriots of Russia social movement is gaining more and more authority. Children take part in military sports games and sports contests, create military sports camps, visit military units, make trips to places of labor and military glory. In the region, about 13 thousand veterans constantly take part in the work of draft commissions, military-patriotic events.

Good deeds are known to have specific addresses. Thus, the regional administration provides assistance in the construction of a 150-bed medical building for the district military hospital of the North Caucasus Military District. The Rostov city authorities presented military medics with a Gazelle car for household needs, and purchased simulators installed in the microsport hall for patients of the trauma department. On the eve of Christmas and New Year, the staff of JSC "Donskoy Tabak" transferred 10 thousand rubles to the hospital for the purchase of medicines and necessary property.

Such a form of work as the establishment of direct patronage over military units is being revived and improved. The Military Commissariat of the Zheleznodorozhny district of Rostov-on - Don, together with the administration, took patronage over the ships of the Black Sea Fleet-the Yenisei hospital ship and the Berezina complex supply ship. The Azov military enlistment office, in close cooperation with the district administration, patronizes the BDK "Azov". In connection with the 300th anniversary of the Russian Navy, a large delegation of the Rostov region traveled to Sevastopol. Rostov residents brought with them not only good wishes and greetings, but also generous gifts of the Don land.

In short, we strive to ensure that young residents of Rostov know firsthand about the life of the army and navy, imbued with respect for the hard work of the military. It is probably no coincidence that a resident of the Rostov region, Olesya Antropova from Belaya Kalitva, wrote a letter to the President of Russia asking him to think about making changes to the current legislation that would allow girls to serve in the Russian Army.

The conversation was conducted by Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Seleznev, permanent correspondent of Orientir for the North Caucasus Military District.

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