Viktor Pavlovich Barannikov - a man of the "Yeltsin" era

In the difficult era of the emergence of a new Russia on the political Olympus, he was a major figure. The USSR collapsed, the democrat-reformers took power into their own hands, but even the new elite of the ruling elite was rather afraid of this man. On the sidelines of the Kremlin, he was even compared with Lavrenty Beria himself. One way or another, but Viktor Pavlovich Barannikov was a protégé of Boris Yeltsin, but it was the first president of Russia that made the "ward" career suddenly cut short. Naturally, he had competitors who regularly informed him that there was a "killer" dirt on the arsenal. Remembering this, Viktor Pavlovich Barannikov tried to be cautious in political affairs. But his influence in power melted at one point. He even was subjected to criminal prosecution. But everything turned out ...

Biographical information

Viktor Pavlovich Barannikov was born in 1940, the twentieth of October (place of birth: Fedosyevka village, Pozharsky district, Primorye). Having received the certificate of maturity, the young man got a job as a simple turner at the Elabuga Mechanical Plant.

In 1961, he went to study at a local police school. In parallel, Viktor Pavlovich Barannikov decides to change his profession and is going to work for the police as a precinct officer.

Career in the "security" department

The young man, showing diligence and diligence in his work, quickly ascended the career ladder. Having received the diploma about the termination of school of militia, he submits documents to the Higher school of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of RSFSR (Sverdlovsk branch) and becomes the student of the given HIGH SCHOOL. In 1968 he successfully completed it. First, he is appointed to lead the "local" department, and then offer the position of assistant head of the police department in the district. Naturally, Barannikov agrees. At the end of the seventies, Viktor Pavlovich already leads the ATS of the Moscow region near Korolev (at the time - Kaliningrad MO). In 1983 Barannikov was offered a job in the central apparatus of the "union" MVD. Soon he will head one of the departments of the Obkhoss, which is profiled on crimes with currency and thefts of precious metals.

In the late 80s, a graduate of the Higher School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will travel to Azerbaijan as the first assistant to the minister of the republic's "law enforcement agency". Barannikov Viktor Pavlovich, whose biography is of interest to military experts, was to participate in the resolution of the Karabakh conflict.

Ministerial post

In the summer of 1990, he was appointed assistant to the head of the "law enforcement agency", and then he succeeded Vasily Trushin, receiving the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the RSFSR. He was in charge of work in the above-mentioned ministry, being a member of the team of I. Silaev.

Putsch

And of course, it should be noted that Viktor Pavlovich was a participant in the defense of the White House in 1993. During the putsch, he addressed the heads of territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with encrypted telegrams, in which he asked not to support those who initiated the "unconstitutional coup".

The last minister in the Union

After the "Soviet" government was deposed, a new government in the USSR began to recruit its own team of managers.

In August 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev gave a written order that Barannikov should receive the post of "Minister of Internal Affairs of the USSR". Less than two weeks later, Viktor Pavlovich was awarded the rank of colonel general. In a new capacity, he managed to recall the OMON troops from Riga and Vilnius. At one of the meetings of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, the question was raised about the introduction of emergency in the Chechen Republic, he stated the inexpediency and prematurity of such a measure.

At the end of 1991, the Committee was abolished, which was and. about. Soviet government. Naturally, Barannikov lost his post. But Viktor Pavlovich was to head a new "security" department, responsible for security and internal order in the country (Ministry of Security and Internal Affairs of the RSFSR). But the Supreme Council voted against the establishment of the above structure, and after a while the position of the deputies was supported by the Constitutional Court.

The Epoch of Yeltsin

In the new team of Boris Nikolayevich Barannikov also found a place. He was appointed to a profile job: Viktor Pavlovich began to lead the Federal Security Agency.

Then the body was reformed (became the RF Ministry of Security), but it was headed by Viktor Pavlovich. Then Barannikov was promoted to the rank of army general. Barannikov lost his post "Russian Security Minister" in the summer of 1993. He was fired for significant shortcomings in his work and violation of ethical standards. And Boris Yeltsin accused Viktor Pavlovich of corruption links with business.

Arrest

In the fall of 1993, during the execution of the White House Barannikov, along with other ministers appointed by the Supreme Soviet, they were arrested. The ex-minister was accused of initiating mass riots during the attempted coup d'état. Victor Pavlovich went to the remand prison "Lefortovo".

However, in the winter of the following year, representatives of the lower house of parliament amnestied the participants in the storming of the House of Soviets.

Viktor Pavlovich was able to go free, and charges against him were dropped.

Death

Viktor Barannikov died in the summer of 1995. While at his own dacha, he read the newspapers ... Death came suddenly. The doctors stated that the cause was a heart attack. There were rumors that the incurable disease was provoked by the psychoemotional factor. Anyway, but did not do autopsy. The politician is buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery of the capital.