Oleg Chirkunov
Oleg Chirkunov | |
|---|---|
Олег Чиркунов | |
| 1st Governor of Perm Krai | |
| In office 1 December 2005–28 April 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Viktor Basargin |
| Acting Governor of Perm Oblast | |
| In office 25 March 2004–1 December 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Yury Trutnev |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1958年11月15日) November 15, 1958 (age67) |
| Website | perm.ru chirkunov.com |
Oleg Anatolyevich Chirkunov (Russian : Олег Анатольевич Чиркунов, IPA:[ɐˈljektɕɪrkʊˈnof] ; born 15 November 1958) is a Russian politician who served as the governor of Perm Krai from 12 March 2004 to 28 April 2012.[1]
Early life
[edit ]Chirkunov graduated from Perm Polytechnic Institute in 1981 with a specialization in Economics and Organization of the Mechanical Engineering Industry.[2] He received a degree from the Higher School of the KGB in 1985, after which he served in the KGB until the dissolution of the Soviet Union.[3] [4] [5] He subsequently graduated from the Law Department of Perm State University in 1988. He received his PhD in economics in 1990.[5]
Career
[edit ]Chirkunov was the trade representative of Russia to Switzerland from 1991 to 1994. After that he worked with the business group «Eks». He was also a deputy of legislative assembly of Perm Oblast from 1997 to 2000. After this he became the representative of the region at Federation Council of Russia. He was appointed acting governor of Perm Oblast in 2004, and was confirmed as governor of Perm Krai in 2005 (after the merger of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug).
Chirkunov played a role in Vladimir Putin's rise to power, something he came to regret.[6]
Perm
[edit ]Despite this history, Chirkunov left a mark as a reform-minded governor of Perm. He commissioned Marat Gelman, a prominent political scientist and art curator, to oversee "Project Perm" and revitalize the city to become a European center of culture.[4] [7] [8] [9] Gelman aspired to create an "artistic perestroika."[6]
Perm, a city of brutal Soviet architecture and home to just under a million people, became an anomalous and relatively free political space under Chirkunov. While the Kremlin crushed opposition parties and independent media, "in Perm artists were encouraged to experiment, journalists could criticize, and visitors might think they were in Western Europe, rather than middle Russia."[6] Project Perm included a Museum of Contemporary Art; the White Nights Festival, a summer event which drew up to a million visitors; and the Perm-36 Gulag museum.[10] [6]
Resignation
[edit ]After Putin's re-election in 2012 amid widespread protests, the Russian state cracked down heavily on political dissent as well as the sponsorship of independent artistic expression such as that in Perm. Chirkunov resigned as Perm governor in April 2012, after suffering constant verbal attacks on state television.[11]
References
[edit ]- ↑ "Russia Profile - Who's Who?". www.russiaprofile.org. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ↑ Kovalenko, Artem (28 May 2012). "The governor is outside the system". Expert. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- ↑ "Russian City Moving from Tanks to Culture". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 2021年05月14日.
- 1 2 Rogers, Douglas (2015年11月23日). The Depths of Russia: Oil, Power, and Culture after Socialism. ISBN 978-1-5017-0156-6.
- 1 2 Follath, Von Erich (23 October 2009). "From Russian Gulag to Avant-Garde Mecca". Spiegel International. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Russia's brief, shining moment: The city of Perm and its meandering dance with history".
- ↑ "Perm, la révolution inachevée". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2014年02月18日. Retrieved 2021年02月10日.
- ↑ Kishkovsky, Sophia (2009年05月28日). "Modern Dance and Art Bring a Burst of Color to a Gray City (Published 2009)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021年02月10日.
- ↑ Jones, Finn-Olaf (2011年07月22日). "A Bilbao on Siberia's Edge? (Published 2011)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021年02月10日.
- ↑ "Le goulag oublié". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2009年10月24日. Retrieved 2021年02月10日.
- ↑ Gessen, Masha (2017年10月03日). The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia. ISBN 978-0-698-40620-9.