Evgeny Maksimovich September 11, 1998 May 12, 1999

March 24, 1999

June 26, 2015

October 29, 2019

Evgeny Primakov's awards

1979 - Order of Friendship of Peoples

1985 - Order of the Badge of Honor

Confessional awards

Departmental awards

Public awards

Works of Yevgeny Primakov










"East: the turn of the 80s" (1983);











Memory of Yevgeny Primakov

Family of Evgeny Primakov



Four granddaughters.

Daughter - Nana Evgenievna Primakova (born January 21, 1962) - a teacher-defectologist by profession, works as a psychologist, a member of the Russian Psychoanalytic Society. Her husband is the son of an academician, immunologist, director of an institute in Tbilisi, Vladimir Ivanovich Bakhutashvili.
Two granddaughters: Alexandra (born 1982), Maria (born 1997).

Second wife - Irina Borisovna Bokareva (born October 24, 1952), therapist; in 1989-1991 - the personal doctor of Yevgeny Primakov.

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Primakov Evgeny Maksimovich
Ion Finkelstein

Statesman

President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Russian Federation (2001-2011)

Deputy of the State Duma Federal Assembly Russia III convocation (2000-2001)

Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (since September)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1996-1998)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Doctor of Economic Sciences

Academician

News & Events

Research vessel named after Yevgeny Primakov

On November 1, 2017, the new research vessel of the Academy of Sciences was given the name "Akademik Primakov". The new name was given according to centuries-old maritime traditions. Irina Primakova, the politician's widow, became the "godmother" of the ship. We ended the solemn ceremony with a prayer for all those who will go to sea on it.

Memorial plaque in memory of Primakov installed in Moscow

In the center of Moscow, on a house in Skatertny Lane, on November 28, 2016, a memorial plaque was installed in memory of Yevgeny Primakov, ex-premier and former leader Russian Foreign Ministry. The place was not chosen by chance, because it was in this house that he lived the last years of his life - from 1996 to 2015.

Prominent politician Yevgeny Primakov dies of liver cancer

Russian political and statesman Evgeny Maksimovich Primakov died on June 26, 2015 in Moscow as a result of liver cancer. On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to his family and friends. The funeral service for the outstanding statesman was held in the Dormition Church of the Novodevichy Convent under the guidance of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'. He was buried with military honors in the sixth section of the Novodevichy cemetery of the capital. Primakov served as prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of Russia, and was a deputy of the State Duma.

Turn of Yevgeny Primakov's plane over the Atlantic

During a flight to the United States, on March 24, 1999, Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, having learned about NATO's decision to bomb Yugoslavia, ordered to deploy the letter board, which was already over Atlantic Ocean and returned to Moscow. This event went down in history as "Russia's turn to a multi-vector foreign policy", "the beginning of the revival of Russian statehood and the first demonstration to the world that one cannot speak with Russia from a position of strength." It has firmly entered the political lexicon as a common historical episode: a U-turn over the Atlantic.

Yevgeny Primakov appointed Prime Minister of Russia

Evgeny Maksimovich Primakov September 11, 1998 appointed to the post of Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation. During the eight months of his premiership, the market economy in the country quickly stabilized and recovered. One of the well-known events associated with Primakov was a U-turn over the Atlantic during a flight to the United States, after the news of NATO's decision to bomb Yugoslavia. The resignation from this position, due to the slowdown in reforms, was perceived negatively by more than 80% of citizens.

Russian government declared default

The economic crisis of 1998 was one of the worst economic crises in the history of Russia, on August 17, 1998, a default was declared in the country. Within a month after the default was announced, the government and leadership resigned Central Bank Russia.

Yevgeny Primakov, born Ion Finkelstein, was born on October 29, 1929 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The politician did not know his father, since in the early 1930s he was repressed and disappeared in one of the camps. Mother, Anna Yakovlevna worked as a gynecologist. Soon after his birth, he moved to the Georgian city of Tbilisi, where relatives lived. After graduating from seven classes, the guy left for Baku, where he entered military school created on the basis of the naval special school. However, in 1946, the young man was expelled from the cadets due to pulmonary tuberculosis.

Returning to Georgia and graduating from high school in 1948, the young man entered the capital's Institute of Oriental Studies. In 1953, after graduating from the university with honors and becoming a specialist in the Arab states, he continued his education at the postgraduate course of the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University.

Since 1956, Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov started working as a journalist All-Union Radio, holding positions from correspondent to editorial head of radio broadcasting to foreign countries of the State Committee for Cultural Relations. At the age of thirty-three, he began working as an international columnist for the newspaper Pravda, and in 1965 became the Middle East correspondent for this publication.

While living in Egypt, Primakov performed responsible tasks of the Central Committee of the party, met with the leadership of Iraq Saddam Hussein, Tariq Aziz, the Kurdish military Mustafa Barzani, the leader of Palestine Yasser Arafat, with the Syrian leader of the Arab Renaissance Party Yusef Zuine, as well as with the Sudanese general who became the head of the country Jafar Mohammed Nimeiri. In 1969, the politician received his Ph.D. Scientific research"The Social and Economic Development of Egypt".

At the end of 1970, head of the Institute of World Economy and international relations Russian Academy of Sciences, Nikolai Nikolaevich Inozemtsev offered Primakov to take the post of his deputy. At the same time, being a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences, Yevgeny Maksimovich headed the Institute of Oriental Studies, combining this position since 1979 with teaching at the Diplomatic Academy as a professor, as well as with the post of deputy chairman of the Peace Defense Committee.

Since 1985, Primakov has been the head of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. At the same time, he was a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, led the study of methods for studying global political and economic issues, and was engaged in the analysis of interstate conflicts and other problems in the field of international relations.

In the period from 1990 to 1991 he acted as an adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev. With his participation, the main players in the world political arena searched for ways to solve acute problems and regulate key interactions in international politics. So, on the eve of the conflict in the Persian Gulf, he met with Saddam Hussein, with Israeli figures: Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, as well as with Hosni Mubarak, Hafez Assad.

After the coup in August 1991, Primakov was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the Committee State Security. With the formation of the Russian Federation, he was elected head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, holding this post from 1991 to 1996.

From January 1996 to September 1998 Evgeny Maksimovich headed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As head of the department, he advocated a multi-vector foreign policy. He was the initiator of the creation, in contrast to the United States, of the strategic triangle Russia-China-India. Opponent of NATO expansion, supporter of the end cold war. It was Primakov who restored authority and dignity to the country's diplomatic service.

Evgeny Maksimovich September 11, 1998 appointed to the post of Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. During the eight months of his premiership, the market economy in Russia quickly stabilized and recovered. Primakov resigned. May 12, 1999, which, due to the slowdown in reforms, was perceived negatively by more than 80% of citizens.

The most famous event associated with Primakov and firmly entered the political lexicon as a U-turn over the Atlantic. When March 24, 1999 the Russian prime minister was on an official visit to the United States, however, having learned in flight about NATO's decision to bomb Yugoslavia, he ordered the plane to be deployed, which was already over the Atlantic Ocean, and returned to Moscow refusing to meet with the Western leadership. This event was an act of revival of Russia and a demonstration to the world that one cannot speak with Russia from a position of strength.

In 1999, Primakov became a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia of the III convocation, heading the Fatherland - All Russia party. In 2000, two months before the presidential elections in the country, he refused to participate in the presidential race in a televised address and, after the election of Vladimir Putin, became his ally and adviser.

Since 2001, Primakov has been the head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for ten years. Then he became chairman of the club of veterans, exchanging views and analysis of the political situation with the leadership of the state. Recognition of the merits of a statesman, author scientific research, marked by many prizes and high awards, including the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III, II and I degree, Alexander Nevsky, Honor.

In 2011, the politician resigned as president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation and after that he finally left "big politics".

In addition to politics and science, Primakov clearly distinguished himself in literature. He is the author of numerous articles and books on political and economic topics. In addition, Evgeny Maksimovich was fond of poetry and wrote poetry himself.

Such intense activity undermined Primakov's health. In 2014, he was diagnosed with liver cancer. In 2014, he underwent surgery in Milan, then was treated at the Blokhin Russian Cancer Center. He was admitted to the hospital again on June 3, 2015.

Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov passed away June 26, 2015 in Moscow as a result of liver cancer. On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to his family and friends. The funeral service for the outstanding statesman was held in the Dormition Church of the Novodevichy Convent under the guidance of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'. He was buried with military honors in the sixth section of the Novodevichy cemetery of the capital.

On the day of the 90th birthday of Yevgeny Primakov October 29, 2019, in the park near the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a monument to the great Russian politician. The grand opening of the monument was attended by all the first persons of the state, including President Vladimir Putin, as well as his colleagues, friends, relatives and relatives. On the same day, the exhibition "The Way of the Creator" was held in the State Duma, timed to coincide with the round date of the politician. It presents many of Primakov's personal belongings, a briefcase, a pen, certificates, many documents and photographs.

Evgeny Primakov's awards

State awards and prizes

1975 - Order of the Red Banner of Labor

1979 - Order of Friendship of Peoples

1980 - Laureate of the State Prize of the USSR

1982 - Honorary citizen of Tbilisi

1985 - Order of the Badge of Honor

1995 - Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree

1998 - Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree - for services to the state and a great contribution to the foreign policy of Russia

2001 - Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation - for the successful and high-quality performance of tasks related to the establishment of a negotiation process on the status of Pridnestrovie

2004 - Certificate of honor Government of the Russian Federation - for services to the state, many years of fruitful work and in connection with the 75th anniversary of his birth

2004 - Certificate of Honor of the Moscow Regional Duma - for merits in promoting the implementation of socio-economic policy by the authorities state power Moscow region and in connection with the 75th anniversary of the birth

2004 - Order of Honor - for a great contribution to the socio-economic development of the Russian Federation and many years of conscientious work

2009 - Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I degree - for outstanding services to the state in development international cooperation, strengthening the foreign economic relations of the Russian Federation and many years of fruitful scientific activity

2014 - Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation - for outstanding achievements in the field of humanitarian activities for 2013

2014 - Order of Alexander Nevsky - for labor achievements, many years of conscientious work and active social activity

Foreign state awards

Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, V degree (Ukraine, October 27, 2004) - for outstanding personal contribution in the development of Ukrainian-Russian economic and political relations and in connection with the 75th anniversary of the birth

Order of Friendship of Peoples (Belarus, March 22, 2005) - for his great personal contribution to the development and strengthening of Belarusian-Russian relations

Order of Dostyk, I degree (Kazakhstan, 2007)

Order "Danaker" (Kyrgyzstan, December 22, 2005) - for a significant contribution to the strengthening of friendship and cooperation, the development of trade and economic relations between Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation

Order of Friendship (Tajikistan, 1999)

Order of the Republic (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, 2009)

Order of Solidarity (Cuba, 2010)

Anniversary medal "20 years of independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2012)

Order of the Star of Jerusalem (Palestinian National Authority, 2014)

Awards from international organizations

2014 - Medal "For Strengthening Parliamentary Cooperation" (November 27, 2014, CIS Interparliamentary Assembly) - for a special contribution to the development of parliamentarism, strengthening democracy, ensuring the rights and freedoms of citizens in the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States

2001 - Diploma of the Commonwealth of Independent States (June 1, 2001, Council of Heads of State of the CIS) - for active work to strengthen and develop the Commonwealth of Independent States

Confessional awards

2009 - Order of the Holy Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, I degree (ROC, October 29, 2009) - for many years of fruitful social activity and state merits

2012 - Order "Al-Fakhr" I degree (the highest award of the Council of Muftis of Russia) - for outstanding contribution to the fruitful service to the multinational Russian society, strengthening cooperation between the peoples of the Russian Federation and the Arab-Muslim world, as well as the development national school Islamic studies and training of qualified personnel of oriental scholars

2014 - Order of Glory and Honor of the 1st degree of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) (October 29, 2014) - in attention to the labors and in connection with a significant date

Departmental awards

2001 - Gorchakov Commemorative Medal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (April 2001) - "for merits in strengthening peace and developing international cooperation, affirming universal ideals and humanitarian values, as well as achievements in diplomatic activity"

2008 - Big gold medal named after Lomonosov Russian Academy Sciences (RAS) - for outstanding contribution to the development social sciences

Public awards

1974 - Laureate of the Gamal Abdel Nasser International Prize

1983 - Laureate of the Avicenna Prize

1990 - Recipient of the George Kennan Award

2000 - Laureate of the Hugo Grotius International Prize - for a huge contribution to the development international law and for the creation of the doctrine of a multipolar world

2002 - Laureate of the National Business Reputation Award "Darin" of the Russian Academy of Business and Entrepreneurship (RABiP)

2003 - Laureate of the International Prize "Golden Aquarius" in the nomination "For Honor and Dignity"

2009 - Laureate of the Union of Journalists of Russia Prize "Golden Pen of Russia" (2009) for the book "A World without Russia?"

2012 - Laureate of the Demidov Prize in the field of social sciences - "for an outstanding contribution to the development of international relations and the positioning of Russia in the modern world"

2015 - Laureate of the fifth Prize "Vivat - Victory!" (Russia) - for services to the Fatherland. The award does not monetary reward. The laureates are awarded a diploma, an icon of St. George the Victorious and an officer's checker

Works of Yevgeny Primakov

"The countries of Arabia and colonialism" (1956);
"International Conflicts of the Sixties and Seventies" (1972, co-authored);
"Egypt: the time of President Nasser" (1974, 2nd ed. 1981; co-authored with I. P. Belyaev);
Middle East: Five Paths to Peace (1974);
"Energy crisis: the approach of Soviet scientists" (1974);
"Energy Crisis in the Capitalist World" (1975, editor);
"Anatomy of the Middle East Conflict" (1978);
"New phenomena in the energy sector of the capitalist world" (1979);
"The East after the collapse of the colonial system" (1982);
"East: the turn of the 80s" (1983);
"The Story of a Collusion: US Middle East Policy in the 1970s - early. 80s.” (1985);
"Essays on the history of Russian foreign intelligence" (in 6 vols, 1996);
"Years in big politics" (1999);
"Eight months plus ..." (2001);
The World After 9/11 (2002);
Confidential: The Middle East on Stage and Behind the Scenes (2006, 2nd ed. 2012);
"Minefield of politics" (2006);
“A world without Russia? What does political myopia lead to” (2009)
"Thinking out loud". M.: Rossiyskaya gazeta, 2011. 207 p., 15,000 copies.
"Russia. Hopes and anxieties. M.: Tsentrpoligraf, 2015.
"Meetings at the Crossroads". M.: Tsentrpoligraf, 2015. 607 p.
“Middle East on stage and behind the scenes. Confidentially". M.: Tsentrpoligraf, 2016. 415 pages.

Memory of Yevgeny Primakov

Primakov's Readings is an international forum of experts, diplomats and politicians dedicated to the memory of Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov. Organizer: Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences with the support of PJSC Center international trade”, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation and a number of other organizations. The event has been held annually since 2015.

In December 2015, ten personal scholarships named after Yevgeny Primakov for students of Moscow State University and ten personal scholarships for students of MGIMO were established.

The name was given to the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Russian Academy of Sciences also established the Primakov Gold Medal, which is awarded for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of the world economy and international relations.

Since 2017, a gymnasium in the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region has been named after Primakov.

In April 2016, Primakov's name was given to a newly formed street in the Leninsky district of the city of Makhachkala.

In March 2016, the Russian Foreign Ministry established the Primakov medal.

In November 2016, a memorial plaque to Yevgeny Primakov was installed on house 3 in Skatertny Lane, where the politician lived.

The name "Evgeny Primakov" was given in 2018 to the Sovcomflot icebreaker of the Aker ARC 121 project.

In 2019, the Charitable Foundation of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation was renamed the Primakov Children's Fund.

The hall named after the political and statesman, orientalist-Arabist Yevgeny Primakov and his bust were opened at school No. 4 named after the Hero of Russia Anatoly Kyarov.

In Moscow, on Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square, in the park opposite the building of the Russian Foreign Ministry, on October 29, 2019, a monument to Yevgeny Primakov by sculptor Georgy Frangulyan was unveiled.

Family of Evgeny Primakov

The father is repressed. Lost in the camps.
Mother - Anna Yakovlevna Primakova (1896-1972), obstetrician-gynecologist.

The cousin (the son of the mother's sister, Fanny Yakovlevna Kirshenblat, nee Primakova) is the Soviet biologist Yakov Davidovich Kirshenblat.

Maternal uncle - Alexander Yakovlevich Primakov, shot in Tbilisi on April 19, 1938.

First wife - Laura Vasilievna Kharadze (marriage from 1951 to 1987), student of the Georgian Polytechnic Institute, adopted daughter of NKVD General M.M. Gvishiani.

Son - Alexander Evgenievich Primakov (1954-1981) - graduated from MGIMO, underwent an internship in the USA, a graduate student of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences, his supervisor was a friend of his father, Valentin Zorin, suffered from myocarditis, died on May 1, 1981 from a heart attack.
Grandson - Evgeny Alexandrovich Primakov (born in 1976, creative pseudonym - Evgeny Sandro, Sandro - in honor of his father (Alexander)), journalist, orientalist, host of the program " International Review»on the Russia-24 TV channel.
Four granddaughters.

Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov - famous politician, diplomat, former prime minister, head of the Foreign Ministry and intelligence service, speaker of the Supreme Council Soviet Union.

He was an academician, statesman, who earned a reputation as an unshakable defender of the interests of the Russian Federation, a pragmatic and respected diplomat in the state and abroad, a large-scale personality with an inner core from a unique generation of the Soviet and post-Soviet era, which became a reflection of the country's history.

Primakov's most striking and well-known political decision was the cancellation of his 1999 visit to Washington, which took place right in the air during a flight over the Atlantic. Having received information about the intention of the North Atlantic military bloc to bomb Yugoslavia, he decided to return immediately.

The childhood of Evgeny Primakov

One of the most influential people state was born on October 29, 1929 in Kyiv, the capital of the Ukrainian SSR. His real name is Ion Finkelstein. His mother is a gynecologist. The politician did not know his father. In the thirties, he was repressed and disappeared in one of the Gulag camps. According to official data, the politician's mother is Jewish, and her father is Russian.


The politician grew up in Tbilisi, where his mother's relatives lived, and where she moved 2 years after his birth. After graduating from seven classes, he entered the military school (BVMPU) in Baku, created on the basis of the naval special school. In 1946, the young man was expelled from the cadets due to pulmonary tuberculosis.

Returning to Georgia and graduating from school in 1948, he entered the capital's Institute of Oriental Studies. In 1953, he became a certified specialist in the Arab states and continued his education in the postgraduate course of the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University.

The beginning of the career of Yevgeny Primakov

Since 1956, he began working as a journalist for the All-Union Radio, holding posts from a correspondent to the editorial head of radio broadcasting to foreign countries of the State Committee for Cultural Relations.


At the age of 33, Primakov began working as an international columnist for the Pravda newspaper, and from 1965 as a Middle Eastern correspondent for this tabloid. While living in Egypt, he performed responsible tasks of the Central Committee of the party, met with the leadership of Iraq (Saddam Hussein, Tariq Aziza), the Kurdish military Mustafa Barzani, the leader of Palestine Yasser Arafat, with the Syrian leader of the Arab Renaissance Party Yu. President Jafar Mohammed Nimeiri.

According to the British media, at that time Primakov was not so much engaged in journalism as he was carrying out an intelligence mission, being a KGB agent and working under the pseudonym "Maxim".

Scientific work of Evgeny Primakov

In 1969, the politician received a doctorate in science, defending the scientific study "The Social and Economic Development of Egypt."


At the end of 1970, the head of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO), Nikolai Inozemtsev, invited him to take the post of his deputy. As a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences, he headed the Institute of Oriental Studies, combining this position since 1979 with teaching at the Diplomatic Academy as a professor, as well as with the post of deputy chairman of the Committee for the Protection of Peace.

Since 1985, he was the head of IMEMO for 4 years. Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences led the study of methods for studying global political and economic issues, was engaged in the analysis of interstate conflicts and other problems in the field of international relations.

Since 1989, Primakov has become the head of the Council of the Union. In 1990-1991 he joined the Council of the country's leader Mikhail Gorbachev.


With his direct participation, the main players in the world political arena searched for ways to solve many acute problems and regulate key interactions in international politics. So, on the eve of the conflict in the Persian Gulf, he met with Saddam Hussein, with Israeli figures - Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, as well as with Hosni Mubarak (Egypt), Hafez Assad (Syria) and others.

After the coup in August 1991, he was appointed first deputy chairman of the KGB. With the formation of the Russian Federation, he was elected head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, serving from 1991 to 1996.


Being an adherent of “Realpolitik”: the course led by Bismarck in his time (in which political decisions are made primarily for practical reasons, without taking into account ideological or moral aspects), the head of the Foreign Ministry advocated a multi-vector foreign policy.

He was the initiator of the creation (as opposed to the United States) of the Russia-China-India strategic triangle, simultaneously with the development of relations with the West, an opponent of NATO expansion, and a supporter of the end of the Cold War. By all accounts, he returned authority and dignity to the country's diplomatic service.


During the period 1998-1999. Primakov was appointed prime minister. At the same time, he automatically became a contender for the presidency. During the 8 months of his premiership, the market economy in the Russian Federation quickly stabilized and recovered. The resignation of Yevgeny Maksimovich from office (due to the slowdown in reforms) was perceived negatively by more than 80 percent of citizens.

Since 1999, Yevgeny Maksimovich has been a State Duma deputy, led the Fatherland - All Russia party. In 2000, 2 months before the election of the leader of the country, in a televised address, he refused to participate in the presidential race and, after the election of Vladimir Putin, became his ally and adviser.

Evgeny Primakov about Vladimir Putin

Since 2001, Primakov has been head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for 10 years. Then he became chairman of the club of veterans, exchanging views and analysis of the political situation with the leadership of the state.

Personal life of Yevgeny Primakov

Yevgeny Primakov was married twice. He knew his first wife Laura Gvishiani (Kharadze) since childhood, they lived next door in Georgia. She was the adopted daughter of NKVD General Mikhail Maksimovich Gvishiani, and later became the sister of her son-in-law Alexei Kosygin. Together, young people went to enter Moscow. In 1951 they got married.


They had two children - first-born Alexander in 1954 and daughter Nana in 1962. The politician's share in 1981 was the hardest loss - the death of his son from a heart attack. At this time, he was on duty on Red Square during the May Day festivities. His heart was weak and ambulance couldn't come quickly.

In the summer of 1987, the wife of the politician also died of heart disease. She became ill in the elevator as they went down. They lived together for 37 years.


From his son, Primakov left his grandson Yevgeny Jr., who gave him 4 great-granddaughters. And daughter Nana gave birth to 2 girls Sasha and Maria.


The second wife of the politician was his attending physician Irina Borisovna, whom he married in 1994. She graduated from the Stavropol Medical Institute, worked in residency at the Fourth Main Directorate, where the leadership of the country was treated. Then she became the head of the special department of the Barvikha sanatorium, where in 1990 she met a politician. At that time, she was married to a doctor, and her daughter Anya was born in the marriage.


Yevgeny Primakov invited her to become his doctor. A year later, after the coup, Irina divorced her husband and became close to a politician. They soon got married.

The last years of the life and death of Yevgeny Primakov

IN Lately the diplomat was ranked among the so-called "seventh column" because of his statements about the need to restore relations with the West, curtail the Ukrainian campaign, implement domestic political reforms and pursue a rational foreign policy. (Recall that the “fifth column” includes the opposition public, the “sixth” - systemic liberals, the “seventh” - sane security officials who fear the aggravation of the conflict with the whole world and the negative consequences of this for the Russian Federation).

In 2011, he resigned as president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation and after that he finally left "big politics".

Yevgeny Primakov died in Moscow

In 2014, the politician underwent an operation in Milan, then he underwent treatment at the Blokhin Russian Cancer Center. In early June 2015, he got there again.

Primakov passed away at the age of 86 after a serious illness (according to various sources - a brain tumor or liver cancer) on June 26, 2015. He was buried with military honors Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow. At the civil memorial service in the Hall of Columns, the President of Russia himself spoke, and the funeral service was given by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill.

Vladimir Putin, former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and other political figures expressed deep condolences to his relatives on the death of Primakov.

Death of Yevgeny Primakov: Vladimir Putin's speech at the farewell ceremony

Earlier, noting the outstanding services of Yevgeny Maksimovich on the eve of his 85th birthday, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called him a landmark figure in the foreign policy of the Russian Federation and expressed his conviction that his progressive system of views (thanks to which, in particular, there was a turning point in the foreign policy of the Russian Federation) in the future will be studied as a special concept - "Primakov's doctrine".

IN everything that is in a person is from childhood. If you overfeed a child with jelly, Oblomov will grow up. But Mussolini, for example, was often beaten as a child. It turned out to be a dictator. Zhenya Primakov never fought at all, because he could turn any situation in his favor. Got a diplomat. When Yevgeny Primakov became prime minister, his school friends from Tbilisi, of course, congratulated Zhenya. But there was no sincerity in their congratulations. And not because they do not love an old friend or envy, but quite the contrary - they regret. The place of the Russian prime minister is as if bewitched - everyone is on fire: Gaidar, Chernomyrdin, Kiriyenko. Primakov's classmate and his friend Rafik Demargaryan said so bluntly: "It's a pity for Zhenya, but, on the other hand, I know for sure, no matter what he undertakes, he always succeeds."

Obstetrician's prediction in pince-nez

E vgeny Maksimovich Primakov was born like many of us - that's right, head first. The head was large and round. “Bradish yak, be a football player!” - said the Ukrainian doctor who delivered the baby.

"Why is it by all means a football player?" - the old obstetrician in pince-nez was surprised, - pay attention to the frontal lobes and the occipital part - this is the head of a scientist. This historic dialogue took place on October 29, 1929. From Yevgeny Primakov, a football player did not work out, so we can assume that the obstetrician was right.

Evgeny Maksimovich does not remember his father; from Kyiv, he and his mother moved to Tiflis already together. Anna Yakovlevna believed that she was very lucky: firstly, she was immediately hired as a gynecologist at a silk-weaving factory, and secondly, they issued a warrant for housing, a fourteen-meter room in a communal apartment. Not everyone was so lucky in the thirties.

House number 10 on St. Petersburg Street was the most beautiful. Brick, four-story, with a wide marble staircase, spacious rooms and high ceilings. Communal apartments are a Soviet invention. Once this house belonged to the royal general. In addition to military merits, the general was known as a successful businessman and philanthropist. He rented apartments to the poor intelligent families. The Bolsheviks, of course, condensed the intellectuals.

The Primakovs' neighbors were the Kvartskhava family. Anna Yakovlevna and her little son were taken in right away, helped to get settled, put things in order. The news that a highly qualified gynecologist had appeared in Tiflis spread instantly. They went to Anna Primakova day and night. Often, when she came home from work, she found a whole line of women waiting for her. Zhenya opened the door and informed his mother: “There is Sofiko with a child who was walking on her ass.” Or: "Again, Nana has little milk."


At school, they listened to him with open mouths.

IN Zhenya was late for the first class by a whole week. The strict teacher said that during this time the guys learned a lot: write sticks with an inclination, repeat in chorus and count to ten. What can the new one do?

“A small, well-built boy, not at all embarrassed, got up and began to read Pushkin,” recalls his classmate Rafik Demargaryan. - We were all stunned. They listened with their mouths open, and he read everything and read it by heart. All our achievements in writing sticks and hooks gradually faded, became insignificant. After this lesson, the nickname "Our Pushkin" stuck to Zhenya. True, it did not last long, it was too painful for Zhenya to Alexander Sergeevich: small eyes under heavy eyelids, a mole on his cheek ... Our Pushkin soon turned into Our Zhenya. That's what we call it to this day." Once, when Zhenya was eleven, a girl was born to a neighbor in a communal apartment, and there was no one to pick up her mother and daughter from the maternity hospital - it was a working day, and then they were imprisoned for being late or not showing up for work. The birth of a child was not considered a valid reason. Yevgeny Primakov himself hired a phaeton (then it was the most common type of private transport in Tiflis) and went to pick up his neighbor himself. He was entrusted with carrying the precious bundle, and all the way home he kept the tiny sleeping girl on his lap. They named her Natela. Natela Solomonovna Kvartskhava still lives in house number ten. With the assistance of Yevgeny Maksimovich, she was allowed to leave the small room where the Primakovs lived. “We lived as one family, ? recalls Natela, - Anna Yakovlevna was my second mother. This woman had a rare gift - she empathized with people so much, delved into their problems, helped in any way she could, everyone felt close to her the right person, personality. She was treated with a variety of diseases. She cured colds, poisonings, washed stomachs, pierced ears, set dislocations...

It is not known where and when Zhenya did his homework in this mess. I never saw him cramming anything from a textbook. It seems that he did not take books in his hands, but was always prepared for classes.

It was this phenomenon that always surprised his school friend Pavel Gordeladze: “I have never seen a more collected, balanced person in my life. He had an amazing analysis of the situation and always made correct conclusions. Everyone ran together until late in the evening, played, climbed for apples or grapes. The next morning at school, everyone has a deuce, and Zhenya always has fives. I pestered our Zhenya several times, how he always manages to be prepared for the lesson. He replied that, apparently, his head was arranged that way.


Parmen Zosimovich's mistake

"ABOUT Once, when all our friends had failed in mathematics, our beloved teacher Parmen Zosimovich Kukava called Zhenya. Zhenya stood up and with an expression terrible torment on his face he said that he had not learned his lesson either. Parmen Zosimovich, of course, did not believe and did not put a deuce. Zhenya was terribly upset by this. "Why didn't he give me a couple?" Primakov was perplexed. “If you could see yourself from the outside,” I tried to explain to him, “you can’t lie with such an expression, everything is written on your face. You had to get up, lower your head, and, sniffling in frustration, without looking at the teacher’s face, say that you forgot your notebook at home, there was no one at home, and you lost your key. If they call you to the blackboard, say that your hand hurts, then it would become clear to everyone that you don’t know the lesson. Zhenya and I even rehearsed this monologue several times, but nothing came of it: he uttered the usual phrases with such dignity that I, like Stanislavsky, yelled: “I don’t believe it.” That was the end of our attempts to equalize the situation in the school.”

There is no doubt that new prime minister will not "set up" his ministers for their failures and blunders, but will try to take the blame on himself. Another question is how convincing he will succeed.


Why the creases on his trousers never wrinkle

"N I must say, our school was quite special, and besides, it was for men. Everyone called her "14th Guards", and the students - "guards". It was an incredible honor to study there. The school was located on Plekhanovskaya Street. This is about the same as the Arbat in Moscow. And the teachers were extraordinary. We didn't fear any of them, but we respected them immensely. For us, the teachers were some kind of celestials, not like all other people. I remember one very funny conversation. Our whole company was in either first or second grade, we argued and came to the conclusion that teachers never go to the toilet. They don't need him. Now it seems like complete nonsense and stupidity, but then it was part of their absolute authority. The teachers singled out Zhenya, it seems to me, they even demanded more strictly. Elena Vasilievna saw in him an extraordinary ability for languages, and Parmen Zosimovich believed that Zhenya should seriously study mathematics. By the way, the mathematician Kukava, until his death, was offended by Yevgeny Primakov for not going to a mathematical university. On each of his visits, Evgeny Maksimovich went to his beloved teacher, hugged him by the shoulders and asked with a cunning look in his eyes: “Well, what would I become if I went to a mathematical institute? Well, a math professor. And you raised a doctor of economic sciences, editor-in-chief of the Main Directorate of Radio Broadcasting to Foreign Countries, and Pravda's own correspondent in the Middle East.

No one could compare in the art of wearing ironed trousers with the geographer Yevgeny Ivanovich Antonov. For a long time, the young men cast envious glances at his perfect bearing, until they delegated Yevgeny Primakov to find out the secret. Evgeny Ivanovich, without saying a word, took off Zhenya's trousers, folded them along the seam, rubbed the edge with soap and smoothed it down. The folds turned out excellent, since then the whole company looked like London dandies.

Zhenya grew up and realized, of course, that teachers are people too and they cannot do without a toilet. And yet, the first thing that Yevgeny Primakov did as prime minister was to call the old academicians. A boy sitting somewhere deep inside a wise politician is still sure that they already know simple answers to complex questions, otherwise it simply cannot be.


Master of anti-crisis solutions

"IN During the war, everyone lived from hand to mouth. We were constantly hungry, and Aunt Lisa, our school barmaid, baked tiny buns for the students every day. They had an unearthly taste, and on top of each bun there was a drop of jam. It was impossible to satisfy hunger with one such bun, and Zhenya came up with the idea of ​​eating buns in turn. For example, today one of the four will eat four pieces at once, tomorrow another. The hardest part about this bakery distribution was waiting for your turn.”

The future political orientation is clear. If Zhenya had insisted on a bun for everyone, then Zyuganov would have grown out of him. Let it be small, but equally. If he had offered his classmates to pay with buns for the control written off from him, Gaidar would have turned out to be a pure marketer. His decision is typical of a Social Democrat. There is a reasonable, socially oriented market.


Scout - yes, fiscal - no

AND I was not a perfect child. He even got a call to the police. There was a boxing match in the city. Friends did not have money for tickets, and there was no strength to miss this spectacle. Rafik Demargaryan, Zhenya Primakov and two other friends climbed over the window of the sports hall, falling straight into the hands of the valiant police. Here, for the first time, the qualities of the future intelligence officer appeared. The guys were terrified, some had tears in their eyes. Primakov outwardly was absolutely calm, did not fuss and did not fawn. Zhenya really did not want to give her last name, to upset her mother, whom everyone in the city knew. But, since they were caught by their policemen, and not by enemies, I had to introduce myself. For a long time, the lame-legged policeman shamed the boys, and before letting them go, he asked: “Who were you rooting for?” Everyone smiled, the conflict was over.

Often the guys with the whole class went to the "staggered". This romantic name meant "to run away from lessons." The whole class was grateful to their class teacher Parmen Zosimovich for the fact that he never asked who exactly was the instigator of leaving, did not provoke the boys to fiscal, betrayal.


His first love

P In addition to boxing, friends were fond of jazz and dancing. Jazz was listened to at home, gathering with a company. Everyone was moderately musical, someone tried to play the pioneer horn, like a trumpet, a comb with tissue paper was quite suitable for removing the motive. Eugene, with his innate sense of rhythm, beat the beats on anything. Anna Yakovlevna was always glad to have guests. For them, she baked all kinds of buns, baklava, pancakes, pies. Now Natela Kvartskhava recalls that Primakova’s pastries were “not very good”, but then there was no better treat for the boys than Zhenya’s mother’s buns. Everyone had a special relationship with dancing. There was a dance teacher named Kefiev. He taught the guys the figures, made them repeat the pas again and again, in the end, everyone's shirts got wet, but new dance they always succeeded. I wanted to dance better than anyone, play the saxophone and be like famous actor Robert Taylor.

Laura Kharadze lived opposite Zhenya's house. Huge dark eyes, thick curly hair, thin white skin, a proud head. Zhenya liked her the most. Walking down the street, he tried to meet her eyes, when the girls' school opened the windows during the heat, the boys hung in clusters on the windowsills. Unintentional touches were electric, and iridescent circles blurred in the eyes. Mom noticed everything a long time ago and watched with a smile as Evgeny diligently briolinized his regrown hair. The adults in the yard called them Romeo and Juliet. The last two school years have passed in tender courtship with the same morning flowers on the windowsill.

After graduation, both went to Moscow to enter. Romeo prophesied the future of the great mathematician, Juliet - the famous pianist. Yevgeny Primakov entered the Arabic department of the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies, Laura - at the Faculty of Chemistry. Her choice surprised many. Unusually talented, with a beautiful voice, like that of her aunt, the famous Georgian singer Nadezhda Kharadze, she suddenly decided to study chemistry. His best friend, Ida Ter-Sarkisova, Laura said with a laugh that chemistry is the only thing she does not know, and therefore it is interesting.

Ida Ter-Sarkisova: “Evgeny Primakov looked after Laura very beautifully, with restraint. None of the outsiders ever heard special tenderness, but from afar it was clear that this was great love. When their firstborn Sashenka was born, there was no happier couple. Quite tiny, they took him to Moscow, tried to rent an apartment or a room. Nobody wanted to rent a room to a young family with a baby. After washing for several days, Zhenya found some kind of basement, where they lived for about two weeks. Little Sasha fell ill with dysentery, and Yevgeny Maksimovich brought him to his mother in Tbilisi in a very serious condition. He put a bundle in front of her and asked: “Mom, save me!”. Sashenka recovered quickly. In the morning, when Anna Yakovlevna went to work, a German nanny sat with him, then my grandmother returned from work, and my turn came in the evening, after graduation. I loved the boy own son. I have never seen such smart children. For two years we got so used to each other that he began to call me mom. Then his parents took him to Moscow. Then a daughter, Nana, was born, but I know her much worse. In health, Alexander went to his mother: both Laura and he had a weak heart. The news of his death literally shocked me. (With Alexander Primakov there was a strong heart attack while on duty on May Day on Red Square. Colleagues carried Sasha in their arms to the Alexander Garden and laid him on a bench, and the long-awaited ambulance could not break through the cordon. To the triumphant roar and songs from the speakers, Sasha died.) The mother did not much survive her son. Going down with her husband in the elevator, Laura felt bad. Yevgeny Maksimovich did not even take his wife to the first floor ... "

A lot of things happened later, in the Moscow life of Yevgeny Maksimovich, but he is inextricably linked with Tbilisi. As soon as the opportunity arises, he always comes to the city of his childhood to sit with friends over a glass of good Georgian wine, at a table filled with spicy and spicy lobios, mtsvadi, guruli, satsivi. However, lately such gatherings happen less and less. Primakov is busy, and he visits his friends only when accompanied by 8-10 guards. Not because they don't trust, it's just the protocol. The new prime minister never forgets to visit the Saburtalo cemetery, where his mother Anna Yakovlevna is buried. An elegant forged tulip on a gray stone is in memory of this wonderful woman.

Yevgeny Maksimovich has a daughter, grandchildren and granddaughters, he married a second time to his doctor Irina Borisovna and is again happily married. his crowning political career was appointed prime minister. But that is another story.

Irina POPOVICH

The editors would like to thank our Georgian colleagues Mikhail Robakidze, Georgy Bazadze, Tariel Makharadze for their help.

  • Masha, granddaughter of the Prime Minister, with her grandfather.
  • House number 10 on St. Petersburg street. Looking out from this balcony, Zhenya Primakov reported: “Mom! Sofiko is coming to you with a child who walked with her ass!”
  • Yevgeny Maksimovich with his friends - "Guardsmen" - Rafik Demargaryan and Yuri Rukhadze. Sochi. 1950
  • Anna Yakovlevna Primakova (center) reads her son's article in Ogonyok magazine.
  • Yevgeny Maksimovich with a drainage tube (not included in the frame). 1964 Appendicitis almost cost the prime minister his life, because he got to the surgeon, who said: “How many people died under my knife, and nothing, but you are nervous ...”
  • The Prime Minister (far left in the second row). With his class and math teacher Parmen Zosimovich Kukava.
  • Evgeny Maksimovich and Laura. In the courtyard they were called Romeo and Juliet.
  • Yevgeny Maksimovich with his granddaughter Masha, next to him is his daughter Nana and her husband Sasha, wife Primakova Irina Borisovna (far right). Front row: wife's daughter Anya, granddaughter Sasha.

Photo by E. Pesov and from family archives

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