Taimuraz Dzambekovich Mamsurov(osset. Mamsyrati Dzambedzhi firt Taimuraz ; April 13, Beslan, SOASSR, RSFSR, USSR) - Soviet and Russian statesman and party leader. Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation - representative of the executive branch of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (RSO-A) since September 29, 2015.
Head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (June 7, 2005 - June 5, 2015). Member of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party. Teacher, professor. Doctor of Political Science (2002).
short biography
Born on April 13, 1954 in the city of Beslan, Right Bank region of the SOASSR (now RNO-A).
Upon returning to the republic, he worked as an inspector of the North Ossetian Regional Committee of the CPSU, and since 1990, as chairman of the executive committee of the Right Bank Council of People's Deputies of Beslan.
In 1994, he was elected first deputy chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.
Since 1995, Mamsurov has been the head of the local government administration of the Right Bank region of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.
From February 1998 to October 2000 he worked as Chairman of the Government of North Ossetia-Alania.
On October 19, 2000, Mamsurov was elected chairman of the Parliament of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania of the second, and in 2003 - of the third convocation.
In March 2002, he was elected secretary of the political council of the North Ossetian regional branch of the United Russia party.
On June 7, 2005, the Parliament of the Republic of North Ossetia - A supported the proposal of President V.V. Putin to vest T.D. Mamsurov with the powers of the head of the Republic of North Ossetia - Alania.
On September 25, 2007, by order of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Taimuraz Mamsurov was included in the Presidium of the State Council of the Russian Federation.
In October 2007, by decision of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Russian Federation, Taimuraz Mamsurov was awarded the academic title of professor of the Department of Sociology and Political Science of the North Caucasus State Medical Institute.
On December 17, 2007, at the VIII Congress of the United Russia party, the Head of North Ossetia, Taimuraz Mamsurov, was elected to the party’s supreme council.
On April 29, 2010, the Parliament of North Ossetia-Alania by a majority of votes supported the proposal of Russian President D. A. Medvedev to vest T. D. Mamsurov with the powers of the head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania for a second term.
On March 21, 2012, he was appointed special representative of the President of Russia for South Ossetia.
On June 5, 2015, he was released from the post of Head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania by decree of the President of Russia due to the expiration of his term of office.
Married. Raises a son and three daughters.
Facts from life
Works, scientific works
Works
- “Build your own tower” - literary and artistic publication (Ministry of Water, 2003)
Scientific works
- “Ethnopolitical regional problems of the development of Russian federalism” - dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Political Sciences;
- “Regions - the Center: Problems of Coordination of Interests” - monograph (Moscow, 2000);
- “Russian federalism: national-ethnic context” - monograph (M., 2001);
Academic titles, degrees
- Candidate of Historical Sciences - Academy of Social Sciences under the CPSU Central Committee 1989;
- Doctor of Political Science - 2002;
- Professor - Department of Political Science.
Awards
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2012) - for his great contribution to the socio-economic development of the republic and many years of conscientious activity
- Order of Friendship (11 April 2014) - for services to the state and many years of conscientious work .
- Medal "For Military Commonwealth" (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, 2011)
- Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation - (October 7, 2008) - For active work in organizing the reception of refugees from South Ossetia and providing humanitarian assistance to the victims.
- Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, II degree (June 2002) - church award of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Order of Saint Sava the Consecrated - the highest award of the Alexandrian Orthodox Church
- Order of "Uatsamonga" (South Ossetia, February 23, 2010) - for his great personal contribution to the organization of repelling Georgia’s aggression against the Republic of South Ossetia, showing courage and dedication .
- Silver medal and honorary diploma from the Institute of St. Martin (Italy, December 2004).
- Honorary badge of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs - (February 2006) - for active work on creating investment infrastructure, developing territories and promoting regions of the Russian Federation in the Russian and international business community and in connection with the 15th anniversary of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
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- Mamsurov, Taimuraz - article in Lentapedia. year 2012.
- (moral book for young people) (Russian) (Ossetian)
Excerpt characterizing Mamsurov, Taimuraz Dzambekovich
“Do you think the average person will ever be interested in the common good?” After all, many people completely lack this concept. How to teach them, North?..– This cannot be taught, Isidora. People must have a need for Light, a need for Good. They themselves must want change. For what is given by force, a person instinctively tries to quickly reject, without even trying to understand anything. But we digress, Isidora. Do you want me to continue the story of Radomir and Magdalena?
I nodded affirmatively, deeply regretting in my heart that I couldn’t have a conversation with him so simply and calmly, without worrying about the last minutes of my crippled life allotted to me by fate and without thinking with horror about the misfortune looming over Anna...
– The Bible writes a lot about John the Baptist. Was he truly with Radomir and the Knights of the Temple? His image is so amazingly good that it sometimes made one doubt whether John was the real figure? Can you answer, North?
North smiled warmly, apparently remembering something very pleasant and dear to him...
– John was wise and kind, like a big warm sun... He was a father to everyone who walked with him, their teacher and friend... He was valued, obeyed and loved. But he was never the young and amazingly handsome young man that artists usually painted him as. John at that time was already an elderly sorcerer, but still very strong and persistent. Gray-haired and tall, he looked more like a mighty epic warrior than an amazingly handsome and gentle young man. He wore very long hair, as did everyone else who was with Radomir.
It was Radan, he was truly extraordinarily handsome. He, like Radomir, lived in Meteora from an early age, next to his mother, Sorceress Maria. Remember, Isidora, how many paintings there are in which Mary is painted with two, almost the same age, babies. For some reason, all the famous artists painted them, perhaps without even understanding WHO their brush really depicted... And what is most interesting is that it is Radan that Maria looks at in all these paintings. Apparently even then, while still a baby, Radan was already as cheerful and attractive as he remained throughout his short life...
And yet... even if the artists painted John in these paintings, then how could that same John have aged so monstrously by the time of his execution, carried out at the request of the capricious Salome?.. After all, according to the Bible, this happened even before the crucifixion Christ, which means that John should have been no more than thirty-four years old at that time! How did he turn from a girlishly handsome, golden-haired young man into an old and completely unattractive Jew?!
- So the Magus John did not die, Sever? – I asked joyfully. – Or did he die in another way?..
“Unfortunately, the real John really had his head cut off, Isidora, but this did not happen due to the evil will of a capricious spoiled woman. The cause of his death was the betrayal of a Jewish “friend” whom he trusted and in whose house he lived for several years...
- But how come he didn’t feel it? How did you not see what kind of “friend” this was?! – I was indignant.
– It’s probably impossible to suspect every person, Isidora... I think it was already difficult enough for them to trust someone, because they all had to somehow adapt and live in that foreign, unfamiliar country, don’t forget that. Therefore, from the greater and lesser evils, they apparently tried to choose the lesser. But it’s impossible to predict everything, you know this very well, Isidora... The death of Magus John occurred after the crucifixion of Radomir. He was poisoned by a Jew, in whose house John was living at that time along with the family of the deceased Jesus. One evening, when the whole house was already asleep, the owner, talking with John, presented him with his favorite tea mixed with a strong herbal poison... The next morning, no one was even able to understand what had happened. According to the owner, John simply instantly fell asleep, and never woke up again... His body was found in the morning in his bloody bed with... a severed head... According to the same owner, the Jews were very afraid of John, because they considered him an unsurpassed magician. And to be sure that he would never rise again, they beheaded him. John’s head was later bought (!!!) from them and taken with them by the Knights of the Temple, managing to preserve it and bring it to the Valley of the Magi, in order to thus give John at least such a small, but worthy and deserved respect, without allowing the Jews to simply mock him, performing some of his magical rituals. From then on, John's head was always with them, wherever they were. And for this same head, two hundred years later, the Knights of the Temple were accused of criminal worship of the Devil... You remember the last “case of the Templars” (Knights of the Temple), don’t you, Isidora? It was there that they were accused of worshiping a “talking head”, which infuriated the entire church clergy.
- Forgive me, Sever, but why didn’t the Knights of the Temple bring John’s head here to Meteora? Because, as far as I understand, you all loved him very much! And how do you know all these details? You weren't with them, were you? Who told you all this?
– Sorceress Maria, mother of Radan and Radomir, told us this whole sad story...
– Did Mary return to you after the execution of Jesus?!.. After all, as far as I know, she was with her son during the crucifixion. When did she return to you? Is it possible that she is still alive?.. – I asked with bated breath.
I so wanted to see at least one of those worthy, courageous people!.. I so wanted to be “charged” with their endurance and strength in my upcoming final struggle!..
- No, Isidora. Unfortunately, Mary died centuries ago. She did not want to live long, although she could. I think her pain was too deep... Having gone to join her sons in an unfamiliar, distant country (many years before their death), but unable to save any of them, Mary did not return to Meteora, leaving with Magdalene . Having left, as we then thought, forever... Tired of bitterness and loss, after the death of her beloved granddaughter and Magdalene, Mary decided to leave her cruel and unmerciful life... But before she “left” forever, she still came to Meteora to say goodbye. To tell us the true story of the death of those we all loved dearly...
And also, she returned to see the White Magus for the last time... Her husband and truest friend, whom she could never forget. In her heart she forgave him. But, to his great regret, she could not bring him the forgiveness of Magdalene.... So, as you see, Isidora, the great Christian fable about “forgiveness” is just a childish lie for naive believers, in order to allow them to do any Evil, knowing that no matter what they do, they will eventually be forgiven. But you can forgive only that which is truly worthy of forgiveness. A person must understand that he has to answer for any Evil committed... And not before some mysterious God, but before himself, forcing himself to suffer cruelly. Magdalena did not forgive Vladyka, although she deeply respected and sincerely loved him. Just as she failed to forgive all of us for the terrible death of Radomir. After all, SHE understood better than anyone else - we could have helped him, we could have saved him from a cruel death... But we didn’t want to. Considering the White Magus' guilt to be too cruel, she left him to live with this guilt, not forgetting it for a minute... She did not want to grant him easy forgiveness. We never saw her again. Just like they never saw their babies. Through one of the knights of her Temple - our sorcerer - Magdalene conveyed the answer to the Vladyka to his request to return to us: “The sun does not rise twice on the same day... The joy of your world (Radomir) will never return to you, just as I will not return to you and I... I found my FAITH and my TRUTH, they are ALIVE, but yours is DEAD... Mourn your sons - they loved you. I will never forgive you for their death while I am alive. And may your guilt remain with you. Perhaps someday she will bring you Light and Forgiveness... But not from me.” The head of the Magus John was not brought to Meteora for the same reason - none of the Knights of the Temple wanted to return to us... We lost them, as we have lost many others more than once, who did not want to understand and accept our victims... Who did just like you - they left, condemning us.
My head was spinning!.. Like a thirsty person, quenching my eternal hunger for knowledge, I greedily absorbed the flow of amazing information generously given by the North... And I wanted a lot more!.. I wanted to know everything to the end. It was a breath of fresh water in a desert scorched by pain and troubles! And I couldn't get enough of it...
– I have thousands of questions! But there is no time left... What should I do, North?..
- Ask, Isidora!.. Ask, I will try to answer you...
– Tell me, Sever, why does it seem to me that this story seems to combine two life stories, intertwined with similar events, and they are presented as the life of one person? Or am I not right?
– You are absolutely right, Isidora. As I told you earlier, the “powers of this world,” who created the false history of mankind, “put” on the true life of Christ the alien life of the Jewish prophet Joshua, who lived one and a half thousand years ago (from the time of the story of the North). And not only himself, but also his family, his relatives and friends, his friends and followers. After all, it was the wife of the prophet Joshua, the Jewish Mary, who had a sister Martha and a brother Lazarus, the sister of his mother Maria Yakobe, and others who were never near Radomir and Magdalene. Just as there were no other “apostles” next to them - Paul, Matthew, Peter, Luke and the rest...
It was the family of the prophet Joshua who moved one and a half thousand years ago to Provence (which in those days was called Transalpine Gaul), to the Greek city of Massalia (present-day Marseille), since Massalia at that time was the “gateway” between Europe and Asia, and it was the easiest way for all those “persecuted” in order to avoid persecution and troubles.
Head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
Head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania since 2005. A former deputy of the republican parliament of five convocations, during two convocations he was elected chairman of the legislative body of North Ossetia. Candidate of Historical Sciences, Doctor of Political Sciences, author of a number of scientific monographs.
Taimuraz Dzambekovich Mamsurov was born on April 13, 1954 in the city of Beslan, Right Bank District, North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (SOASSR). In 1976, he graduated from the Faculty of Industrial and Civil Engineering of the North Caucasus Mining and Metallurgical Institute.
Since 1978, Mamsurov has been working as a Komsomol member. In 1982, he was transferred to Moscow, where he worked as an instructor in the department of Komsomol organizations of the Komsomol Central Committee. In 1983, Mamsurov was elected first secretary of the North Ossetian regional committee of the Komsomol.
In 1986, Mamsurov entered graduate school at the Academy of Social Sciences under the CPSU Central Committee, where in 1989 he defended his dissertation for the degree of candidate of historical sciences. After working as an inspector of the North Ossetian regional committee of the CPSU, in 1990 he became chairman of the Right Bank regional executive committee in Beslan.
In 1994, Mamsurov was elected first deputy chairman of the Supreme Council of North Ossetia. In 1995, he headed the administration of local government of the Right Bank region of the republic. From February 1998 to October 2000, Mamsurov worked as chairman of the republican government.
On October 19, 2000, Mamsurov was elected chairman of the parliament of North Ossetia of the second convocation, and in 2003 - of the third convocation. In total, since 1985, Mamsurov has been elected as a deputy of the highest legislative body of the republic five times.
In March 2002, Mamsurov was elected chairman of the political council of the North Ossetian regional branch of United Russia.
In May 2005, the North Ossetian parliament amended the republican constitution, according to which the post of president was renamed the post of head of the republic. On June 7, 2005, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed giving Mamsurov the powers of head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. On the same day, deputies supported the choice of the president - Mamsurov was confirmed as head of the republic. A few days later, he resigned early as a member of the Republican Parliament.
In October 2007, Mamsurov headed the regional list of candidates of the United Russia party in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania in the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the fifth convocation. After the party's victory, he, as expected, refused his parliamentary mandate.
In January 2008, Mamusrov was elected to the Supreme Council of the United Russia party and, at his own request, was removed from the post of head of the regional political council, and Mamsurov was awarded a letter of gratitude for his work there.
In May 2008, Mamsurov called on foreign ambassadors and investors to provide international support for the “reunification of the Ossetian people.” However, a month later, the LDPR initiative to hold a referendum on the return of South Ossetia to North Ossetia was rejected by the North Ossetian parliament.
On August 8, 2008, Mamsurov found the beginning of the war in South Ossetia in Java together with the president of the unrecognized republic, Eduard Kokoity. The press reported that on the same day, the convoy in which Mamsurov was was bombed by Georgian aircraft. This information was confirmed by Mamsurov, but denied by his press service.
After the war, the press wrote that Mamsurov managed to achieve the “mobilization” of the population around him, but in November 2008 in Vladikavkaz there was a major terrorist attack in a minibus, which killed 12 people, and also a series of political assassinations. In December 2008, the mayor of Vladikavkaz, Kazbek Pagiev, was killed, and in January 2009, his predecessor as mayor, Deputy Prime Minister of the North Ossetian government, Vitaly Karaev. The murders were associated with a conflict between political groups in the republic; in particular, Pagiev was called a direct competitor of Mamsurov.
In April 2010, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev submitted Mamsurov's candidacy to the North Ossetian parliament to re-approve him as head of the republic for a second term. In the same month, deputies of the North Ossetian parliament decided to once again vest Mamsurov with the powers of the head of the republic.
In the State Duma elections held in December 2011, Mamsurov again topped the list of candidates from the United Russia party for North Ossetia. After being elected to parliament, Mamsurov, as before, refused his deputy mandate.
In March 2012, Mamsurov was appointed by Medvedev's decree as the special representative of the Russian President for South Ossetia.
According to published data on Mamsurov’s income and property for 2009, he earned 1.328 million rubles (it was not reported from what funds this amount was made up). The list of property of the head of North Ossetia mentioned a personal plot in Beslan (1414 square meters), as well as a residential building (389 square meters) jointly owned with his wife and son). According to the declaration for 2010, Mamsurov earned 1.6 million rubles. The Kommersant newspaper called him one of the poorest regional heads.
Mamsurov is a Doctor of Political Sciences; in May 2002 he defended his dissertation on the topic “Ethnopolitical regional problems of the development of Russian federalism.” He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor, the medal "For Labor Distinction", and in June 2002 the Russian Orthodox Church awarded Mamsurov the Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, II degree. Mamsurov is the author of the monographs “Regions - the Center: Problems of Coordination of Interests” (M., 2000), “Russian Federalism: National-Ethnic Context” (M., 2001) and the literary and artistic publication “Build your own tower” (Ministry of Water , 2003).
Mamsurov is married. He has a son and three daughters. Two of Mamsurov's children were seriously injured during the Beslan school siege in September 2004.
Used materials
Rogozin was appointed special representative of the Russian President for Transnistria, Mamsurov for South Ossetia. - Gazeta.Ru, 21.03.2012
Sergei Naryshkin and Alexander Zhukov accepted the mandates of State Duma deputies. - RIA News, 15.12.2011
On registration of the federal list of candidates for deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the sixth convocation, nominated by the All-Russian political party "United Russia". - Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation (www.cikrf.ru), 18.10.2011. - № 47/392-6
Valeria Khamraeva, Alexander Zhuravlev, Vladimir Bachurinsky, Irina Rostova. Nikita Belykh made money from selling a garage and creative activities. - Kommersant, 04/11/2011. - No. 62/P (4603)
Zaur Farniev, Anastasia Mitkovskaya, Yuri Belov. The governors' income led to notarial calculation. - Kommersant, 29.04.2010. - № 76 (4376)
Lightning! Parliament approved Mamsurov's candidacy for the post of head of North Ossetia. - 15th region, North Ossetian information portal, 29.04.2010
Kirill Kallinikov. There is no other option. - News time, 27.04.2010. - № 72
Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
In 1971 he entered the North Caucasus Mining and Metallurgical Institute at the Faculty of Industrial and Civil Engineering. After graduating from the institute in 1976, he began his career as a foreman of the PMK-815 section of the Sevkavelevatorstroy trust.
Since 1978, he was in liberated Komsomol work. In 1982 he was transferred to Moscow, where he worked as an instructor in the department of Komsomol organizations of the Komsomol Central Committee.
In 1983 he returned to the republic and was elected first secretary of the North Ossetian regional committee of the Komsomol.
In 1986 he entered graduate school at the Academy of Social Sciences under the CPSU Central Committee, and in 1989 defended his dissertation for the degree of candidate of historical sciences.
Returning from Moscow to Ossetia, he worked as an inspector of the North Ossetian Regional Committee of the CPSU, and since 1990, chairman of the executive committee of the Right Bank Council of People's Deputies of Beslan.
In 1994, he was elected First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.
Since 1995, Mamsurov has been the head of the local government administration of the Right Bank region of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. Under his leadership, over the next few years, conditions were created in the region for the emergence and development of advanced enterprises, which today form the basis of the economy of North Ossetia.
From February 1998 to October 2000, he headed the Government of North Ossetia-Alania. It was a difficult period for the whole country. The Russian economy was experiencing a deep crisis; months of delays in the payment of salaries to public sector workers, child benefits, and pensions increased social tension in the country. For two years, the Government of the Republic, chaired by Mamsurov, managed not only to stabilize the financial situation, pay off budget debts, but also begin to implement the necessary socially significant programs.
October 19, 2000 Mamsurov T.D. elected Chairman of the Parliament of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania of the second convocation.
In March 2002, he was elected Secretary of the Political Council of the North Ossetian regional branch of the United Russia Party.
In May 2002, he successfully defended his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Political Science on the topic: “Ethnopolitical regional problems of the development of Russian federalism.”
Awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor and the Medal for Labor Distinction. In June 2002, he was awarded the Order of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, II degree. In December 2004 he was awarded a Silver Medal and an honorary diploma from the Institute of St. Martin (Italy).
Noting Mamsurov’s high professionalism, responsible approach to business, sensitivity, genuine attention to other people’s problems, as well as Mamsurov’s high efficiency, in 2003 deputies of the third convocation again elected him Chairman of the Parliament of North Ossetia-Alania.
On June 7, 2005, the Parliament of the Republic of North Ossetia - A supported the proposal of President V.V. Putin to vest T.D. Mamsurov with the powers of the Head of the Republic of North Ossetia - Alania.
In February 2006, “for active work on creating investment infrastructure, developing territories and promoting regions of the Russian Federation in the Russian and international business community and in connection with the 15th anniversary of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs,” the Head of North Ossetia Taimuraz Mamsurov was awarded the Honorary Badge of the RSPP.
In June 2007, Taimuraz Mamsurov, among the few leaders of the constituent entities of Russia, was awarded the honorary medal “Patriot of Russia” - for personal contribution and recognition of the attention that the republic’s leadership pays to military-patriotic education and the promotion of moral values in society.
On September 25, 2007, by order of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the Head of North Ossetia Taimuraz Mamsurov was included in the Presidium of the State Council of the Russian Federation.
In October 2007, by decision of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Russian Federation, Taimuraz Mamsurov was awarded the academic title of professor of the Department of Sociology and Political Science of the North Caucasus State Medical Institute.
On December 17, 2007, at the VIII Congress of the All-Russian political party "United Russia", the Head of North Ossetia, Taimuraz Mamsurov, was elected to the Supreme Council of the party.
He adheres to centrist views and actively advocates the development of a socially oriented market economy. He considers ensuring security and stability in the republic, respecting the rights of citizens regardless of nationality and religious affiliation, and freedom of the media to be one of the main priorities in his activities. Rich political and life experience allow him to adequately and timely respond to the processes taking place in the North Caucasus region. Reasonably speaks out for a civilized solution to the problem of unification of South and North Ossetia, considering it primarily as a problem of a divided people.
Professionally studies modern political science and geopolitical concepts, successful economic models of development. He has a number of scientific publications, is the author of the monographs: “Regions - the Center: Problems of Coordination of Interests” (M., 2000), “Russian Federalism: National-Ethnic Context” (M., 2001), literary and artistic publication – “Build your own tower” (Ministry of Water, 2003).
On October 7, 2008, by order of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev “For active work in organizing the reception of refugees from South Ossetia and providing humanitarian assistance to the victims,” the Head of North Ossetia Taimuraz Mamsurov was thanked.
On April 29, 2010, the Parliament of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania by a majority vote supported the proposal of the President of the Russian Federation D. A. Medvedev to vest T. D. Mamsurov with the powers of the Head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania for a second term.
On May 3, 2012, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awarded the Head of North Ossetia, Taimuraz Mamsurov, the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree.
Married. Raises three daughters and a son.
Hobbies: history, philosophy.
Interview of Rossiya TV channel correspondent Alexander Sladkov with the Head of North Ossetia-Alania Taimuraz Mamsurov.
Taimuraz Dzambekovich, are you a politician all the time or “until I was 19, I was the Head of the Republic, then my father, grandfather and... with all the stops”?
- Most likely, I am always Taimuraz Mamsurov, the son of my father, a representative of my family, my people, a Russian, and so on.
- This is one slice of human existence. Is it really like this all 24 hours?
Yes, 24 hours. Unfortunately, for about 20 years, when I was already actively immersed in politics, there was one worry after another, one trouble after another, and so on. Therefore, you have to wait 24 hours for any signal...
- Is this an expectation of trouble or a routine?
This is not a routine. Routine simply gives you the opportunity to sleep peacefully. And here there is constant tension. Indeed, anticipation of any event. Only because in any case the responsibility is on you. “You need to be on your guard all the time,” as they say. Yes, these circumstances force me to be in tension all the time, to be the “Head of the Republic” all the time, always.
- But “The Fate of a Resident,” remember?
- Yes, I remember (smiles).
The fate of the President, that is, the Head of the Republic: after all, the press is above you - the Kremlin, Moscow, the Center, you cannot escape this, and the anvil is the people. You are constantly in this vice. This is true?
Schematically like this. But essentially it all depends on how you feel about it. For me, the Kremlin is not some kind of “sword of Damocles”; I have no fear of the Kremlin.
- And why?
You cannot work in a state of fear. A state of fear is the first step towards panic.
Well, this is always there: what will the center say, and what will the people say? These are the awkward questions that voters will ask?
I would not attribute this to some leadership qualities. This is a normal quality of any person. I look like? What will people say about me?
- So you perceive this as a mobilizing factor?
- Absolutely right.
- What about friends? After all, you grew up here?
- Yes.
And they don’t call you with the words “Taimuraz, I can’t get to the dentist, what should I do?”, or “my mother needs to be transported from Digora to Alagir”... People grew up with you, people come to you, is this also a factor? And in Ossetia there is a special factor.
Yes, that's a factor. But I don’t see this as a negative factor.
- No, I’m not talking about this as a negative factor. I'm talking about the impact factor. Where are the frameworks within which the leader of the republic maneuvers?
- This is a universal framework. This is morality, morality. If I can help my friends at the expense of making it harder for someone, I will never do it. In principle, I have friends who understand this perfectly well. Unfortunately, our friendship has cooled in form. They take care of me, I often try to find out how my friends are doing. There are my classmates, some are mechanics, some are university teachers. They are embarrassed to disturb me. But when I find out that they are not feeling well, I myself begin to try to find out what I can do.
You know, we reporters communicate with people a lot. And everyone says, “What’s it like in the war, and what’s it like there...?” And I completely agree with you. A person cannot be different. I went there, to the prosecutor's office, and became bad. He went out, went into the store, and became cunning. Morality always guides people.
Absolutely right. And if she’s not there, you can’t meet her, part with her for a while, say “for now I’m the head of the republic, no friends. Now I’ll stop - again.” It doesn't happen that way. It either exists or it doesn't. When you reach the age of 60, you already understand what real friends are, what fellow travelers who have fallen away are. My friends are worried about me. Thanks to them. They don’t flatter my eyes, they don’t say anything. Sometimes, on the contrary, they act as if there is nothing between us, so as not to cause harm.
- Taimuraz Dzambekovich, how do you find out about the situation in the republic? How does this happen? Report in the morning?
- The very first report is made by the Minister of Internal Affairs.
- Is it still safe?
- Safety. This is the most important thing, unfortunately. Probably, in the central regions of Russia they report primarily on milk yield and weight gain. And if the call is half an hour earlier than scheduled, let’s say not at 8, but at 7 in the morning, it’s already a pre-infarction state. Therefore, we agreed with the heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB, if they call at odd hours, the first phrase is “Taimuraz Dzambekovich, everything is fine,” and only then they talk about the essence.
- There is no such temptation to put on dark glasses, change your appearance and go out among the people. Just walk around?
- No, but I understand that the information I receive is filtered. That the people who report to me either want to embellish the reality or simply don’t want to upset me. But there is one thing that helps me to be aware of everything. I was born in Beslan and now I live, my neighbors, peers, and classmates are there. In the evening, when we get together and drink tea, they tell me everything. Who said what at the funeral, where they dug up something, bastards, and people can’t cross the street. That's it, that's it. Basically, I have information, in addition to official information, I also have everyday information. Well, you know, when there are older people on the street, they are grumblers, although I myself am already aged (we grow up all the time, the “older-younger” remains), so sometimes some elderly person on the street can say something like that to you , that “are you the head or not the head.”
- Do you perceive this normally?
- I take it well. Imagine if I lived somewhere in a mansion, in isolation, there were barriers all around, people couldn’t come near...
-Do you have a car with a flashing light?
- I have no. And without police escort.
- As a resident of Moscow, this is incomprehensible to me.
- Well, why scare the crows with this flashing light? One car accompanies me. Unfortunately, I am not free in some things. I can't completely get rid of what surrounds me.
- Would you like to sometimes?
- Of course, I would like to. Moreover, you know, be that as it may, a leader is more often disliked than loved.
- Not everyone, but yes, this is the lot of the administration.
Moreover, when you work for one term, then a second term, the person gets bored.
- Wait, you just entered the second one.
Joined, yes. According to our constitution, we have two terms. There won't be any more.
Are you afraid of political competition? Are you paying attention to this? Is this generally visible when a person has competitors?
No, why be afraid of her? Competition, healthy competition, that's normal. If you stand alone like an empty ear of corn in a field, and there is nothing similar around you, this is wrong. And then politics is a team game. Here I am playing basketball. Even if I’m alone in the hall, I threw it once or twice, after a minute I get bored, you need someone to attack you, you need to dodge someone, circle someone, jump over someone, and if there is no competition, then what is it? is that? Narcissism? Then what, hall of mirrors, look at yourself, admire how good and beautiful you are.
- Politics is tension and constant thinking about one’s status. Although I probably said it wrong. This is not thinking about your status. Professionally, you must be visible at all times. You are a leader! You are in charge! You are the Head! And, in principle, the people who feel that the leader is in front, with a banner, on a horse, understand that everything is fine with him. Remember South Ossetia, when you took a taxi (I couldn’t get through) and went there from Kislovodsk by taxi. So, what is this?.. What kind of impulse is this?
- I wouldn't call it an impulse. Firstly, literally a day before, I called Eduard Dzhabeevich. I say, “I’m on vacation, I’m going to a sanatorium, but I have some kind of jitters. Can you tell me if I can leave or should I still wait for some complications?” He says: “That’s it, Taimuraz Dzambekovich, go, thank God, they made a statement there, nothing will happen, there will be no war, and so on.” I arrived in Kislovodsk, the same night there was a line in the news. I became wary, called, and they told me “this is war.” What next? Firstly, I, thank God, am still strong both physically and in my right mind. Then the last thing I thought was that I, as the head of the republic, was going there. I thought that any Ossetian who could help his brother should be there. So I rushed. And when I arrived there and saw in Java a huge number of people, confused, scared, with children. That’s when I realized from their eyes that I was needed there. That they are not alone, they are not abandoned. After all, only a few hours had passed. I then assessed the situation. And from there he began to create an evacuation system, which included ambulances, police, volunteers, and so on. And immediately we began to receive the first columns of military equipment.
- Yes, I saw footage in Java, at the top, where both the regiment commanders and you were.
Well, yes, the situation was not easy, I’m not a professional military man, but when they fly over you, bomb you and you don’t know who it is...
“Again, when the commander is here, it’s completely different.”
- Yes, I believe that you need to be where people have a hard time.
- Where is it hard for people today in North Ossetia?
- We have the same problems as throughout Russia. These are work problems, social security problems and so on. It is useless to list them. In general, life is still difficult for people. Lots of tension. The most important thing is stability. When people already depend on themselves, on their talents and ability to work. In the Caucasus, Khloponin, as Deputy Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary Representative, is now involved in our economic affairs. Programs for the republics, investments, this is very important, and he does it energetically. But it is a very big mistake to think that if everyone in the Caucasus is busy working, industry is working, and so on, then everything will be fine. We have natural inequality in the Caucasus (God-given inequality), it was not considered something bad.
I remember it was always like this, my father said to his son, “look at the neighbors, they work hard day and night, and they built a house, and they have a well-groomed garden, and there is a lot of cattle, and you are sitting idle and doing nothing.” It wasn't envy. They gave an example. Today the source of inequality is completely different. We can do everything in the field of economics, but until we establish social justice here, today there is no envy, today people are angry.
- Yes, yes, yes, and it’s especially acute in the Caucasus.
“Everyone knows that he’s an ordinary scoundrel, just a scoundrel, cunning, malicious, a slacker, but he got to power and is getting rich before his eyes without doing anything.” And then we say that corruption is evil. Not only because she is a violation of the law (let law enforcement officers deal with this), tension within the people is growing. When the stratification is natural, they cite successful people as examples and are proud of them. And when this inequality is unnatural, but based on corruption, on the suppression of others, on the fact that “I am the boss, you are a fool” - this is very, very bad.
- Taimuraz Dzambekovich, how to get out of this? And is it possible, in your opinion, for just the republic to get out of this quagmire, while the whole country remains in the same place?
- No republic alone. This cannot be done by any laws or orders. Still, people should have the opportunity to work, to do what they are capable of, in which they can “get started” and realize themselves. When a person finds a business in which he can fully realize himself, this is great happiness.
- But which of the Heads of the North Caucasian republics are you friends with? Who do you communicate with?
- And we have equal relations with everyone. There aren't many of them. When there was a huge Southern Federal District, then it made sense to talk about it. And now there are only seven of us. We communicate by phone, in person, regularly.
- You know what I want to say, well, firstly, I love Ossetia madly, this is my second homeland.
- Thank you.
- I'll tell you why. Because you calm down when you come home. Of course, I madly love my friends in Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Stavropol, but, as Prince Abdullah, the current king of Jordan, said: “I don’t have oil, but my main wealth is peace of mind " And here Ossetia somehow (knocking on the table) is an island of calm. I understand that there are attacks: the market, and disruptions, and attempts, and that’s it. But here people feel free. I just came from one republic where they warn, “don’t go to this village, don’t go to this region either.” Even in the capital, there are places where it is undesirable for people who have a principled position, who oppose extremism, to appear. Do you understand what's going on? What is the future in this area?
- I cannot put into detail the reasons or conditions for the fact that North Ossetia is a calm and free republic. These are, after all, the principles by which our North Ossetian society exists. This is both multinational and multi-religious. This is a legacy that we cannot destroy. We are proud of this. I think it’s about the people themselves, with their mentality and resilience, who have lived in Ossetia for centuries - some go to an Orthodox church, others go to a mosque, a synagogue, an Armenian temple, others to a Georgian school (we have all this, all this works). There are a lot of mixed marriages. You know, a neighbor in the Caucasus is not just a person who lives behind a wall, it’s something else. And the neighbors are different. And the desire to come to each other’s aid, to be close, to walk together in funeral processions, and to sit at the same table at weddings. All this is not my achievement, this is how people lived in Ossetia. We have not become a mono-ethnic republic. We managed to preserve all the best that we have. Because people are like that.
- Wait, wait, I was just in another region of the North Caucasus. They are also great people, honest, daring, sympathetic. But this is some kind of “Ossetian phenomenon”, that’s the point. This is the “cross” of Ossetia. Carrying the cross of a peaceful region is probably some kind of gift from God.
- When too often they talk about us as a calm region, forces appear that want to say “we will show you, dear Russia, what a calm region this is.” And then market explosions, train bombings and other terrible things happen. All this trouble comes to us from outside.
- I didn’t say that, you said it. I think about this. If Muscovites were blowing up people in Moscow, and a guy from Taganka went and blew up the Taganka metro, that would be a tragedy. Or maybe this is revenge for the centuries-old relations with Moscow, with the Russians? For the love of Moscow?
- And it must be earned. If we are valued, it means that something was done by my ancestors to ensure that this was the case - these are the tsarist generals, these are the Soviet military leaders, these are the scientists.
- I think this is recent history. It still leaves its mark on the situation that is currently developing in the relations between Moscow and Ossetia, Moscow and other regions.
- The fact is that it cannot be drawn as a diagram. So you ask me, but now I’m thinking, “Does Moscow love us or not?” If he “loves”, then for what? But in general, I cannot explain to you, Comrade Alexander, why I have such good people. Here he is. And I'm proud of him and I love him.
- Relations with Ingushetia. How is your relationship with Yunus-Bek Evkurov?
- We have a very smooth relationship with Yunus-Bek Evkurov, both as a man and as a businessman, we understand each other. But it's not that simple, of course. Entire generations have grown up with the pain of 1992. And I always say, no matter how internationalist I am, I am, first of all, the leader of my republic, the son of my people. And I have my own assessments and my own position. Yunus-Bek Yevkurov is a representative of his people and the president of his republic. Therefore, we often disagree greatly in our assessments, proposals, and so on. But that's okay too. Now we agree on one thing. We need to deal with young people. It is impossible for this enmity, almost hatred towards each other, to become a clinical characteristic of each generation. So we calculated that if a generation changes in 25 years, now a generation has grown up that can easily be taught that “Ossetians are the main enemies, be prepared to shed blood.”
- Or Ingush...
- Or the Ingush... Ossetians are told “the Ingush are our main enemies, be prepared to shed blood.” And there will always be idiots. This series of almost genetic hatred towards each other must be interrupted. And we are doing this with Yunus-Bek. Our deputies, cultural figures, and young people communicate. They must recognize each other, understand that we all walk under one God, and we must all be responsible for our actions, and that we are all Russians.
- Taimuraz Dzambekovich, how do you communicate with young people? What are your principles? This is a special audience.
What principles? First, when I look at young people, “envy” appears. So, of course, you envy young people because, firstly, they have everything ahead. And secondly, I never allow myself to be mentored, because they have their own destiny.
- How do you find a way to the hearts of young people? What words? What, in your opinion, is the most important thing for young people today?
- I look at youth as a special stage. Firstly, young people are always socially active. Secondly, young people are dissatisfied, always dissatisfied. Because this is formation, fresh brains, easily receptive to information. This is a thought that quickly reacts to everything. This is a fast walk, quick actions, and everything around is somehow “standing” in comparison with this. They want to stir things up. Then, normal youth should be excited by everything, you understand? Now, if young people are different, calm, reasonable, unhurried, such youth are not interesting to me. Another thing is values and traditions. We are now criticized for the fact that religion influences young people and traditions are beginning to be revived. But I believe that these processes must be closely monitored and we must ensure that both religion and national traditions take their place. They are intertwined: religious and everyday consciousness, they are intertwined.
- Undoubtedly.
- Thank God, we couldn’t live without traditions. Everything can be modern, but we must stick to traditions. What’s wrong if our traditions include the cult of the family, the cult of the child, the cult of the elder, hierarchy, and the cult of hard work. Bad traditions, they are not viable, they will disappear on their own. And I am proud of my youth when I see that they want to return to traditions. God forbid if my peers appear and arrogantly say, “Give up these traditions! what traditions? The 21st century is just around the corner.” I want our youth to become traditional again, so that they are recognizable. And then in the 21st century it will be like a part of Russia, but beautiful and original. Not a gray mass.
- Caucasian youth?
- Caucasian youth. Because these traditions, they are an incentive, they protect you from mistakes, they make you stable and viable.
- What about Caucasian youth in Russia? In Moscow? Young people dancing Lezginka in Stavropol when they are shooting there and people are outraged? This?..
- These are not all young people! They behave the same way here too. Just recently, a crowd beat up one guy, a student, who came to study with us from Kabardino-Balkaria. Now all the youth have lowered their heads. Ashamed. Never in the Caucasus was someone attacked alone, but here they were attacked by a crowd. And now this whole crowd has started talking snot, and their parents are going around making excuses. It is not in the tradition of Ossetians and Caucasians in general to beat one, not to mention a weak and lying one. That's what I'm talking about. These are freaks who have nothing to do with our youth. They are just the right age, that’s their age. Youth is a title! Youth is a period of social life! But we need traditions. Freaks have no traditions in their heads. Moms and dads didn’t say what “tradition” is, or as we say “hudinag” - that is, it’s shameful. After all, losing face is forever. Here we have such a concept as “yœ tsœsgom fessœfta” - “lost face.” This is a sentence. After this you are nobody. No matter how rich and successful you are. That’s why many people don’t understand me, but I explain everything - traditions must be returned. And religion, as a spiritual atmosphere, must be given the opportunity to people so that they can freely perform their religious rituals.
- But they brought the relics of St. George. You flew after them.
- You see, I myself am not a religious person. I don’t pray and I don’t observe anything that seems to be necessary to observe, I don’t know whether it’s good or bad, but it is what it is. I have one commandment that I inherited from my father: “fear God,” in Ossetian they say “Khuytsauœy tœrs.” Before you do anything, you need to be afraid in advance, whether it’s divine or not. There are no more commandments. But we are an Orthodox republic, with Orthodoxy dominating. In our country, Islam has a fairly large share, and the synagogue works, and the Armenian Apostolic Church, and so on. In an absolutely miraculous way, we managed to meet here with the Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa (he has a lot of regalia, he is very high in the Christian hierarchy). And when he learned from me that our people have been recognizing the patronage of St. George the Great Martyr for centuries, when he was convinced of this, he suddenly said to me, “you know, to such people I am ready to give a great gift. We have the relics of St. George in Egypt, we have the fortress in which he was kept and where he was tortured.” My hair stood on end. I didn't believe that this was possible. And we were there on the days of the wheeling, on the days when the week of Georgyba was going on in our republic, on the birthday of the Patriarch.
- The relics of St. George, will they help change Ossetia? Is this necessary at all? And how will they affect the psychology of the people?
- I don't know. I saw when we walked off the plane with the relics, I saw thousands of people. Then three days of continuous prayer. Then the religious procession and so on. Then there was a flight of the relics around the perimeter over Ossetia. I saw these people. These people believe. When they are in a state of faith, when they are at peace, then, of course, Ossetia will change. Because changing Ossetia means changing people. And changed people will change the economy and everything else. This means that Ossetia will change.
- This is probably the dream of any leader - to see his people, his relatives, his wards in a state of peace and bliss.
- Well, of course! They believe it. This is already good. As the leader of the republic, I am obliged to create an environment in which those who believe that the relics of St. George will bring benefit and save Ossetia from harm, they should have the opportunity to touch his relics. So on the same day, before the flight, we opened a mosque in Beslan. It was built at their own expense by the once very poor, hardworking residents of Beslan. My ancestors, my great-grandfathers, our elders who are no longer alive. They built it in honor of the miraculous salvation, as it seemed to them, of Nicholas II after the assassination attempt on him. And they prayed in this temple, in this mosque, they prayed for his health. After that, it was turned into a warehouse, a club, a dairy factory, German prisoners of war were kept there, and so on. I was the head of the district and thought that it was still necessary to make it what the founders of Beslan made it. We made it so that today it is open, accessible, and people pray there. Therefore, my task as a leader is to create conditions such that those who believe that St. George will help and ensure peace in the republic, so that they can pray about this. So that those who want to gather in the mosque on Fridays, so that they have this opportunity, so that they can go to the synagogue, and so on. I consider this not even a job duty, but an internal responsibility of a person. As a leader, I can influence something and that’s why I did it. It was very moving for me to hold these relics in my hands and see everything that was happening around me. Of course, this is an unforgettable event. We will believe that this will bring more calm and peace to Ossetia.
- And the final question - what awaits Ossetia in 5 years, in 10 years, in 50? Everyone says that if you want to make people laugh, talk about the future. But we want to talk about good things and believe that this will be a positive future.
I see our youth. And when I look at it, I look at the future that already exists. I see that young people are growing up internally free. This is a very, very high quality that I value most in any person, and especially in a man. Inner freedom. But freedom comes with great restrictions. The main limitation is morality, this is a big limitation of freedom. This is a law that also limits your freedom. And the most important limitation is the freedom of another person. And what I like about our youth is that they are beginning to understand that in any circumstances the choice is yours. You know everything, like the rules of the road. The whole world is in front of you. The choice is yours. And the responsibility is yours. The lousiest quality that young people especially can have is indifference. Young people in Ossetia practically don’t have it. Therefore, I see that we say “nœ nygœndzhytœ”, that is, “those who will bury us,” I want them to be very cheerful, serious, smart and at the same time restraining themselves, like young stallions, prancing like that, intelligent and modern residents of my republic. And this will be so, because everything is leading to this.
- Thank you very much, Taimuraz Dzambekovich, thank you.
TV channel "Russia 24",
December 23, 2010.
In 1971, Taimuraz Mamsurov graduated from secondary school No. 1 in the city of Beslan, and in the same year he entered the North Caucasus Mining and Metallurgical Institute at the Faculty of Industrial and Civil Engineering. After graduating from the institute in 1976, he worked as a foreman at the PMK-815 section of the Sevkavelevatorstroy trust.
In 1978-1979, Taimuraz Mamsurov was the chief engineer of the MTR headquarters of the North Ossetian regional committee of the Komsomol.
From 1979 to 1982, Mamsurov worked as the second and then first secretary of the Right Bank District Committee of the Komsomol. In 1982-1983, he was transferred to Moscow, where he worked as an instructor in the department of Komsomol organizations of the Komsomol Central Committee. In 1983, he was elected first secretary of the North Ossetian regional committee of the Komsomol.
From 1986 to 1989, Taimuraz Mamsurov was a graduate student at the Academy of Social Sciences under the CPSU Central Committee. In 1989 he graduated from graduate school and defended his PhD thesis in historical sciences.
In 1989-1990 he served as inspector of the regional committee of the CPSU. And in 1990-1994 - chairman of the executive committee, head of the administration of the Right Bank region of North Ossetia.
Since 1994 - First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.
Since 1995, Mamsurov has been the head of the local government administration of the Right Bank region of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.
In February 1998, after A. Dzasokhov’s victory in the presidential elections, T. Mamsurov, on Dzasokhov’s proposal, was elected chairman of the government of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (RON-A).
On April 25, 1999, T. Mamsurov was elected as a deputy of the parliament of the republic of the second convocation. In 2000, he was elected Chairman of the Parliament of the Republic of North Ossetia-Asia.
In March 2002, at the congress of the North Ossetian regional branch of United Russia, T. Mamsurov was approved as secretary of the party's political council.
In May 2002, Taimuraz Mamsurov defended his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Political Science on the topic: “Ethnopolitical regional problems of the development of Russian federalism.”
On March 21, 2012, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appointed T. Mamsurov as special representative of the Russian President for South Ossetia.
On June 5, 2015, Taimuraz Mamsurov was dismissed from office due to the expiration of his term of office.
Since September 2015 - member of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security.
