Albert Makashov
Albert Makashov | |
---|---|
Альберт Макашов | |
Colonel General | |
Political party | Communist Party of the Russian Federation Movement in Support of the Army |
Biography
Makashov was born in
In 1989, Makashov was elected to the
After the rebellion was suppressed, Makashov and a number of other opposition figures were arrested. After the imprisonment and amnesty in 1994, he was elected a deputy to the State Duma as a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (since 1995).
1991 presidential campaign
Makashov ran in the 1991 Russian presidential election. His running mate was Alexey Sergeyev (who had originally been running for president himself).[1]
Having made a name for himself after strongly attacking perestroika at the 1990 RSFSR Party Congress, calls for Mashakov to run for president arose in mid-May.[2][3] Demonstrators at a May 10, 1991 pro-Stalin demonstration in Moscow organized by the conservative movement Yedinstvo were reported by the media to have called for Mashakov to run.[2] Several military units in Central Russia endorsed him as a candidate.[3]
On May 14, 1991, Makashov announced that he would run for president.[3]
Makashov declared his goal as president would be to preserve Russia as a power by insuring that it be strong and wealthy.[4] He promised that would fight for the preservation of a strong Soviet Union and its armed forces.[3] He also promised that to restore law and order to Russian society.[4] He opposed the privatization of Russian industries, arguing that enterprises should instead be placed under the control of worker collectives.[4] He additionally proposed changing the RSFSR's political system so that its parliament and its local soviets would be elected by workers' collectives rather than through popular elections.[4]
Considered to be a hard-liner, during his campaign Makashov publicly exchanged heated debate with reformers such as
Mashakov's campaign appealed to a core base of neo-Stalinists.[8] His candidacy received the backing of neo-Stalinist Nina Andreyeva.[4]
Two of the groups which Makashov intended to focus on getting the votes of were military personnel and "patriotic" Russians.[9] A third group he intended to focus on were members of the workforce who were worried by Yeltsin's economic proposals. In order to appeal to this third group, Makashov's campaign repeatedly referenced "social defense" in the transition to a market economy.[9]
Accusations of antisemitism
Makashov was accused of appearing on TV to "advocate the extinction of the '
Makashov was among the
References
- ^ Mann, Dawn (April 22, 1991). ""COMMUNISTS OF RUSSIA" CONFERENCE". www.friends-parters.org. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
- ^ a b Rahr, Alexander (May 13, 1991). "GENERAL MAKASHOV PROPOSED FOR RUSSIAN PRESIDENCY". www.friends-parners.org. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on September 20, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Rahr, Alexander (May 15, 1991). "MAKASHOV AGREES TO RUN FOR RUSSIAN PRESIDENCY". www.friends-parners.org. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on September 20, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Rahr, Alexander (June 4, 1991). "MAKASHOV CAMPAIGNING". www.friends-partners.org. Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on September 20, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- ^ Wishnevsky, Julia (May 28, 1991). "YAKOVLEV CLASHES WITH MAKASHOV". www.friends-partners.org. Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
- ^ Nichols, Thomas M. The Russian Presidency: Society and Politics in the Second Russian Republic.
- ^ Kara-Murza, Vladimir (June 16, 2011). "Russia's First Presidential Election, Twenty Years On". www.worldaffairsjournal.org. World Affairs Journal. Archived from the original on September 30, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ISBN 9780201409482.
- ^ JSTOR 152022.
- National Conference on Soviet Jewry (2001). "Growing Anti-Semitism in Russia". The Reemergence of Political Anti-Semitism in Russia. Archived from the originalon 22 September 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ The Jewish Week. Archived from the originalon 2 July 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ "A history of hate". The Guardian. 15 August 1999. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Макашов — зоологический антисемит". Kommersant (in Russian). No. 28. 25 February 1999. p. 2. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- Zavtra (in Russian). Vol. 41, no. 306. 10 December 1999. Archived from the originalon 21 February 2005. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (12 March 2007). "Anti-Semitism and response by the government (2005 - March 2007)". Retrieved 20 February 2016.
Further reading
- Barylski, Robert V. (1 January 1998). The Soldier in Russian Politics 1988-1996: Duty, Dictatorship, and Democracy Under Gorbachev and Yeltsin. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-1412839075. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- Jeffries, Ian (2013). The New Russia: A Handbook of Economic and Political Developments. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 978-1136870651. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- Ostrovsky, Alexander (2014). Расстрел «Белого дома». Чёрный октябрь 1993 (The shooting of the "White House". Black October 1993) — М.: «Книжный мир», 2014. — 640 с. ISBN 978-5-8041-0637-0
- ISBN 978-0788189180. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
External links
- Candidate: Albert Makashov at Our Campaigns
- Biography on Lebedev.com (in Russian)
- Parliamentary page(State Duma website)