Sergey Emelyanov Komi biography

Before that, he served as Minister of Culture, Tourism and Archival affairs of Komi for five years. Photos of Viktor Bobyry - you are very young, at the age of 27 you are not only the director of the oldest theater, but before that five years were as Minister of Culture of Komi. This does not fit in my head. What family are you from? My father worked as a car mechanic at a service station, my mother is an engineer by education.

The usual traditional family of the Northern City Labor City. Ukhta, where I was born and raised, is the city of oil workers and gas workers, factory, worker-labor. For the past 10 years, parents, younger sisters and brother have been living in St. Petersburg. He was engaged in creativity since childhood, performed at festivals and competitions, participated in the Festival "Song of the Year", and Angelina Vovk organized it on the TVC.

In the year I had an extravagant idea - but what if you conduct a “song of the year” in Ukhta? At first, my idea did not receive any approval. Ukhta is not a close path, not the first tourist attraction on the map of the country, but it’s simply illogical to hold a large event there, drag children there, and also shoot this. And yet everything worked out. Almost a man gathered at Ukhta, a grandiose festival passed, and it was an absolute furor.

Since then, I began to work in the structures of cultural institutions in Ukhta, then became a deputy, and later the director of the Palace of Culture. How did you get to the highest government? I just called Gaplykov Sergey Anatolyevich, the newly elected head of the republic. I then rode late from work, missed the call, while I took a shower, I had dinner, then I only called back.

And this is the governor: “Would you like to work in the Ministry of Culture? And so it happened that after 5 days I moved to Syktyvkar. I was 23 years old at that moment, no working conditions were announced. By that time, I had already organized a large number of cultural events in the city. And we never asked for help from the Ministry of Culture.

Because they perfectly understood how such a cooperation goes: here is a piece of paper, fill in and go to another window. And only on Thursdays, on unusual days. The most disgusting thing that can be in any business is the process for the process. To do something only in order to sit later, putting ticks in plan-this is a taboo, you can’t do this. The most difficult thing was without any wars to make everyone believe that something should be done for society, and not for their desktop.

And no one, including at first, could have thought that I would work in this post for five years, the full term of authority. Was it that your decisions were not implemented? There was an example when one of the colleagues did not give his hands when meeting. It was not fast, only within two years, finally, some kind of turn and understanding of why something needs to be done for a person.

That the main one is the final consumer of our services, speaking a bureaucratic language. It did not reach the direct conflict. I understood at what point you could make an order, and when it was still early. But if the decision was made, the descent cannot be given already. We do not work in a charitable organization, this is a mechanism in which all links should work harmoniously.

It happened that a person is fully refused, there were deeds defaming the honor of the region. I had to remove people from high positions, this is a normal working life. There is a principle - I do not like when people begin to blackmail the resignation. I believe that this means to substitute the entire team, the whole process. This cannot be a single action, it will continue constantly.

And that means, at the moment, as such a statement will be written, I will instantly sign it. I am among these lucky ones. Now I don’t remember specific examples, there were many mistakes and many victories. And they still happen. I believe that the main thing is not to act in a combatant. It is better to slow down some process, wait. Personnel policy is a separate song.

This is the most responsible process for me. It’s hard to include someone in the team. This process can be delayed, and it so happened that I could not appoint a person to the post of person. From a person I need trust, initiative, honesty, hard work, the ability not to be silent, but to translate my disagreement with a common position and not be shy about it. This is a subtle process, the solution comes only over time.

Not finding a hundred percent candidate, I did not make personnel decisions. Just knocking with fists on the table, it is impossible to encourage people to honest, hard work. This will be coercion, from under the stick, unauthorized. It is still hard to do what you do not know how. We built a lot. But we are not builders, we are doing something tall and great, but it seems that others should build.

But no one will do the same reverently what is dear to you. So I had to do this, and these are sleepless nights, huge territories. They built sociocultural centers, libraries, and carried out major repairs of the Philharmonic, College. Crazy number of construction sites. With great difficulty, we promoted library reform.It is no secret that no one goes to the old libraries where there is a smell of musty books, where you are barked at the issuance, that I have passed the book at the same time.

You think that I will never come here anymore, I will download something at the “Litres” or buy on the “ozone”. And we made new library spaces, where a person can be alone in a comfortable environment. These were such battles in the deputy ring, where it was necessary to prove that it was really needed. As a result, we spat, made a dozen libraries at the federal account, and when those in power saw the result - that people began to go to the libraries, then they agreed to support our project.

The Northern Cultural Forum is now the largest cultural platform of the country, several thousand participants. At first we were not understood - why are we carrying top experts, heads of cultural institutions of the Alexandrinsky Theater, including all those in power from federal authorities? They do not discuss Komi! But so we got the opportunity to show our region, talk about our difficulties.

My task was that the republic becomes recognizable in public space. Not everyone knows that Vorkuta is a Komi, that most of the Ural mountains are taking place. Thanks to the Northern Forum, many in the power got acquainted with Komi, and this influenced their solutions. Your appointment was perceived as an eccentric trick. The Wikipedia says about this: “The appointment of the minister was with violations of the lack of experience in the experience of municipal and public service, he received higher education in the year in non -core oil and gas specialty.” To be a popular politician does not always mean being a successful politician.

I survived a million checks, and no ideas were made. From this we can conclude that there could be no violations. The state machine in Komi, which, as you know, has survived some events related to legality, refers to checks very seriously. Therefore, there, of course, there were no violations. But the appointment of resonance caused, otherwise it could not be.

The minister at 23 years old - did not get a "star disease"? When you are not given a hand at the solemn event, this does not contribute to stardom at all. As for the control style - it is difficult to say from the outside. But, for example, raising a voice for me is a taboo topic, I think this is a weakness for the leader. And when they begin to yell or throw heavy objects - these are crazy people, they must be driven from leading positions.

The main principle is to respect colleagues. How did you communicate with colleagues in the highest authorities, who, in the vast majority of you much older than you? Is it not boring with them, because you are from different generations, did you even have common topics? We constantly found common topics for conversation. It does not depend on age or position, but on intelligence, erudition, education, on whether chemistry between people will happen.

It happens, of course, terry bureaucracy, those people who personify the concept of “official” with all its shortcomings. But there are many competent intellectuals, I have become friendly, I have not changed the sphere of work, the same contacts are the same. We implemented several joint projects, worked together. At the beginning of the year, he turned to me with a proposal of work, but then Covid happened, this slowed down the process.