Life partner of the Minister of Defense
Sergei Kuzhugetovich met his future wife Irina Antipina while studying at the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic University. Their romance continued throughout their years of study, and in their fifth year they decided to get married, and since then they have been going through life together. Irina Shoigu, like her husband, was also able to achieve a lot in life.
She is a successful businesswoman, ran a tourism company, and back in the nineties, together with the wife of Sergei Khetagurov, who was Shoigu’s deputy in those years, she formed a consulting company. Later, Irina went into construction business and, together with her son Sergei Matvienko, created.
In the photo - Shoigu with his wife and daughter
In addition, the wife of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation is the dean of the faculty of the Higher School of Sports Industry at the Russian Economic University. Plekhanov, is a member of the board of trustees of the children's social fund "Republic of Sport" and the public organization "International Humanitarian Dimension", which is engaged in the development of cultural and business relations in different countries of the world. The wife of Sergei Shoigu succeeded not only as a business woman, but also as the mother of two daughters - Yulia and Ksenia.
Shoigu's biography is connected with the Ministry of Defense
The future minister was born in 1955. On the afternoon of 09.05 in Tuva, in the town of Chadan, a boy was born who spent his childhood in this area. The boy was the second child; the family already had an eldest daughter. Sergei's father, Kuzhuget Shoigu, an ethnic Tuvan, ran a local newspaper as an editor, and later ended up in the Republican Council of Ministers, eventually taking the position of deputy chairman.
Sergei’s mother, Alexandra, nee Kudryavtseva, comes from the Oryol region. She began her working career as a livestock specialist on one of the collective farms, and eventually ended up in the agricultural department of the republic, where she gradually rose to the position of head of the planning department.
The history of the minister's family name is very interesting. All ancestors of Sergei Kuzhugetovich had the surname Kuzhuget. Tuva was part of the Soviet Union at the end of the war; in 1944, passports in the annexed territory were issued by NKVD officers. The security representative was extremely surprised that the surname was so popular in the city, and decided to somehow identify the masses.
In particular, he swapped the first and last names for Sergei’s father. Instead of Shoigu Kuzhuget, Kuzhuget was born with the surname Shoigu, and over time, a unique minister appeared in the country who was forced to bear the family surname instead of the patronymic, and the patronymic instead of the surname.
As a schoolboy, Sergei did not stand out for his unusual abilities, but his hard work and perseverance were noticeable and bore fruit. Energy and thirst for justice did not allow him to shy away from fights; his childhood nickname Shaitan forced him to find himself in the center of events over and over again. The parents in this intelligent family did not like their son’s inclinations; they invented new opportunities for him to escape from street influence. Thus, a young boy of 12 years old found himself on an expedition with an archaeologist, this was a good choice. Sergei became so sick of his new hobby that he did not leave the excavations for the entire holiday until his graduation from school. He received a very decent certificate, only fours and fives. He chose Krasnoyarsk for further studies, soon becoming a student at the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Faculty of Construction.
In 1996 he defended his scientific work. The topic of his dissertation was the possibility of managing emergency forecasts organized at the state level. His work on a topic of national importance earned him a PhD in economics.
Shoigu also took his place in the ranks of the Communist Party. In 1988, he worked for about a year in the Abakan party committee, the last year as second secretary.
Shoigu moved to Moscow in 1990, where the post of deputy chairman of the State Committee awaited him there. The appointment to the Committee on Architecture and Construction did not last long; he remained in this chair for about a year.
Children of Sergei Shoigu
The daughters of Irina and Sergei Shoigu received an excellent upbringing and education. The eldest daughter, Yulia, is a psychologist by training and heads the Center for Emergency Psychological Assistance of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. After graduating from the Faculty of Psychology of Moscow State University, she first worked as a simple psychologist, and only after that she took a higher position.
Yulia Sergeevna, as a psychologist, worked with people who were victims of terrorist attacks and man-made disasters not only in Russia. Her personal life has already taken shape - she got married and gave her parents grandchildren - Dasha and Kirill.
In the photo - Sergei Shoigu's eldest daughter Yulia
The youngest daughter of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Ksenia, graduated from the Faculty of Economics of MGIMO, and, according to some sources, currently works at Gazprombank.
In the photo - Sergei Shoigu with his youngest daughter Ksenia
Daughter of Sergei Shoigu - Yulia Shoigu
A daughter appeared in the Shoigu family shortly after her parents defended their diplomas. Our hero dreamed that he would have a daughter named Julia, so he suggested this name to his wife. Irina liked the name, so the baby was officially registered as Yulia.
The girl was very responsible. She prepared her homework herself and studied science. At school, Sergei Shoigu’s daughter, Yulia Shoigu, became the best student in the class. She believed that she needed to achieve everything herself so that her parents would not be ashamed of her.
The girl developed creatively. She studied in a ballet studio and participated in productions of the school drama theater. Julia attended classes at a music school. She plays the piano quite well.
Having received a certificate, yesterday’s graduate entered Moscow State University, where she studied psychology. Then the girl began to help her father in his difficult field. Currently, she heads one of the departments of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, which provides psychological assistance to people in difficult life situations.
Julia succeeded both as a mother and a wife. She manages to develop her children and take care of her husband. The woman’s husband works in the capital’s prosecutor’s office. He was involved in a scandalous story in 2020. But the matter never came to a scandalous trial. The family has two children. The parents named their son Kirill, and their daughter Dasha. They are students of one of the capital's schools. Our hero loves his grandchildren and often plays with them in moments of relaxation.
Biography and career of Sergei Shoigu
The future successful politician was born in the small Tuvan town of Chadan, his father was the editor of a local newspaper, and later became an employee of the party and Soviet bodies - by the time of his retirement, Kuzhuget Sereevich was the first deputy of the Council of Ministers of the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Sergei Kuzhugetovich's mother Alexandra Yakovlevna first worked as a livestock specialist, and then was the head of the planning department of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tuva, and was elected several times to the Supreme Council of the Republic.
After graduating from high school, Sergei Shoigu went to Krasnoyarsk, where he graduated from the Polytechnic Institute with a degree in construction engineer. After graduating from university, the future Minister of Defense worked for fifteen years at large Siberian construction sites, where he held leadership positions.
Shoigu's political career began in the late eighties, when he became the second secretary of the Abakan Committee of the CPSU, then was an inspector of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Committee of the CPSU. Sergei Shoigu’s wife accompanied her husband to all construction sites, and when he went to Moscow, she followed him.
Having moved to the Russian capital, Shoigu took the position of Deputy Chairman of the RSFSR State Committee for Architecture and Construction, and a year later, on his initiative, the Russian Rescue Corps was created, of which he became the head.
A few years later, this department was transformed into the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief, which Sergei Kuzhugetovich headed from 1991 to 1994. In 1995, he began to actively engage in political activities - he became a member of the “Our Home is Russia” association, and a few years later he headed the political party “Unity,” which was later transformed into the “United Russia” party. In 1994, Shoigu became the Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief, and in this position he personally led many rescue operations, which gained him enormous popularity among Russian citizens.
Shoigu also had the opportunity to serve as governor of the Moscow region, although he was in this position for only a short time, only about six months, and then he was appointed Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation instead of Anatoly Serdyukov, who was dismissed.
Shoigu Sergei Kuzhugetovich
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I just thought that somehow we had left the main warrior unattended. Let's correct the situation. Biography
Sergei Shoigu was born on May 21, 1955 in the small town of Chadan, Tuva Autonomous Okrug, in the family of the editor of the regional newspaper Kuzhuget Sereeevich Shoigu and livestock specialist Alexandra Yakovlevna Shoigu (nee Kudryavtseva).
About the surname
And a little about childhood and in general was said in the Posner program:
S. SHOIGU: Yes.
V. POSNER: It’s true that little Shoigu had the nickname “Shaitan”, that he swam across the seething Yenisei on a dare, crossed the river during ice drift, jumping from ice floe to ice floe, and once jumped from a 10-meter bridge into the middle of the chamber of the Belarus tractor ", tied to a support. Is it true?
S. SHOIGU: Yes.
V. POSNER: Is it true that the teenager Shoigu took part in mass fights wall to wall?
S. SHOIGU: Yes. But where do such details come from?
V. POSNER: So, look. If we proceed from the fact that a person’s character, as psychologists tell us, is formed in childhood, it turns out that, firstly, you do not like to study, secondly, you take terrible risks and, thirdly, you are a rather aggressive person. Is this suitable for heading such a colossus as the Ministry of Emergency Situations?
S. SHOIGU: If we follow your assessments and conclusions, then, of course, it’s not suitable. I didn’t really like to study - I think because I was a freedom-loving person. And yet, he devoted more time to sports. And having started studying, including at a music school, he did not finish it, because the desire to play sports and lead a more active lifestyle overcame all hobbies.
V. POSNER: Okay, let's continue. Is it true that you dreamed of working as a truck driver?
S. SHOIGU: Yes, it was like that.
V. POSNER: Is it true that you don’t like to vacation abroad, preferring to spend your holidays in the Sayan Mountains, for example?
S. SHOIGU: Yes.
V. POSNER: True. Is it true that your hobby is collecting weird roots and making sculptures out of them?
S. SHOIGU: Yes.
V. POSNER: Is it true that you were baptized, in your words, by force? Here you can answer in a little more detail.
S. SHOIGU: No. I can't say that it was violent, because it was at the age of 5. Now this is abroad, this is the city of Stakhanov in Ukraine. My grandparents on my mother’s side are there. And my grandmother baptized me. I visited this church after that, I wanted to find entries in the books...
V. POSNER: And perhaps the last question from the blitz. You are a witness to all sorts of terrible things - disasters, misfortunes, suffering, which are generally difficult to explain or do not fit into any logic at all. Do you believe in God?
S. SHOIGU: You know, most likely yes. I can say that I remember faith in God not when I feel the urge to have it or not. And there are times when you really want to turn to something that you can’t turn to directly, in particular, to you. And then you realize that you believe
A few quick facts:
Sergei Shoigu was born in the small town of Chadan, Tuva Autonomous Okrug. At the age of 22, he graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute, after which he worked in various trusts until 1988. In one of the interviews, his father’s position was also mentioned: “My father was deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers of Tuva.”
In the late 80s, Shoigu took the position of second secretary of the Abakan GC of the CPSU and just a couple of years later he already took the post of deputy chairman of the State Committee for Architecture and Construction.
In 1991, Sergei Shoigu became chairman of the Russian Rescue Corps and chairman of the State Committee for Emergency Situations - from that moment the stage of his career associated with the Ministry of Emergency Situations began.
Later, Sergei Shoigu was appointed Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief - EMERCOM of Russia. After some time, Shoigu also became a member of the Russian Security Council.
Among other things, Sergei Shoigu is the president of the International Sports Federation of Firefighters and Rescuers. And the president of the Russian Geographical Society.
Shoigu left the post of head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in 2012, then he set a record for the duration of his tenure in a ministerial position in the post-Soviet period.
In April 2012, Shoigu’s candidacy was unanimously supported by the Moscow Regional Duma for the post of governor of the Moscow region, but a few months later Sergei Kuzhugetovich left this post for the post of Minister of Defense, in which he replaced Anatoly Serdyukov.
In power
He has a very trusting relationship with President Putin. They often spend holidays together. Fishing video.
He was also recognized several times as “The most effective minister in the country.” Always takes leading places in the rating of trust in politicians. Very friendly with Yuri Vorobyov.
Family
Wife - Irina Aleksandrovna Shoigu (nee Antipina), president of a business tourism company (among the main clients is the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations)
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Two daughters:
Yulia Sergeevna Shoigu (born in 1977) is the director of the Center for Emergency Psychological Assistance of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia (since 2002).
Ksenia Sergeevna Shoigu (born in 1991) - student
With my youngest daughter (new photos)
Eldest daughter
Wife
Gossip
In 2006, material appeared about Shoigu’s allegedly illegitimate son. I copy.
“According to the words of a venerable old man, a neighbor of a noble family in an elite cottage community, Alexander Ivanovich, a certain Elena Sh-va worked as a flight attendant on a plane of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and accompanied the best minister of Russia on all his difficult business trips. And one day, during his return from a difficult expedition filled with courage and heroism, a dead tired Shoigu (after all, he plows like a red people's commissar) could not resist the charms of a beautiful blonde. Soon a charming baby was born, whom Sergei Kuzhugetovich and Elena named him with the beautiful name Daniil.”
Then rumors appeared about Shoigu’s affair with presenter Kitaeva. I also copy.
“MOSCOW, November 19. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu appointed Maria Kitaeva as his advisor. The minister's press secretary Daria Zatulina reported this to ITAR-TASS today. “An adviser to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has been appointed, Maria Kitaeva,” said Zatulina. Previously, Kitaeva worked as a presenter on the Rossiya 24 TV channel, and this summer she was appointed advisor to the governor of the Moscow region on information policy. Kitaeva herself told ITAR-TASS that her responsibilities do not include issues of information policy of the Ministry of Defense, but she did not specify the range of issues for which she will be responsible.”
Indeed, Ms. Kitaeva is somewhat out of the ranks of employees of the Ministry of Defense.
There is also a video on the Internet where Kitaeva, when she was an assistant to the then Governor of the Moscow Region, arrived with Shoigu at some facility and casually accompanied him cheerfully flashing her Chanel handbag.
Watch from 13:43 (Maria walks ahead)
And here Mary can be seen starting at 4:18.
But everything seems harmless; who would refuse just a beautiful assistant?!
There is also TV presenter Anastasia Chernobrovina, who is very proud of her friendship with the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, and will not miss an opportunity to emphasize this. But this also doesn’t say much, since according to Nastya, she has long been in a relationship with a certain architect, and she is connected with Sergei Kuzhegetovich by the Russian Geographical Society (RGS).
Country house
Alexei Navalny once took up the investigation of the houses of Vorobyov and Shoigu. I copy.
“According to the oppositionist, both statesmen have huge plots of land registered on them: 19 thousand square meters each. The plots are located near Moscow near Gorki and Novo-Ogarevo on expensive, prestigious land: according to Navalny, such a plot costs at least 200 million rubles, not to mention houses, extensions and other beauties of landscape design. "
Shall we discuss it, ladies?
Sources:
slon.ru
1tv.ru
aif.ru
wikipedia
Sergei Shoigu's wife - Irina Shoigu
The spouses met during their years at the institute. In their final year, the young couple sealed their relationship with an official union. From then on, the woman supported her husband in all his endeavors.
Despite the fact that the Minister of Defense always provided for his family, his wife never sat idle. She succeeded in everything. She was engaged in the tourism business, decorating the house, and raising two daughters.
Sergei Shoigu’s wife, Irina Shoigu, almost never appears with her husband at social events, preferring quiet evenings in the company of close people. The woman does not pay attention to the rumors about her husband’s infidelities that are mostly in the tabloid press every now and then.
Height, weight, age. How old is Sergei Shoigu
As the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Shoigu is constantly in sight, the right hand of the country's president. It should be noted that the appearance of the politician is very attractive. That is why everyone is interested in his height, West, age. Few people know how old Sergei Shoigu is. According to some reports, the height of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation is 173 cm, and his weight is 80 kg. This May, Sergei Kuzhugetovich will turn 61 years old. Interestingly, the country's first rescuer is fond of sports, enjoys playing hockey and riding horses. But he has a bad habit. Shoigu has been smoking for a long time, and despite the harm, he has no plans to quit.
Today Sergei Kuzhugetovich holds the rank of army general. Data obtained from public surveys showed that the Minister of Defense is one of the most successful politicians in the country, trusted by Russians.
Many are curious about Shoigu’s nationality. He is Tuvan.
Personal life
Shoigu prefers not to expose his personal life to the public. He met his future wife, Irina Antipina, while studying at the institute. They got married in their fifth year, and today the wife is actively involved in business. Together with her husband, they head a travel company. Irina works as a dean and is a trustee of a children's fund and a public organization. Her main interest is youth programs.
The couple have two daughters - Ksenia and Yulia. The first works in the field of economics, the second heads the psychological service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The children of the Shoigu spouses are already adults , but information about their personal lives remains hidden. There is a rumor in the media about the appearance of Sergei’s second wife, who gave birth to his son Danil. Shoigu himself does not confirm this and assures that such gossip is spread to discredit his personality.
The Minister of Defense’s salary is impressive - in 2020 he received about 9 million rubles. Sergei Shoigu is still in excellent shape - he is 175 cm tall and has an athletic build. He loves fishing and hunting, his only bad habits are smoking.
Shoigu collects:
- sabers;
- daggers;
- samurai swords.
Sergey likes to play the guitar, paint with watercolors, and study Russian history. Perhaps he will write an autobiography in which he will detail the stages of his life. The activities of Shoigu and his family are interesting to many people, so a book like this will be in demand.
What are the Minister of Defense's hobbies?
Most of all, Sergei Shoigu loves to relax in nature. However, more precisely, this applies to horse riding, football and, of course, my favorite pastime - fishing. It was this hobby that brought him closer to President Putin and Prime Minister Medvedev over the past few years. Their joint photos from fishing trips from different Russian cities could be seen quite often.
Another hobby of the Minister of Defense does not go well with the above - smoking. Yes, Sergei Shoigu is an avid smoker, but despite all the harm he has repeatedly said that he is not going to quit this addiction. The reason here is quite simple - the Minister of Defense enjoys it.
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Instagram and Wikipedia Sergei Shoigu
Instagram and Wikipedia of Sergei Shoigu are popular. Many residents of Russia and other countries want to find out the most detailed information about a man.
Wikipedia tells where the future Minister of Defense was born and who his parents were. Here is information about the career growth of Sergei Kuzhugetovich. You can read about his political activities. The page tells what awards the man has and why he was awarded them.
Sergei Shoigu also has his own pages on social networks. Most often, men work on Instagram. Here you can see photographs taken in the Minister's office. He often updates his gallery with photographs of his family. There are especially many photographs of Sergei Kuzhugetovich from vacation and from the sports ground, where among the man’s friends you can see the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
Politics and civil service
A few months later, Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu initiated the creation of the Russian Rescue Corps, which he headed. Later, this department was transformed into the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief. Shoigu worked at the head of this department as chairman from 1991 to 1994.
Thanks to the initiative and developments of Sergei Kuzhugetovich, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations currently includes several areas, in particular, it has search and rescue services in all regions of Russia, staffed civil defense troops, the Academy of Civil Protection, specialized centers for training Russian rescuers and monitoring and forecasting emergencies situations, as well as a research institute. This department became one of Shoigu’s most important achievements.
Sergei Shoigu began to manifest himself in politics in 1995 as part of the “Our Home is Russia” association, headed by Viktor Chernomyrdin. In 2000, Sergei Kuzhugetovich became the chairman of the Unity political party, which after some time was transformed into the United Russia party, which also included the parties of Mintimer Shaimiev “All Russia” and Yuri Luzhkov “Fatherland”.
The authority of the Minister of Defense of the Ministry of Emergency Situations is unquestionable, and he won it not in the capital offices of the ministry, but in hot spots of disaster zones throughout the world, where Sergei Shoigu flew together with his subordinates. For his active rescue work, he was repeatedly awarded not only in Russia, but also in foreign countries where Russian rescuers worked. In 1999, Sergei Shoigu received the highest award - the title of Hero of Russia.
In 2012, Shoigu was nominated by United Russia for the post of governor of the Moscow region, where he was unanimously supported by all members of the Moscow Regional Duma. This year became significant in the biography of Sergei Shoigu - on the recommendation of Dmitry Medvedev, he was appointed to the post of Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, replacing ex-minister Anatoly Serdyukov, who was dismissed amid the Oboronservis scandal.
In his new position of responsibility, Sergei Shoigu noted a number of reforms. On his initiative, the Arctic Troops were created, the construction of the largest and only one of its kind military-patriotic park “Patriot” began, and the development of army sports received a powerful impetus.
In November 2012, the Minister of Defense appointed as his adviser former TV presenter Maria Kitayeva, who, when Sergei Shoigu was governor, worked as his adviser on information policy.
The reforms, headed by the new minister, made the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation invulnerable to external threats. The whole world saw the increased combat effectiveness of the Russian Armed Forces during the events of 2014 on the Crimean Peninsula. Russian President Vladimir Putin highly praised the actions of the Ministry of Defense, which, under the guise of strengthening the security of Russian military facilities in Crimea, managed to quickly transfer GRU special forces and marines to the peninsula, which ensured the disarmament of the Ukrainian military stationed on the peninsula.
It was possible to prove the power of the Russian army again in 2015-16 during a military operation in Syria. By 2020, the Russian army becomes the second most powerful in the world.
Public opinion polls have shown that Army General Sergei Shoigu has been the leader in performance assessment among Russian Government ministers since 2013.
In addition to his main activities, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation has headed the Russian Geographical Society since 2009, occupies the chair of the head of the International Sports Federation of Firefighters and Rescuers, and also manages the website of the forum of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Unprecedented attention has been focused on the undoubtedly bright and charismatic minister, which is why his statements and speeches are often parsed into quotes. For example, speaking to members of the Federation Council in March 2010, Sergei Shoigu spoke so floridly about the production of fire extinguishers that his quote was savored for a long time in various media.
But sometimes Shoigu is credited with other people’s statements. For example, in 2015, the minister was condemned for a Twitter post in which he allegedly called for Russian tanks to enter Poland. As it turned out, Sergei Shoigu never wrote anything like this.
Irina Shoigu's career
Irina Shoigu has always considered her main tasks to be providing a reliable rear for her husband and taking care of her family. But I didn’t want to completely dissolve in my wife and children. She gave birth to her first daughter, Yulia, immediately after receiving her diploma. This circumstance, as well as frequent moves, prevented her from building a career in government agencies or private construction companies. But the need for self-realization was still satisfied. When Sergei Shoigu’s career took off and he became quite an influential person, Irina decided to go into business.
Shoigu's wife is a successful businesswoman. She ran a tourist agency. At the end of the last century, she organized a consulting company, and later went into construction business. Together with Matvienko’s son Sergei, she created.
In 2008, journalists published information that could become compromising information on the Shoigu family. Irina was accused of the fact that the travel company she organized flourished thanks to the connections and social position of her high-ranking husband. The company has repeatedly won tenders for the purchase of tickets and accompaniment of Emergency Situations Ministry employees to international conferences and trainings. Expo-EM also worked with large private companies that were associated with the Ministry of Defense. After a series of high-profile proceedings, the Shoigu family was no longer interrogated and suspected of a crime, since they did not find anything in the minister’s actions that could contradict the law. At the time of the publication of the devastating articles, Irina almost no longer managed the travel company.
