Odious farmer Vasily Melnichenko: biography with photo

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Of course, Vasily Melnichenko, an entrepreneur from the Urals, is a bright and extraordinary personality. The country learned about him after he made critical remarks about the current government at the economic forum, which was held in the Russian capital in the spring of this year. The popularity rating of a farmer from the province has become even higher thanks to a video posted on Runet with his participation. A few minutes earlier, an unknown businessman Vasily Melnichenko was able to outline the difficult conditions in which the Russian village has to survive. He does not tire of repeating about the unprecedented scale of corruption in our country. The farmer also regularly insists that the internal political course in the Russian state needs to be changed long ago. His quotes: “In Russia, the level of delirium has exceeded the standard of living”, “An officer is not a position, not a rank, this is an understanding of honor”, “People, as you know, cannibals love most of all” have already managed to “go to the people.”

So who is he - Vasily Melnichenko, who loves to "cut the truth of the uterus" so much? Let's take a closer look at this issue.

Native of the people

Vasily Melnichenko, whose biography is very interesting and remarkable, was born into a peasant family in 1954 in Ukraine. He spent his childhood in the countryside, and after graduating from school he became a student at the Uman Agricultural Academy. In 1987, Vasily Melnichenko moved to live in the Ural region, where his first occupation was the manufacture of tombstones from marble.

Head of the cooperative

The future farmer quickly got used to his new place of residence and already in 1989 he was appointed the head of an agricultural enterprise (the cooperative "Interior") in the village of Rassvet. It was impossible to call a prosperous business: the lack of feed, the lack of discipline among employees, and so on affected. But Melnichenko Vasily was able to solve the main problems of the enterprise.

Shops, a bakery, a pastry shop, a fish shop, a mill, a furniture production shop, a sewing workshop were built. Production lines were modernized, premises were renovated, and a new transformer substation was erected.

High class enterprise

In 1995, his farm takes first place in the competition of socio-economic development projects, which is organized throughout the country. The enterprise becomes diversified. In the settlement, the role of the women's council, established under the TOS of the village of Rassvet, is being activated. The cooperative "Interior" began to help in solving state problems: the social adaptation of persons who were released, the provision of housing and jobsinternally displaced persons from the former Soviet republics, youth employment.

In the period from 1991 to 1994, Vasily Alexandrovich Melnichenko (a farmer) sheltered eleven families of former prisoners in the village, providing them with housing and work.

In the period from 1993 to 1997, the workforce of the enterprise, which was led by an enterprising peasant, was replenished with members from twenty families of forced migrants.

Shut up, sadness, shut up…

In 1998, Vasily Aleksandrovich had a conflict with representatives of the local Cossacks, who set fire to his farm, which he had been restoring for so long and stubbornly. But it was planned to create a powerful agro-industrial cooperative of a wide profile.

In an instant, the prosperous enterprise "Dawn" was gone. Initially, the Cossacks envied how successful Melnichenko's business was. They wanted to impose a tribute on the entrepreneur. But he flatly refused to comply with their demands. Then they physically destroyed his offspring. After some time, the Ural peasant declared war on the raiders and established a legal advice office in the village, which provided services to residents at no cost.

Journalist career

It should be noted that the peasant Vasily Melnichenko is not only an experienced manager, but also a professional in journalism. After the destruction of his farm in the village of Rassvet, he decided to become a correspondent for the print publication "Territory of People's Power". Vasily Melnichenko is a farmer who has achieved great success injournalistic field and for his hard work received the status of laureate of the Artem Borovik Prize and the Academician Sakharov Prize. He also won a competition among journalists covering corruption topics. For his special desire to expose officials who took bribes, the Ural farmer was repeatedly threatened and beaten by their patrons.

Re-management position

In 2008, Vasily Alexandrovich Melnichenko became the head of the Galkinsky SEC. The farmer is once again faced with the most difficult task - to create a strong diversified production structure that would provide all residents with jobs that are so lacking in the countryside.

Galkinskoye is located just 130 kilometers from the regional center (Yekaterinburg). This settlement does not stand out in any way from others: dilapidated houses, lack of quality roads, underdeveloped transport infrastructure. The goal of turning Galkinsky into a model state farm is incredibly difficult to achieve. Nevertheless, Vasily Alexandrovich Melnichenko, whose photo often flashes on the pages of the press, is not going to give up even in the conditions of the economic crisis. Whatever project the Ural entrepreneur implements, there are always difficulties on his way. He is one hundred percent sure that the development of the countryside in our country is hindered by the officials themselves. In particular, the farmer claims that the authorities are deliberately going to increase the price of diesel fuel in order to stop plowing the land in the village. “Everything is done so that the villagedied out,”says the peasant. However, Vasily Alexandrovich Melnichenko, the director of the Galkinskoye farm, is not going to give up so easily. For several years, he had the idea of making rabbit fur products in his head. To launch his new enterprise, he had to go through the certification of workplaces. The entrepreneur is perplexed why officials have redirected the concern for the he alth of citizens into private hands. The intermediary company asks for a fairly large amount for its services - more than 120 thousand rubles. “This barrier seriously slows down the opening of a business. Why am I being forced to use the services of a private firm?” - the entrepreneur complains. These are the difficulties Vasily Aleksandrovich had to face.

Successful business

Today, an enterprise for processing rabbit skins is successfully operating on the territory of the Center for Initiatives.

This is Melnichenko's main business, which brings a steady income to its owner. A peasant from the Urals also built a farm where over one thousand animals are bred. Rabbit fur is used in the manufacture of rugs and fur coats. The meat of the "domestic hare" is supplied to a roadside cafe, which was built by Vasily Alexandrovich Melnichenko. The farmer assures that the range of dishes at his catering point is no worse than in local and even Moscow region establishments. In particular, Melnichenko's chefs can offer guests French-style meat, savory side dishes, soups, delicious shish kebab, roast rabbit, and several salad options. And the prices inpublic catering establishment, according to visitors, are quite acceptable. In the immediate vicinity of the above catering point there is a mini-hotel, where truckers usually spend the night. This object also brings a small income to the owner.

Vasily Alexandrovich has no doubts about the success of the “rabbit” business, because he knows how much demand he has and will use the products produced by his enterprise.

Melnichenko's other projects

Another significant project for the Ural peasant is the construction of economy class apartments.

However, according to Vasily Aleksandrovich, it is not possible to bring it to life without the construction of an enterprise for the production of foam ceramics. The farmer's son carefully worked on the design of the latter. Moreover, the developments were duly appreciated by representatives of the scientific community. This is confirmed by various diplomas and certificates decorating Melnichenko's office. One way or another, it is still problematic to put the idea into practice, since serious investments are required.

“I have no sources of financing, and I don’t want to borrow money from the bank because of the extortionate interest that he wants to receive by issuing a loan for business development. As for officials, they were not interested in my project from the point of view of investment. But in Lithuania, I built such a plant,” the entrepreneur says.

Vasily Alexandrovich plans to organize a modern productiona complex equipped with the latest equipment, equipped with workshops where products will be packaged and spacious vegetable stores. Melnichenko is ready to purchase production units exclusively of domestic production. “Equipment for the manufacture of silicon products is already being made at our enterprises: Electrofurnace (Rybinsk), Energia (Voronezh), Unikhim (Yekaterinburg),” the Ural businessman emphasized.

WTO and agriculture

Melnichenko is critical of the fact that our country has joined the WTO. In his opinion, today everyone is puzzled over how to "go around" the international organization. And one of the options for solving this problem is to recognize the fertile lands of our country as unsuitable for agriculture. The farmer is convinced that no bank will issue a loan to any entrepreneur who intends to develop a business in "unfavorable" regions. But Vasily Alexandrovich is a man "not from a timid one", and he can be heard by the authorities by all available means.

Fighter for Justice

Today, a peasant from the provinces is active in social activities. He is not only a businessman, but also a human rights activist.

He did not forget his journalistic work. What else does Vasily Alexandrovich Melnichenko do? The federal village council heads. This is the name of one of the social movements.

Conclusion

The Ural businessman takes his popularity calmly. He is convinced that shewill only play into his hands in an attempt to reach out to rural residents, who should have consolidated long ago so as not to exist, but to live with dignity in the Russian outback.