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businessman in the fields of media and show business, and is a public figure.
Personal life
Nikolay Bagrayev was born on 19 June 1964, in the
Digora
Digora (russian: Дигора́; os, Дигорæ, ''Digoræ'') is a town and the administrative center of Digorsky District of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia, located on the Ursdon River (left tributary of the Terek), northw ...
Russia
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. His mother is Chabahan Bagrayeva (born 1927) and his father is Georgiy Bagrayev (born 1882), a farmer in
Digora
Digora (russian: Дигора́; os, Дигорæ, ''Digoræ'') is a town and the administrative center of Digorsky District of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia, located on the Ursdon River (left tributary of the Terek), northw ...
, and a
war
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veteran.
Nikolay Bagrayev is married to Svetlana Bagrayeva (born 1966), who is a psychologist. They have a son, Ruslan (born 1988), who graduated from
Kyiv National Economic University
The Kyiv National Economic University ( uk, Київський національний економічний університет імені Вадима Гетьмана, lit=Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University) is a self-govern ...
with a degree from the International Economics and Management faculty. The pair also have a daughter, Lyudmila (born 1990). She is also enrolled in the International Economics and Management faculty at Kyiv National Economic University.
Education
* 1987 - Kherson Agricultural Institute, faculty of
Civil Engineering
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* 2005 - Kyiv National Economic University, faculty of
International Economics
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,
cum laude
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Career
* 1987-1988 - senior technical inspector, permanent buildings and facilities construction department, "Kherson Beauty"
* 1988-1991 - second and later first Secretary of
Kakhovka
Kakhovka ( uk, Кахо́вка, ) is a port city on the Dnieper River in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast, of southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of the Kakhovka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It had a population of
It ...
city
Komsomol
The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...
Committee
* 1991-1992 - Chairman of the Youth Committee of Kakhovka
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
* 1992-1996 - Director General, Directorate of the International Festival "Tavria Games"
* 1996-2000 - President of JSC "Tavria Games"
* February 1998 - October 2000 - Secretary of Presidential Expert Council of Manufacturers and Entrepreneurs
* June 2000- May 2002 - Member of the National Presidential Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine
* Since 2014 - President of "Tavria Games"; Chairman of the Supervisory Board of "Tavria Media" radio units.
Nikolay Bagrayev is a businessman in
mass-media
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Broadcast media transmit information e ...
and
show business
Show business, sometimes shortened to show biz or showbiz (since 1945), is a vernacular term for all aspects of the entertainment industry.''Oxford English Dictionary'' 2nd Ed. (1989) From the business side (including managers, agents, produc ...
. Founder and Honorary President of the festivals "Tavria Games" (founded in 1992), "Black Sea Games" (1998).
Politics
* June 2002 - April 2006 - Secretary of
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
Committee on freedom of speech and information
* June 2006 - June 2007 - Chairman of the Subcommittee on electronic media and ICT systems,
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
Committee on freedom of speech and information
* since December 2007 - Member of
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
Committee on freedom of speech and information
* since May 2006 - Member of the fraction of
Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc ( uk, Блок Юлії Тимошенко, БЮТ; Blok Yuliyi Tymoshenko, BYuT) was the name of the bloc of political parties in Ukraine led by Yulia Tymoshenko since 2001. In November 2011, the participation of blocs ...
* December 2007 - March 2010 - Advisor to the
Prime Minister of Ukraine
The prime minister of Ukraine ( uk, Прем'єр-міністр України, ) is the head of government of Ukraine. The prime minister presides over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of th ...
(as a public service)
* Member of the Committee of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine
* Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with
Russia
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Nikolay Bagrayev was the
People's Deputy of Ukraine
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Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
. Although elected for the pro-European
Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko
The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc ( uk, Блок Юлії Тимошенко, БЮТ; Blok Yuliyi Tymoshenko, BYuT) was the name of the bloc of political parties in Ukraine led by Yulia Tymoshenko since 2001. In November 2011, the participation of blocs ...
(and at the time member of
All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
The All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" ( uk, Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина", translit=Vseukrains'ke obiednannia "Bat'kivshchyna") referred to as Batkivshchyna (), is a political party in Ukraine led by Peo ...
) in March 2012 he became a member of the faction of the pro-Russian
Party of Regions
The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of Uk ...
in March 2012, despite having been one of the architects of
Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukraini ...
(11 November 2012)
Bagrayev was among MPs from the ruling
Party of Regions
The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of Uk ...
and the
Communist Party
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who voted in favour of ten Ukrainian anti-protest laws restricting freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. This was described in the media and by experts as "draconian", with
Timothy Snyder
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claiming that they effectively established the nation as a
dictatorship
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Central Election Commission of Ukraine
The Central Election Commission of Ukraine ( uk, Центральна виборча комісія України, commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as ЦВК (''Tse-Ve-Ka''); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukrai ...
.
He founded the group of companies representing Ukraine in the media music channels M1, M2, and "ТАВP Media", which includes Russkoe Radio Ukraina, Khit FM, Kiss FM, Radio Roks, Radio Melodiya, and Radio Relax.
See also
*
List of Ukrainian Parliament Members 2007
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
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Verkhovna Rada
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