Sergey Nikolayevich Baburin (russian: Серге́й Николаевич Бабурин, born 31 January 1959) is a

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politician, member of the

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of the

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and fourth convocations where he served in the Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitral and Procedural Law, leader of the

Russian All-People's Union The Russian All-People's Union (ROS; russian: Российский общенародный союз; РОС; ''Rossiyskiy obshchenarodnyy soyuz'', ''ROS'') is a Russian conservative political party formed in October 1991. In 2001, it merged into ...

and an ex-leader of the Rodina political party. He also served as a rector of the Russian State University of Trade and Economics (RGTEU) from 2002 to 2012. In 2018, Baburin was a presidential candidate from the

Life and career

Baburin was born in

Semipalatinsk Semey ( kk, Семей, Semei, سەمەي; cyrl, Семей ), until 2007 known as Semipalatinsk (russian: Семипала́тинск) and in 1917–1920 as Alash-kala ( kk, Алаш-қала, ''Alaş-qala''), is a city in eastern Kazakhst ...

Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы) *1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы) , linking_name = the ...

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, where his parents were studying at the time. His father, Nikolai Naumovich Baburin, was a teacher who came from a long line of Sibiryaks (ethnically Russian natives of

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...

), and moved to Semipalatinsk from

Tara, Omsk Oblast Tara (russian: Та́ра) is a town in Omsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Tara and Irtysh Rivers at a point where the forested country merges into the steppe, about north of Omsk, the administrative center of the oblast. P ...

where Sergey later spent his childhood. His paternal grandfather, Naum Mikheevich Baburin, was a woodworker who built houses; during the

Russian Civil War , date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...

he expressed support for the

White Army The White Army (russian: Белая армия, Belaya armiya) or White Guard (russian: Бѣлая гвардія/Белая гвардия, Belaya gvardiya, label=none), also referred to as the Whites or White Guardsmen (russian: Бѣлогв� ...

and was nearly shot by the

Bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

s after they came to power. His paternal grandmother, Irina Sergeevna Baburina (née Koroleva), was a housewife.''Sergei Baburin (2014)''
Guard of the Nation. From the Parliament Shooting to the Unarmed Revolt of RGTEU
— Moscow: Knizniy mir, p. 55 Sergey's mother, Valentina Nikolaevna Baburina (née Kulbedina), was a surgeon. Her father, Nikolai Petrovich Kulbedin (Kulbeda), came from a

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family and moved to Semipalatinsk from Motol, a village in the

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of the

Brest Region Brest Region or Brest Oblast or Brest Voblasts ( be, Брэ́сцкая во́бласць ''(Bresckaja vobłasć)''; russian: Бре́стская о́бласть (''Brestskaya Oblast)'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative cent ...

in search of work. According to Baburin, some sources indicate that Nikolai belonged to a family of

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; he actively participated in the civil war fighting the Basmachi, made a political career, was arrested during the

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, but was released and then died on his way home. His wife, Anna Maksimovna Kulbedina (née Volkova), came from exiled

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, and spent all her life working as a children's nurse in a hospital. Baburin holds a Ph.D. in law from

Leningrad State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

and served as Dean of Law at

Omsk State University Dostoevsky Omsk State University (Омский государственный университет им. Ф. М. Достоевского), usually referred to as Omsk State University (Омский государственный универ� ...

. In 1990, he was elected as a peoples' deputy in the

Supreme Soviet of Russia The Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR (russian: Верховный Совет РСФСР, ''Verkhovny Sovet RSFSR''), later Supreme Soviet of the Russia, Russian Federation (russian: Верховны ...

. He was one of the few who voted against officially dissolving the

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in December 1991. He served in the

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and garnered several awards for his service. He was the founder and one of the leaders of the

. During

Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 The 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, also known as the 1993 October Coup, Black October, the Shooting of the White House or Ukaz 1400, was a political stand-off and a constitutional crisis between the Russian president Boris Yeltsin and t ...

he was one of the most outspoken leaders of the anti-

Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

opposition. In the 2007 Duma election campaign, Baburin gained broad media attention by proposing a bill giving every 4 million

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(approximately 150,000 US

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) as a means of one-time compensation for the wrongdoings of the privatization of state property in the early 90s.

2018 presidential campaign

On 22 December 2017, the

nominated Sergey Baburin as its presidential candidate for the 2018 Russian presidential election. On 24 December, Baburin filed registration documents with the CEC. The CEC rejected Baburin's bid on 25 December because it identified violations in the information provided regarding 18 of his party's 48 representatives. Baburin resubmitted the documents and they were approved by the CEC. On 30 January 2018, Baburin handed over the signatures to the CEC. When testing revealed only 3.28% of invalid signatures, due to which he was admitted to the election. Baburin received 0.65% (479,013 votes), finishing last out of the eight candidates.Результаты выборов
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References

External links

"Zhirinovsky Is a New Version of Yeltsin" interview with Sergei Baburin
Demokratizatsiya, Winter, 1994.
Roman Woronowycz "Russian Duma vice-chairman calls bilateral treaty with Ukraine a 'mistake'"

The Ukrainian Weekly ''The Ukrainian Weekly'' is the oldest English-language newspaper of the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States, and North America. Founded by the Ukrainian National Association, and published continuously since October 6, 1933, archived copies ...

, December 20, 1998.
Yury Chernega, "State Duma Clones Rodina"

Kommersant ''Kommersant'' (russian: Коммерсантъ, , ''The Businessman'' or Commerce Man, often shortened to Ъ) is a nationally distributed daily newspaper published in Russia mostly devoted to politics and business. The TNS Media and NRS Russia ...

, July 8, 2005.
Sergey Baburin presidential campaign 2018 website
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Life and career

2018 presidential campaign

See also

References

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