Pavel Alexandrovich Sazhinov was born on November 9, 1946 in the village of Seltso, Kholmogorsky district, Arkhangelsk Region, to a peasant family. There he graduated from high school, after which he studied in absentia at the Institute and worked at the PO "Northern Machine-building Enterprise" in Severodvinsk. In 1968, he was called up for military service in the Armed Forces of the USSR. After being discharged from the reserve in 1970, he worked in Murmansk-first on the Komsomol, and then on party work. From 1986 to 1991, he was the First Secretary of the Severomorsk City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. From 1991 to 1993, he served as the Chairman of the Severomorsk City Council. In 1994, he was elected Chairman of the Murmansk Regional Duma. Member of the Federation Council Committee on Security and Defense. He graduated from the Murmansk Pedagogical Institute, the Leningrad Higher Party School, and the postgraduate course at the Higher Party School of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. He is a Candidate of Historical Sciences (Doctor of Political Science). Married. Has two children. The eldest son is an air defense officer. The younger son is a student at the Medical Academy in Arkhangelsk. - Pavel Alexandrovich, at one of the meetings of the Federation Council, Russian senators listened to and discussed the report of Russian Defense Minister Marshal Igor Dmitrievich Sergeev for an hour and a half. What issues were the focus of attention? - The Minister of Defense's report was objective, and perhaps more detailed and problematic than usual. In my opinion, this is particularly important. Not all members of the Federation Council have the same level of knowledge about the state of affairs in the Armed Forces. The report not only provided an assessment of the progress of the Armed Forces' reform, but also outlined its future prospects: what needs to be done to ensure that the country's defense capabilities rem ... Read more