The mystery of the mysterious death of the lion Rokhlin has not been revealed. General Rokhlin: life and death The lion Rokhlin died

Around mysterious death General Lev Rokhlin goes a lot of gossip, rumors, versions. This is understandable: the military general, who was politically competing with the Kremlin, was killed under very strange circumstances. Later a short time unknown Putin becomes director of the FSB, and then takes over the Kremlin. Are these events connected and who is behind the assassination of General Lev Rokhlin, who intended to remove Yeltsin from power? This will be discussed in the article.

We also bring to your attention "CONFESSION OF GENERAL ROKHLIN"

The recording was made shortly before the murder.

On July 3, 1998, at 4 am, at his own dacha in the village of Klokovo near Naro-Fominsk, the chairman of the All-Russian Movement “In Support of the Army, Defense Industry and Military Science” (DPA), State Duma deputy General Lev Yakovlevich Rokhlin, was shot dead.

Immediately, the media hurried to voice everyday versions: “the killer is Tamara Rokhlin’s wife” (“NG”, 4/07/1998), “he was killed by a 14-year-old son” (!) And “fingerprints on the PSM pistol coincided with those of his wife ” (“Izvestia”, 07/04/1998, - in fact, the traces were washed away!), “gold scam” (“Kommersant-daily”, 07/4/1998), “half-Jew got along with the near-Black Hundreds public” (“ Today”, 4/07/1998), etc.

Lev Yakovlevich loved common man and strove for him to become the master of his life, his country, and the future of his children. That is why he enjoyed fantastic popularity in the "civilian" and in the troops, where he was affectionately called Batya. He organized the Movement in Support of the Army, Defense Industry and Military Science (DPA), openly calling on Yeltsin to voluntarily step down from the presidency. In response, the whole country heard: "We will sweep away these Rokhlins! ..".

His wife Tamara Pavlovna was immediately accused of killing the rebellious general. For a long year and a half she was hidden in a pre-trial detention center. What for? If there is evidence, take the case to court. But the sick woman was rotting in overcrowded stuffy cells, while at home, without caress and care, the sick son Igor, a life-long disabled person of group I, suffered. Do you want to him? Write a "confession" and we'll spare you. But she stood her ground: "I didn't kill." 18 months of prison pressure did not break her spirit.

Who harbored the killers?

Who pulled the trigger of the pistol at the general's temple on that fateful morning? Fearing the truth and revelations, the authorities made the "everyday process" closed from the public and the press.

In her last speech at the trial on November 15, 2000, this tormented woman made sensational statement about his support for the desire of the spouse "by peaceful means to throw off the Kremlin temporary workers to get off the neck of the muzzled people."

Leva believed, she said, that such actions are consistent with the UN Charter, which even approves the uprising of the people against the tyrannical state. Whether my husband was right or not, considering Yeltsin and his government tyrannical, anti-people, let the Russian people judge. I personally supported him. In the face of my inevitable death, I now declare once again - I believe that my husband, General Lev Rokhlin, was right.

My husband was killed, but not by the services and people of Yeltsin, but by his own guards. Now it's obvious to me. A huge amount of money collected from all over Russia by Lyova's like-minded people to finance the action to liberate the country disappeared from the dacha immediately after the murder of her husband. And his bodyguard Alexander Pleskachev is soon announced in a new capacity as a “new Russian” with a Moscow residence permit, the position of head of economic security, and even studies at a higher educational institution and does not hide from the court that the Prosecutor General’s Office helped him in everything. The case helped the enemies of my husband: an ordinary criminal Pleskachev and his accomplices did a vile deed "for them" ... ".

There are plenty of grounds for such assertions. Three "bodyguards" (the general's bodyguard, the soldier - the dacha watchman and the driver) could not answer the lawyers' elementary questions. For example, "What were you doing on the night of the murder, and how could it happen that you did not hear two shots that thundered in the dacha rooms?".

All three twisted, confused and lied in such a way that their involvement in the murder of the DPA leader became more and more obvious. The defendant's arguments that her sleeping husband was killed by three unknown men in masks, and then they beat her and threatened to kill her if she did not "take the blame", remained unrefuted.

I followed this process from beginning to end, was at court hearings and once wrote that the “Family”, which already did not expect repentance from the sovereign defendant, was taken aback and regarded her speech as a rebellion. For me, there is no doubt that it was on her order that the judge of the Naro-Fominsk City Court Zhilina sentenced Tamara Pavlovna to 8 years in prison. At the same time, she did not provide any evidence of her involvement in the murder of her husband.

Already in the “zone”, this unbroken woman, with the help of lawyer A. Kucherena, filed a complaint with the Strasbourg Court of Human Rights, which caused a stream of caustic comments in the media. However, having considered the case of Rokhlina v. Russia, he recognized the correctness of her complaint and decided to recover 8,000 euros from the Russian authorities in favor of the plaintiff as compensation for non-pecuniary damage for illegal criminal prosecution.

After all the protests, on June 7, 2001, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued a verdict: the sentence against the convicted T.P. Rokhlina was canceled as illegal, unreasonable and unfair, and she was released on bail. Return all materials of the case to the Naro-Fominsk court for re-examination by a different composition. This decision could be interpreted unequivocally: the general's widow is innocent, it is necessary to look for his real killers.

On the same night that General Rokhlin was killed, there was an attempt on his associate, the head of the Profit law firm, Yuri Markin, who was engaged in the theft of oil by a number of large companies. Soon, not far from Klokovo, in the forest near the village of Fominskoye, 3 heavily burned corpses of men of strong build, 25-30 years old, with bullet wounds were found (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, 7/07/1998). The Russian press repeatedly cited the statement of the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on 11/18/2000 that he "warned General Rokhlin about the impending assassination attempt two days in advance." The day before the murder, FSB surveillance of Rokhlin's house was suddenly removed (Novye Izvestia, 8/07/1998). B. Neuchev, deputy head of the TsOS FSB, then stated: “We have every reason to assert that the death of General Rokhlin is not connected with his political activities"("Arguments and Facts", 07/13/1998). On November 27, 1999, Mikhail Poltoranin, in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, made a sensational confession: “I know who killed Rokhlin. This is not the wife did ... ". In her last speech at the trial on November 15, 2000, Tamara Rokhlina openly spoke out in support of her husband's plans to "peacefully throw off the Kremlin temporary workers and get off the neck of the bewildered people."

According to Rokhlina, “a huge amount of money collected from all over Russia by her husband’s like-minded people to finance the action to liberate the country disappeared from the dacha immediately after the murder.” In 2001, when on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin was offered a pardon in the Mozhaisk colony, the general's widow rejected this deal with her conscience, considering it a betrayal of the cause for which her husband fought and gave his life. In the early 2000s for the first time, versions were heard in the media about the involvement of the newly elected President Vladimir Putin in the elimination of Lev Rokhlin. And in his 2010 book, Poltoranin named all the participants for the first time, which he spoke about at a press conference: “I could not say directly that Putin organized the murder of Rokhlin, they would immediately sue and demand evidence. However, the totality of reliably established events and facts around this murder show that this is by no means my “guess” or a free “guess”. The decision to kill, I know for sure, was made at the dacha in their narrow circle by four people - Yeltsin, Voloshin, Yumashev and Dyachenko. At first they wanted to entrust Savostyanov, the head of the Moscow FSB, but then they settled on a Chekist "with cold fish eyes", capable of anything ... And it is hardly accidental that, in fact, immediately after the murder of Rokhlin, the head of the then FSB, Kovalev, was roused from bed at night and hurriedly , in just 20 minutes, they were forced, in accordance with the Decree of the President, to transfer their powers to the newly appointed V. Putin. And it concerned the most powerful intelligence agency in the world! For what merit? And is it all by chance? General Rokhlin was shot dead on July 3, 1998. And on July 25, an unknown Putin was appointed director of the FSB by President Yeltsin ...

According to Poltoranin, the real power in the country is in the hands of the "godfather" headed by the ruling tandem Medvedev-Putin. In his book, Poltoranin touched upon the newly-minted Russian oligarchs who made fabulous fortunes on the robbery of public property, in particular, the Yeltsin banker Abramovich owns numerous enterprises, mines and mines, including the most profitable of them in Mezhdurechensk, and even the entire port of Nakhodka. At the same time, all companies of this oligarch pay taxes on their income at their place of registration in Luxembourg. Putin, well aware of this, pretends that everything is in order. It is not surprising that other Russian oligarchs, who long ago prepared their “landing sites” in the West, are doing exactly the same thing, as are top government officials. According to Poltoranin, Putin and Medvedev have become even more servants of the oligarchy than Yeltsin: “Both the president and the prime minister keep their money in Western banks ... When they come to the G8 or G20, they are directly and unceremoniously threatened the loss of their money if they do not do what is beneficial to the West.

Lieutenant General and State Duma Deputy Lev Rokhlin, who at one time refused the title of Hero of Russia for " civil war in Chechnya”, developed such a violent opposition activity in 1997-1998 that it frightened both the Kremlin and other oppositionists. “We will sweep away these Rokhlins!” - Boris Yeltsin threw in his hearts, and the deputies from the Communist Party contributed to the removal of the rebel from the post of head of the parliamentary defense committee.

To the State Duma, the military general who stormed Grozny in the first Chechen campaign, got on the lists of the completely semi-official movement "Our Home is Russia". But he quickly diverged from the weak party in power in his views (Rokhlin called the head of the NDR Chernomyrdin in the circle of his associates nothing more than a “spider”), left the faction and created the Movement in Support of the Army, Defense Industry and Military Science (DPA).

The organizing committee of the movement included the former Minister of Defense Igor Rodionov, the former commander of the Airborne Forces Vladislav Achalov, the former head of the KGB Vladimir Kryuchkov and a number of no less remarkable retirees with significant influence and connections among the security forces.

Then there were trips to the regions, a personal plane, helpfully provided by one of the leaders of the military-industrial complex, meetings with governors, halls packed to capacity in major cities and the most remote military garrisons.

Rokhlin and I were on several business trips - in Kazan and other places, - General Achalov recalled, - I heard speeches, saw how he was perceived. He was extremely harsh. It is unthinkable to hear this from a federal deputy today. And then everyone was afraid of him - not only the Kremlin, but also the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Liberal Democratic Party ...

There were moments that we gathered in a very narrow circle at his dacha, there were literally five or six of us, ”Achalov continued. - Of course, initially there were no plans for an armed seizure of power, an armed uprising. But then the life situation prompted this. Because the leapfrog in the state was gaining momentum, it was growing catastrophically fast. Do you remember 1998? In the spring, the boy Kiriyenko was prime minister, and in August there was a default. Just imagine what would have happened if Rokhlin had not been killed in July. The option of attracting the army was not at all excluded.

Achalov did not tell about any additional details. Dropping, however, that Rokhlin "in any matters could rely on the Volgograd 8th Corps." Rokhlin commanded this corps since 1993. With him, he went through the "first Chechen". And even when he became a deputy, he paid him very special attention: he regularly met with officers, personally supervised the issues of rearmament and equipment of the corps, turning it into one of the most combat-ready formations.

Two years after the death of Rokhlin, I talked with the officers of this Volgograd corps, they told me something, and, based on these stories, something could really work out there, - Stanislav Terekhov, head of the Union of Officers, also assures us, time was part of Rokhlin's entourage.

The Rokhlin movement, whose founding congress was held in Moscow in 1997, gained such momentum so quickly that in military units proposals were made to start a mass action to accept at officer meetings parts of the obligations of loyalty to General Rokhlin, calling on him to lead the movement of military personnel, workers of the military-industrial complex of the country and other citizens of Russia, in accordance with constitutional norms Russian Federation to save the state from destruction.

Rokhlin's supporters believed that if these legal actions of citizens take on a mass character and affect up to 70 percent of the personnel of the most important parts of law enforcement agencies, social movements and organizations, then the country will have objective prerequisites for a vote of no confidence in the policy of the country's leadership in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation. With such organized support from the people, the Federal Assembly will be able, without being pressured by executive power, remove the president from power and hold new presidential elections. Lev Rokhlin could have become the president of Russia, because the time itself had to put forward such a leader who would lead the policy of restoring the destroyed country. In this sense, Lev Yakovlevich Rokhlin - a man with a Jewish surname, Jewish blood and true patriot Russia - a country sent by God himself - his rule would not have those dubious biases that plague the rule of President Putin, who is ultimately forced to act in the interests of rebuilding a destroyed country. However, behind Lev Rokhlin, unlike most Russian politicians, there was no one but honest people. He was not a protege of any of the bandit clans.

Rokhlin was killed, and the "democratic" press, unable to come up with a single significant accusation against the general, tried to do everything to banish his name from people's memory. Let's remember Lev Rokhlin with a kind word.

Lev Yakovlevich Rokhlin(June 6, 1947, Aralsk - July 3, 1998, Naro-Fominsk district, Moscow region) - Russian political and military figure, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the 2nd convocation, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense (1996-1997), General lieutenant.

Biography

Born the youngest of three children in the family of a participant in the Great Patriotic War, political exile Yakov Lvovich Rokhlin. In 1948, 8 months after the birth of his son, Yakov Lvovich was arrested and, apparently, disappeared in the Gulag. Mother, Ksenia Ivanovna Rokhlina (née Goncharova), raised three children alone.

After 10 years, the Rokhlin family moved to Tashkent. There Rokhlin studied at school number 9 in the Old City, on Sheikhantakhur. After graduating from school, he worked at an aircraft factory, then was drafted into the army.

In 1970 he graduated from the Tashkent Higher Combined Arms Command School, like all subsequent educational institutions, with honors. Then served in a group Soviet troops in Germany, the city of Wurzen, 242 MSP 20 Guards. msd. Entered the Academy. Frunze, after graduation he served in the Arctic, as well as in the Leningrad, Turkestan, Transcaucasian military districts.

At war in Afghanistan

In 1982-1984 he served in Afghanistan, was wounded twice ( last time- in October 1984, after which he was evacuated to Tashkent). Was the commander of the 860th motorized rifle regiment. In April 1983, Rokhlin was removed from his post for an unsuccessful, in the opinion of the command, military operation, and was appointed deputy commander.

Less than a year later, Rokhlin was reinstated. Then he commanded a regiment, a division. Graduated with honors from the General Staff Academy in 1993. Since June 1993 he was the commander of the Volgograd 8th Guards Army Corps and the head of the Volgograd garrison.

At war in Chechnya

From December 1, 1994 to February 1995, he headed the 8th Guards Corps in Chechnya. Under his leadership, a number of districts of Grozny were seized, including the presidential palace. On January 17, 1995, Generals Lev Rokhlin and Ivan Babichev were appointed to the military command for contacts with Chechen field commanders in order to cease fire.

For participation in the Chechen campaign was presented to the highest honorary title Hero of the Russian Federation, but refused to accept this title, saying that "he has no moral right to receive this award for military operations on the territory of his own country."

Political activity

September 3, 1995 at the II Congress of the movement "Our Home - Russia" Lev Rokhlin ranked third on the NDR list. In December 1995, Lev Rokhlin was elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the 2nd convocation for federal list electoral movement "Our Home - Russia". January 1996 Lev Rokhlin joined the faction "Our Home - Russia". He was elected chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee.

On September 9, 1997, he left the Our Home is Russia movement, and at the end of September he left the NDR faction.

After that, in September 1997, the general creates his own political movement: "Movement in support of the army, defense industry and military science" (DPA). The organizing committee of the movement included the former Minister of Defense Igor Rodionov, the former commander of the Airborne Forces Vladislav Achalov, the former head of the KGB Vladimir Kryuchkov.

Considered one of the most active opposition leaders in 1997-1998. The magazine "Russian Reporter" claimed, with reference to colleagues and friends Rokhlin that the general was plotting to overthrow the president of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin and the establishment of a military dictatorship.

On May 20, 1998, he was removed from the post of chairman of the Defense Committee, and not only pro-government factions voted for his removal. but also the faction of the Communist Party.

Murder

On the night of July 2 to July 3, 1998, he was found murdered at his own dacha in the village of Klokovo, Naro-Fominsk district, Moscow region. According to the official version, his wife, Tamara Rokhlina, shot at the sleeping Rokhlin, the reason was a family quarrel.

In November 2000, the Naro-Fominsk City Court found Tamara Rokhlina guilty of premeditated murder of her husband. Tamara Rokhlina appealed to the ECtHR, complaining about the long term of pre-trial detention and the delay in the trial. The complaint was satisfied, with the award of monetary compensation (8000 euros). After a new consideration of the case, on November 29, 2005, the Naro-Fominsk City Court for the second time found Rokhlina guilty of the murder of her husband and sentenced her to four years of probation, appointing her also a probationary period of 2.5 years.

During the investigation of the murder in the forest belt near the crime scene, three charred corpses were found. According to the official version, their death occurred shortly before the assassination of the general. However, many of Rokhlin's associates believed that they were real killers, who were eliminated by the Kremlin's special services, "covering their tracks"

Buried at the Troyekurovsky cemetery

Awards

He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, two Orders of the Red Star (including for participation in afghan war), Order "For Service to the Motherland in Armed Forces USSR "3rd degree, medals, as well as Afghan awards: the Order of the Red Banner and a medal. According to the journalists of the Vlast publication, Lieutenant General L. Ya. Rokhlin was nominated for the title of Hero of the Russian Federation for participation in the Chechen campaign, but refused to accept this title, saying that he had no moral right to receive this award for military operations on territory of their own country.

Memory

In the village of Vilga, Prionezhsky district of the Republic of Karelia, there is Lev Rokhlin Street. On the house number 1 on this street, a memorial plaque was installed to Lev Rokhlin.

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Jewish sword of Russia

LEV ROKHLIN In the spring of 1964, the echelon of my battalion unloaded at the Aral Sea station. Having built a column, I led it to the military camp "Aralsk-5". It was located south of Aralsk itself, so we had to go through the city. The district center Kizil - Orda region, Aralsk made a depressing impression. Dusty gray huts, unpaved roads, almost no greenery. Rare dull pedestrians, also some kind of gray. We drove up to the gates of the military camp and, as they say, we were turned around. We were allowed to set up camp in a wasteland a couple of kilometers away.

It turned out that Aralsk-5 is the mysterious "Ural" - a closed center for testing bacteriological weapons, which one had heard of. Actually, the tests were carried out on the island of Vozrozhdeniye, in the middle Aral Sea, where even the bird does not fly - they will shoot down on the fly. And the sea did not smell here - it became shallow and went fifty kilometers away. And Aralsk, a former port and fishing center, became a provincial town on the edge of Kizil-Kumov. What did its inhabitants do? Before the degradation of the Aral Sea, which occurred in the second half of the 20th century, the main occupation was fishing and fish processing. And then, of course, they did not flourish.

According to the stories of officers from the Urals, it was difficult to find a family in Aralsk with a more or less decent income. A few days later we moved across the desert towards the Caspian Sea. And the impression of Aralsk I have preserved is the most unattractive, or something. I did not know at that time that a boy was born here, who in a few decades will become famous, as they say, to the city and the world. By the way, the circumstances of his birth are still not clear. And even seemingly a hundred times verified data in the officer's "Personal File" are still far from reality. IN general view they read: Lev Yakovlevich Rokhlin was born on June 6, 1947 in Aralsk. He was the third child in the family - the elder brother Vyacheslav and sister Lydia.

8 months after the birth of his son, his father, a Jew by nationality, left the family, and Leo was brought up by his mother Ksenia Ivanovna (nee Goncharova). Everything. Who was this father, how did he end up in Aralsk, where did he go later - there is not a word about this in personal data and numerous publicistic materials. Meanwhile, there are memories of Grigory Alexandrovich Pustynnikov, now an Israeli.

In fact, his surname is Pustylnik, and his first and middle names are Gedaliy Abramovich.

In October 1941, the division in which he fought was surrounded, and most of it was taken prisoner. On the very first day, the Germans, having lined up their prisoners, ordered the Communists and Jews to disengage. They were immediately shot in front of everyone. Gedalius, a tall, blue-eyed youth who did not look like a Jew, remained in the ranks. He escaped death by naming a new surname, first name and patronymic. Nobody gave him away.

In July of the 44th, Grigory and several other prisoners managed to escape to the partisans. And in April 1945 he returned to his native Odessa. But he did not experience much joy: all the former prisoners were put in a camp behind barbed wire to be checked by the SMERSH authorities. There he celebrated Victory Day, and in July he was sent to a check-filtration camp in Kyrgyzstan, to uranium mines in the village of Maylisu.

He was lucky: he was assigned to work not in a mine, but in the department of the chief mechanic for the installation of diesel power plants, in a pre-war specialty. The campers lived in adobe barracks for 500 people each, slept on two-story bunks with cotton mattresses infested with bugs. Those who worked in the mine often fell ill, withered and died. No one knew what the comrades were dying from: either from hard work, or from malnutrition, they were fed here almost as if in captivity. In fact, they died from radiation: uranium ore was mined in Maylisu, from which, by the way, the charge for the first atomic bomb was made.

Yasha Rokhlin from Kazakhstan ended up in the camp. They became friends and soon learned everything about each other. Yasha Rokhlin was especially close to him. In captivity, he, who was fluent in the Tatar language, called himself Yakub Rakhmatullin. This explained circumcision, and his appearance was atypical for a Jew. He told Grigory that he is married, has a son and a daughter, for whom he misses very much, and if he is destined to survive, he will go to Kazakhstan. Rokhlin worked in a mine and once, in a conversation with Grigory, admitted that he could barely stand on his feet and asked him to put in a good word for him to his superiors - maybe he would be transferred to ground work, otherwise he would die. Grigory succeeded in this, and Yakov was transferred to the kitchen as an assistant, he began to recover.

In 1946, first Gregory, and then Yakov, were released and they parted. Grigory, having learned that the Germans shot his parents, went to relatives in Moscow, and Yakov, as he had intended, went to Kazakhstan. Somehow in the 90s Grigory came across a portrait of General Rokhlin. He looked and saw in him his friend, Yakov, - one face! And when it turned out that Lev Rokhlin was born in 1947 in Kazakhstan, he suggested that he was the son of Yakov.

According to the latest research, Yakov Lvovich Rokhlin, born in 1920 in Kyiv, graduated from Kyiv University, a linguist, was arrested in 1933 on charges of anti-Soviet propaganda and, after serving 3 years in prison, was exiled to Aralsk. He worked there as a teacher, married a local native. They had two children, a son and a daughter.

In 1942 Jacob was drafted into the army, fought as an ordinary Red Army soldier and was captured in 1943. His further fate completely coincides with the memoirs of Grigory Pustylnik. Returning to the Aral Sea, Yakov found his family in the same mud hut where he left when he went to the front. He was not accepted for his former job at the school, and he went to the fishing artel. In 1947, the second son was born, named after his grandfather, as it should be according to Jewish traditions. However, Yakov did not have to live a peaceful life; in 1948 he was arrested and, apparently, disappeared in the Gulag.

About 10 years after that, the mother's relatives contributed to the Rokhlin family moving to Tashkent. There Leva studied at school number 9 in the Old City, on Shakhantaur. After graduating from school, he worked at an aircraft factory, was drafted into the army and, following the example of his older brother, entered the Tashkent military school. As you understand, Lev Rokhlin hid the fate of his father - or maybe he didn’t know when he entered this school in 1967.

So, probably, did his older brother Vyacheslav. Otherwise, they would not have seen the lieutenant's shoulder straps. They were recorded as Russians, they did not know their father - a Jew, and even such an origin at that time was not suitable for a normal promotion. An interesting detail, Rokhlin's older brother in the 80s served as the head of the political department in the same Tashkent school, then he was the chief of staff Civil Defense republics. And when I saw him, I was struck by the resemblance to younger brother. He smiled and said: “Yes, we are very similar, although not twins. And both are one face with a portrait of their father. We agreed to meet and talk about their family. But he soon fell seriously ill and died. Lev studied well and graduated from college in the first category.

I could well get to know him, because in 1970 I served in the headquarters of the Turkestan military district and then was sent to the graduation ceremony for officers from the Tashkent school, as a representative of the headquarters. A whole battalion was graduated, but there were less than ten cadets in the first category, and they were the first to receive red diplomas. Among them, of course, was Leo. By that time he had been married for almost two years. His wife, Tamara, was a nurse. Rokhlin was sent to the Group of Forces in the GDR, and after 4 years he entered the Frunze Academy. Let me tell you straight away - this rarely happened, apparently, Lev was an outstanding junior officer. He graduated from the Academy in 1977 and also in the first category. Then he served in the Arctic, in other places, and in 1982 he got into the "Afghan war".

He commanded the 860th motorized rifle regiment stationed east of Faizabad. Participated in many military operations. He was distinguished by determination, courage and resourcefulness. However, in April 1983, he was removed from the post of regiment commander and sent down to another regiment. The battalion of his regiment fell into a trap set by the Mujahideen in a mountain gorge. And then the regiment commander decided not to continue the battle in unfavorable conditions for himself, in order to save people, he ordered to blow up the blocked cars and retreat. As a result, the battalion suffered minor losses, but Rokhlin was demoted and became deputy commander of the 191st separate motorized rifle regiment. And in this regiment he fought with dignity.

In January 1984, his commander was put on trial. He, leaving his subordinates to their deaths, fled by helicopter from the command post of the regiment surrounded by rebels. Rokhlin took command and led the command post out of the ring. He again became the commander of the regiment. Under him, the regiment operated quite successfully. The most successful was the operation to capture the base of the rebels near the district center of Urgun in October 1984. For Rokhlin, however, this operation turned out to be the last, as a helicopter was shot down, in which he flew around the combat area.

Rokhlin survived, but his legs were broken, his spine was damaged, etc. For a long time he was treated in Kabul and Tashkent hospitals. The conclusion of the doctors was unequivocal - to dismiss from the ranks of the armed forces. But Rokhlin could not imagine himself without the army, and he managed to achieve a change in the conclusion of the doctors. By the way, Tamara got a job as a nurse in the hospital and was always next to her husband. I was treated in the hospital at the same time and met the Rokhlins. In 1986, Rokhlin was appointed deputy division commander in Kizil-Arvat, a garrison that was heavy even by Turkestan standards. The Rokhlins already have a daughter and an eight-month-old son, who fell ill with encephalitis in Kizil-Arvat, which subsequently affected the overall development of the child.

Tamara Pavlovna could no longer work, spending a lot of time in hospitals with her child. Two years later, Rokhlin was transferred to the same position in Azerbaijan. There he turns out to be a participant in the pacification of the Baku nationalists who committed the massacre of Armenians in Sumgayit. After the collapse of the USSR, Rokhlin returned to Russia, entered the Academy of the General Staff and graduated with honors in 1993. Becomes a major general and in June 1993 - commander of the 8th Volgograd Guards. corps.

From December 10, 1994 to February 9, 1995, the corps took part in the fighting in Chechnya. Official information: “... The North-East grouping on the night of January 1, 1995 included units of the 8th Guards. AK under the command of General Rokhlin: 255th motorized rifle regiment, consolidated detachment 33rd motorized rifle regiment and 68th separate reconnaissance battalion, in total: 2200 people, 7 tanks, 125 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, 25 guns and mortars ... ”In essence, it was just one full-time motorized rifle regiment, reinforced by two battalions and company of tanks. It is very important to take into account its composition, because in the army corps there are 15 times more personnel, guns and armored vehicles.

The journalist Pavel Sviridov, an eyewitness to these actions, spoke well about the actions of General Rokhlin in Grozny: “Rokhlin’s detachment, only nominally called the 8th Guards Corps, under his command not only turned out to be one of the most combat-ready, but also suffered the least losses. Because he was commanded by a talented and skillful military leader. In peacetime, Rokhlin, they say, was even called a "tyrant", since, in the opinion of some, too great attention he devoted to combat training. But in the end it turned out, as the great Suvorov used to say, "hard in learning - easy in battle."

The general went into battle with his soldiers in Grozny, which became the city of death. When asked why, he was surprised: “What would they think of me then: in peacetime, he squeezed the juice out of us, demanded that they prepare for war, but now he didn’t go with us? I knew that I would save the lives of many people. And so it happened."

New 1995 Rokhlin met in Grozny. Of the 2200 Volgograd residents, 1928 soldiers were presented by Rokhlin for awards, but only half received them. Rokhlin himself refused the awards, saying: “In a civil war, commanders cannot gain glory. The war in Chechnya is not the glory of Russia, but its misfortune.” Elected to the State Duma, Lev Rokhlin almost immediately became in opposition to the Yeltsin regime. The opposition path of the general was short and swift. He challenged the regime, broke with it, in his own words, "burned all the bridges." The immediate motives of his act are indignation at the fact that the army, the brainchild of the country, is being destroyed, and the state is being destroyed.

Rokhlin created the socio-political "Movement in support of the army, defense industry and military science" (DPA), which demanded the resignation of President Yeltsin, as the main conductor of a destructive policy. "We are not against the Constitution, but against President Yeltsin and his disastrous course," he declared in the pages of Economic Newspaper. Her correspondent, who spoke with him at the time, wrote later: “... I now recall with disgust the vile whisper that went around the opposition at the beginning of Rokhlin’s arrival in it: “setup”, “Zion” ...

The chatter came from false patriots who measure each of us by blood type ... General Rokhlin was a truly rich Russian person by nature and breadth of soul, that is, one for whom, regardless of nationality, and even more so interethnic mixtures, his historical homeland was only here , only in Russia ... Rokhlin said: "... We have lost seventy to ninety percent of our industry in five years. Impeachment!", And he was the first to boldly and openly say this.

Frightened by him, Yeltsin announced to the whole country: "We will sweep away Rokhlin!" Rokhlin contemptuously threw then: "Even when shells and bullets whistled nearby, I did not fall on my knees." But he underestimated the reality of the president's threat. On the night of July 2-3, 1998, General Lev Yakovlevich Rokhlin was shot dead.

Political observer Alexander Graverman wrote: “The Yeltsin government killed him, having well developed and planned an action staged as a family scandal - which is not difficult for Russian killers (the best in the world). General's widow accused of murdering her husband Tamara Pavlovna Rokhlina spent 6 years in prison until she was acquitted by the Strasbourg Court.”

At the trial, Tamara stated: “... In the eyes of an indignant Russia, they will execute me - impudently, cynically, unceremoniously. They will be executed because my husband wanted to save mutilated, robbed, humiliated Russia from a gang of dominating marauders. Those who still rule the satanic ball in a fragmented country are afraid of my husband, even dead. The wording of my accusation has been changing for the umpteenth time, and each time the next one is more absurd than the previous one. This time, it turns out, I killed the only breadwinner of my sick son, a life-long disabled person of the first group, the only support of my family...”.

Alexander Rokhlin was, to put it briefly and succinctly, just the person that the country badly needed at that time. The undisputed leader, quickly growing into a national leader. Behind Rokhlin, service from the islands of the Arctic Ocean to the Transcaucasus, two unusually difficult for Russian army war. Foreign bombs, shells, bullets spared him. They didn't spare theirs.

There is, however, another important aspect of the life and work of Lev Rokhlin - ethnic. And in this regard, I think it is worth quoting the statements I have chosen from various Russian media, printed and electronic: - ... Lev Yakovlevich, either a Jew or a semi-Jew, wanted power as passionately as the Jewish commissars wanted power in 1917 year ... - ... Rokhlin is indeed a Jewish surname. To verify this, it is enough to analyze the names and surnames on Internet sites. So his name and patronymic are not "Christmas". But he was a good soldier and a good man... - ... The people already know who killed the patriot Lev Rokhlin .... We do not need to think a Jew is not a Jew.

Patriots have no nationality, they have a huge human soul... - ...The dead man was painfully stupid, pardon me on an unkind word. Another untimely departed general, A.I. Lebed is credited with a wonderful phrase about Rokhlin: "It connects three incompatible qualities - a general, a Jew and a fool." Apparently, he knew how to lead troops, but in politics he was a real child ... - ... Lev Rokhlin could become the president of Russia, because time itself had to put forward such a leader who would lead the policy of restoring the destroyed country.

In this sense, Lev Yakovlevich Rokhlin - a man with a Jewish surname, Jewish blood and a true patriot of Russia - was sent to the country by God himself ... - ... Calling Lev Yakovlevich a Russian (?) Patriot I would not risk (in fairness). I have nothing against the Jews as such, many of them deserve and kind words, but there is a rule (albeit a rough-sounding one) - to determine nationality not by a passport, but by a mug ... - ... I consider Rokhlin the way he considered himself. If a Jew, then a good Jew, if a Russian, then a good Russian ... - ... In view of what has been said, if we rank the Jew Rokhlin among the patriots of only the Russian people, then we make him a traitor to the Jewish people. First of all, he is a patriot of his Russian Jewish people, glorifying this people with his deeds, his devotion, his patriotism. Rokhlin is the pride of all peoples, but, above all, of the Russian Jewish people, whose own son he is ... Well, we can agree with the last statement.

ALEXANDER RUTSKOI

Even according to the strict canons of Halakha, Alexander is a Jew, because his mother Zinaida Iosifovna is Jewish. The father, Vladimir, is of purely Russian roots, a military man, a front-line soldier. Alexander was born in 1947 in the city of Kursk. According to Wikipedia: “... He spent his childhood in military garrisons at his father's place of service. In 1964-1966 worked as a mechanic, fitter-assembler at an aircraft factory, studied at the flying club at the pilots department ... ". He was drafted into the army in Kansk in 1966 and did military service as an air gunner-radio operator. In 1967, he entered the Barnaul Higher Military Aviation School of Pilot-Engineers, from which he graduated in 1971. Nelli Vladimirovna Zolotukhina was Rutskoy's first wife. They got married in 1969 in Barnaul, when Alexander Vladimirovich was a cadet, two years later, on the day Rutskoi graduated from the school, the eldest son, Dmitry, was born. He lived with Nelli Rutskaya for 15 years. In 1971-1977. he served in the Borisoglebsk Higher Military Aviation School named after V.P. Chkalov. In 1977-1980. studied at the Gagarin Air Force Academy. In 1980-1984 - served on the territory of the GDR in the guards regiment of fighter-bombers. The last position is the chief of staff of the regiment. As you can see, the path of Alexander Rutskoy in the Soviet Army is quite successful, perhaps also because the 5th column of his "Personal file" indicates - Russian. Because at the age of 33 he graduated from the academy and ended up in the GDR as the chief of staff of an aviation regiment - a Jew would not have succeeded under any weather. And in 1984, Rutskoi became the commander of a separate aviation assault regiment in Afghanistan. The regiment was part of the 40th Army of the Turkestan Military District. Journalist Vl. Shurygin writes: “... Rutskoi commanded a regiment of SU-25 attack aircraft - the most modern and powerful front-line aircraft at that time. From the very first months of his stay here, Rutskoi has become a legend. His "rooks" - this is how our soldiers and officers called the SU-25 - worked real miracles. In a short time, under the guidance of their commander, the pilots mastered the conduct of hostilities at night in the mountains. Rutskoy's night pilots became the horror of the Mujahideen. The regiment did not lose a single pilot in a year of fighting. But in 1986, during the storming of the mountain fortress of Javara, Rutskoy was shot down. This was the first use of the Stinger anti-aircraft portable missile that appeared among the dushmans. The plane exploded in the air. The pilot was saved by chance. But salvation does not mean life. The diagnosis was hopeless - a wound in the arm, a fracture of the spine. The doctor who treated him honestly warned: “Get the wheelchair ready. You don't get up with injuries like that." What happened next can be called a miracle: the “hopeless” Rutskoi not only got to his feet, but also fully restored his health and returned to duty. In 1987, Colonel Rutskoi again took to the skies. A year later he returns to Afghanistan. Now he is the deputy commander of aviation of the 40th Army. And again, with his arrival, the actions of the attack aircraft are becoming more daring and effective. But Rutskoi not only led, but also flew. "Stingers" could not get it. Then the hunt for Rutskoy was led by Pakistani intelligence. He was tracked down, and in June 1988, in the Khost area, Rutskoy's attack aircraft was attacked by a pair of Pakistani fighters. Two missiles hit the attack aircraft at once. Again, a miracle saved him. After the explosion of the first rocket, the catapult charge detonated, and the second rocket exploded in an empty cockpit. He fell to the ground unconscious. And when he came to his senses, he realized that the wind had carried him over the mountain range, to the territory of Pakistan ... Rutskoi made his way to the border for five days. He was taken just 5 km from the state border near the village of Parachinar north of Peshawar. Then there were the dungeons of the Pakistani counterintelligence. However, on August 16, Rutskoi was exchanged for one of the leaders of Pakistani intelligence - cousin then-president Zia Ulhak, who was detained by Afghan counterintelligence officers ... Rutskoi became one of the most famous pilots in Afghanistan. For three years, they completed 428 sorties. In 1988 he was awarded the title of Hero Soviet Union. And in the same year he entered the Academy of the General Staff, from which he graduated with honors in 1990. And a year later he was appointed deputy commander air army and became a major general. By the way, Rutskoi is the last Soviet Jew who received the rank of general. And again, if there had been a halachic entry in the fifth column, he would not have seen stripes as his ears. But General Rutskoi stayed for a little over a year. Because it was at this time that Soviet power collapsed, and with it - Soviet army. Under the new Russia, he also followed a service path, but a civil one. And he rose to the highest levels: he even served as the Russian president ... for several days! But - in order. Since the end of 1988, Alexander Rutskoi began to actively engage in political activities. In the spring of 1990, he was elected a People's Deputy of the RSFSR and became a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. On May 18, 1991, Boris Yeltsin invited Rutskoi to run with him as a candidate for the post of vice president of Russia, and on June 12 he was elected to this post. During the August putsch, Rutskoi was one of the organizers of the defense of the White House. And after the collapse of the USSR, Rutskoi remains in the position of Vice President of the Russian Federation, heads a number of departments. However, after the constitutional crisis in March 1993, Boris Yeltsin naturally lost all confidence in Alexander Rutskoi. A political struggle began, which resulted in a bloody drama in the fall of 1993. The most reliable and concise account of these events is from the journalist Andrey Sheremetyev: “... In September 1993, General Rutskoi took up his usual business: he began to defend the White House. On the day when the people he called to fight for Russia and democracy were defending themselves and dying, the vice president, seeing that things were going to collapse, called a press conference and showed a machine gun in grease, saying that he did nothing wrong , didn’t even fire a single shot ... If Rutskoy’s authorities hadn’t been imprisoned, they would probably have forgotten about him. And so, he was soon released as a sufferer. And got a second chance to do big politics. The former communist, and then the former democrat, joined the ranks of the patriots and founded the Derzhava movement. But, having received his part, he soloed unimportantly. "Derzhava" began to fall apart, Rutskoi, in order to stay afloat, began to move in the wake of the communists ... ". On October 20, 1996, Rutskoi was elected governor by the votes of the communists. Kursk region, gaining 78.9 percent of the vote. However, judging by the reviews of the Russian media, he did not mark his tenure in this post with any positive achievements. Moreover, they accuse Rutskoy of failing to fulfill campaign promises and of abuse of power. And most importantly, perhaps, the accusation is nepotism, more precisely: the Kursk governor used his powers to enrich his family members. It is difficult to say how true these accusations are. The fact, however, is that in 2000 Rutskoy was simply removed from re-election. Of course, without Putin's knowledge, he could not have been taken out of the game. And they took him out in a very interesting way: finding fault with the fact that he allegedly did not indicate the Volga car among his personal property in his declaration, the regional court removed Rutskoy from the race a few hours before the vote. As a result, the incumbent head of the region, who had every chance of easily winning the elections from the very first round, was struck off the electoral lists and ballots, and the elections were eventually won with difficulty, but by the first secretary of the regional organization of Russian communists Alexander Mikhailov. There is no doubt that this was done on the direct orders of the Kremlin. The reasons are quite clear. Rutskoi did not differ in the amiability necessary for a politician. Of course, in open conflict with central authority Alexander Vladimirovich did not go: the 1993 lesson was enough for him. But the "Muscovites" through the efforts of the governor at once lost almost all the levers of influence on the economy of the grain southern region. According to the local opposition, the most attractive pieces of regional property after Rutskoy's victory ended up in the hands of the governor's relatives and friends. According to the established tradition, the Center forgives such cases only to “its own”. And Rutskoi did not belong to this category of regional leaders. It is significant that the new governor, immediately after his election, launched a powerful campaign against his predecessor. And the main aspect of this campaign is anti-Semitic. Yes, yes, oddly enough, anti-Semitic! It is very important for a conscientious story about Rutskoi - he never denied his Jewish origin. That's right - he did not deny it, although he did not talk on this topic without extreme need. But after being removed from the gubernatorial elections, he was simply forced to join the fight against defamation. It began with the fact that Mikhailov in his first interview said: “... Do you know who Rutskoi is? I am a Russian person, Vladimir Putin too. And Rutskoi, if anyone does not know, has a Jewish mother - Zinaida Iosifovna ... The removal of Rutskoi from power is only the first step in implementing the plan to cleanse Russia of Jews, which Putin has ... ". Rutskoi responded to this statement by initiating a lawsuit. He explained to journalists: “I am suing Mikhailov for inciting ethnic hatred - this is how I regard his statements. As a person, I am ready to stuff his face, but as an official I will sue. Moreover, Mr. Mikhailov declares that in the Kursk region there was a struggle not with me, but with a whole Jewish conspiracy. Trial, however, ended in nothing. But he gave birth in the press to a downright “anti-Rutsk” campaign, in which all the ins and outs of Alexander Vladimirovich and his relatives were investigated. It would seem that divorces and marriages are a personal matter for everyone, and the newspaper has nothing to get into these matters. Moreover, the second wife - Lyudmila - fashion designer, president of the company Valentin Yudashkin, is friendly with the wife of Yuri Luzhkov. But whoever got it in full was Rutskoi's mother, Zinaida Iosifovna. No wonder - after all, it is she who is the "sinister" bearer of the Jewish principle in the Rutsky family. So she was accused of sins, earthly and "otherworldly." I quote: “... She is very rich, since her numerous offspring have a habit of bringing good gifts to her. According to rumors, not averse to contact with the "unclean" force ... ". Rutskoy's attempts to somehow return to the power structures were steadily suppressed. In March 2001, he announced his participation in the by-elections of a deputy of the State Duma in single-mandate constituency No. 79. Rutskoi managed to make a deposit in the amount of 100 thousand rubles, but even before official registration he refused to participate in the elections, realizing the futility of this undertaking. However, in 2003 he tried again. And he was not admitted to the elections - his registration as a candidate was canceled by the Supreme Court in connection with the provision of incorrect information about the place of work to the election commission. As you understand, all these failures were inspired "from above" at the approach to the election campaign. In the light of the foregoing, they are of legitimate interest personal qualities a person who has changed such a series of hypostases. One enumeration strikes them: a pilot who was captured by the Islamists, a Hero of the Soviet Union, an aviation general, a statesman of the highest rank, a regional governor. There can be no doubt that he is an extraordinary person. Let's see what they write about him. Marina Shakina from the Novoye Vremya newspaper: “... Rutskoi is extremely hardworking - he can work eighteen hours a day. Learns new things quickly. Has a desire for self-education. According to some reviews, he drinks little. Not corrupt. Weak to flattery. The key question is: is Rutskoi smart? Many - mainly from among the "high-browed" Democrats - are inclined to assess the intellectual potential of the former vice president as low. But in fairness, it should be noted that people who know him and work with him testify that Rutskoi is undoubtedly a very capable person - two military academies with honors. Receptive, grabbing everything on the fly ... ". Vladislav Shurygin "The Day": “... Alexander Vladimirovich cannot be denied willpower, perseverance, pressure. It's strong and whole person. The difficulties he faces only inflame his character as a fighter. He has the charm of a leader, being able to inspire others to believe in himself, to captivate him. Rutskoi's weakness is in his pragmatism. Trusting no one, he is incapable of being a strategist and playing a multi-way political game...”. And what is Alexander Vladimirovich like as a person, in everyday life, in the family? After leaving big politics, from administrative activities to private life, only a few journalists managed to penetrate into this life of Rutskoi. And the information presented by them is modest and concise. I will quote some of the publications. The correspondent of Novye Izvestia, Sergei Tkachuk, who met with Rutskoi in his house on Rublyovka, wrote most fully. I will quote some of Alexander Vladimirovich's statements: – To be honest, I don't like that I am too free. I have a work book from the age of 16. All his adult life he worked, served the Fatherland. And not so long ago, by chance and, one might say, meanly, he was knocked out of the saddle. And suddenly I was among the unnecessary. And it's hard to feel unworthy. I have a large family - two adult sons. The third son will be six years old on April 22. My daughter will be 12 in May. The elders in life have already made up their minds and are working, but the younger ones need to be raised and educated, so I have a high responsibility - two more, as they say, need to be brought to mind. - As for free time, here I am not original - I read a lot. Recently I re-read Stanyukovich, Dickens, Mark Twain, Dostoevsky. Why exactly them? Because from what is happening in today's life you need to somehow be distracted. - I have great respect and love for my wife, for my children, so I can’t go anywhere without them. Even when I drive around Moscow, my wife is always there, because I can’t live without her. Sad and dreary. - Today, the strongest drink for me is non-alcoholic beer. For seven years now I have practically not consumed anything except beer. Only sometimes I allow myself to raise a stack, remembering those guys who did not return from Afghanistan. It is a sacred thing to raise a glass and remember the boys. “I have never been a deeply religious person. But remember how Igor Talkov sang: “At the last line, you always remember God.” So, the Lord God must always be present in the soul and head of a normal person. Don't sin, don't do bad people, nature, animals - this should always be remembered ... It seems that for a limited area of the essay, Rutskoy's personality is outlined quite clearly. A brave pilot, twice a prisoner, an extraordinary politician, an active participant in two putschs, a typical Russian governor and a typical retiree - a pensioner. But, at the same time, he is a halachic Jew. Is he aware of his belonging to a long-suffering people? It seems to be aware. While in Israel, he said that at any moment he could become its citizen. Has the right. And then an insidious thought creeps in: “Well, how would a major general, Hero of the Soviet Union, become an Israeli citizen, and would they choose him as Prime Minister of Israel? Surely he would not stand on ceremony with enemies, who beat the same mercilessly in his time ... ".

In his last years, Lev Rokhlin conducted active political propaganda, urging Yeltsin to voluntarily resign from his post. But the president did not plan to leave his chair at all, despite his own colossal unpopularity among the people. The coalition was preparing a plan to impeach Yeltsin, as described by V. Ilyukhin, an employee of the Security Committee.

Rokhlin had many like-minded people. According to General Lebed, media tycoon Vladimir Gusinsky allegedly offered the deputy money to organize an assassination attempt on the president. Lev Yakovlevich refused. He believed too much that any decision can be reached in an honest and legal way. Shortly before the death of the general, ominous words were heard in his address: “We will sweep all these Rokhlins out of the way!”

Then this murder happened. It was supposed to end the campaign against Yeltsin. Further accusations and pressure on the general's wife to make her take the blame only confirms that the Kremlin was involved in the murder of the deputy. Tamara Rokhlin herself did not admit her guilt.

At the same time, she does not believe that the state services ("Yeltsin's people") could have removed her husband. Explains what happened banal theft. Allegedly, the general's guards or people associated with them stole money from the deceased, which was prepared to finance the anti-presidential campaign.

Lev Rokhlin’s assistant for DPA, Alexander Volkov, said: “Three months before the death of Lev Yakovlevich his wife Tamara was kidnapped. Right on the street, they put her in a car and drove around Moscow, frightened her, told her that her husband's activities were dangerous both for the country and for the Rokhlin family. Then Tamara Pavlovna was brought to the same place. They were intelligence officers. And before that, Tamara Pavlovna was in a military hospital. They also worked very closely with her.”

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Today marks the 65th anniversary of the birth of General Lev Rokhlin, hero of the First Chechen war, founder and leader of the Movement in support of the army, defense industry and military science, rapidly gaining political power in 1997-1998

The Hero of Russia (he was awarded this title, but Lev Yakovlevich refused to accept it, saying that he “has no moral right to receive this award for military operations against the citizens of his own country”) survived the war. Although he obviously did not spare himself, and many times his life hung literally in the balance. Once, the consolidated regiment of the 8th Guards Corps under the command of Rokhlin had to withstand 11 attacks in a row from a tenfold superior enemy!

But the rapid political rise of Rokhlin was criminally interrupted: on July 3, 1998, he was killed at his own dacha in the Naro-Fominsk district of the Moscow region. According to the prosecutor's office, the sleeping general was shot by his wife Tamara from his award pistol. Due to, they say, a family quarrel. But who can seriously believe that Tamara Pavlovna was capable of this, having been following her husband with her children around military garrisons all her life, many of which were real hot spots? After the “murder” of her husband, she will spend four years in a pre-trial detention center, her guilt will never be proven, and then, when the DPA no longer poses a danger to the authorities, the Rokhlin case will be hushed up, and Tamara Pavlovna will be released...

Well, there was no equivalent replacement for General Rokhlin in the informal post of leader of the real opposition to the authorities. And who, indeed, could compare with him in popularity in the army and patriotic environment? More authoritative generals, namely combat generals, modern Russia doesn't know yet. However, the history of this newest Russia gives many examples of how objectionable, posing a real danger to the authorities, opposition patriotic leaders somehow very “accidentally” passed away. Recall the recent mysterious death of Viktor Ilyukhin, which “happened” just when the deputy collected compromising evidence on people from the circle of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, who, as he was going to prove, falsified secret state archives in order to “prove” that it was the Soviets who shot the Polish prisoners officers near Katyn. By the way, the materials compromising the authorities, collected by Viktor Ilyukhin, disappeared somewhere after his mysterious death. Yes, and after the death of General Rokhlin, the materials he had collected on the “uranium deal” with the United States, which he had prepared for presentation to the State Duma and the Federation Council, somehow “strangely” disappeared from his house. Some strange regularity is present both in the "accident" with Rokhlin and in the circumstances of Ilyukhin's death, isn't it?

Lev Yakovlevich Rokhlin, according to Wikipedia.ru, was the youngest of three children in the family of a participant in the Great Patriotic War, political exile Yakov Lvovich Rokhlin. In 1948, 8 months after the birth of his son, Yakov Lvovich was arrested and, apparently, disappeared in the Gulag. Mother, Ksenia Ivanovna Rokhlina (nee Goncharova), raised three children alone.

After 10 years, the Rokhlin family moved to Tashkent. There Rokhlin went to school, and after graduating from it, he worked at an aircraft factory, then he was drafted into the army. In 1970 he graduated from the Tashkent Higher Combined Arms Command School, like all subsequent educational institutions, with honors. Then he served in the group of Soviet troops in Germany. Entered the Academy. Frunze, after graduation he served in the Arctic, as well as in the Leningrad, Turkestan, Transcaucasian military districts.

In 1982-1984 served in Afghanistan, was wounded twice (the last time in October 1984), after which he was evacuated to Tashkent. He was the commander of the 860th motorized rifle regiment. In April 1983, he was removed from his post for an unsuccessful, in the opinion of the command, military operation and was appointed deputy commander. Less than a year later, he was reinstated. Then he commanded a regiment, a division. He graduated with honors from the General Staff Academy in 1993. Since June 1993 - commander of the Volgograd 8th Guards Army Corps and head of the Volgograd garrison.

From December 1, 1994 to February 1995, he headed the 8th Guards Corps in Chechnya. Under his leadership, a number of districts of Grozny were seized, including the presidential palace. From the title of Hero of Russia assigned to him, as already mentioned, he refused.
On September 3, 1995, at the II Congress of the Our Home - Russia movement, Lev Rokhlin took third place on the NDR list. In December 1995, he was elected to the State Duma of the second convocation on the federal list of the electoral movement Our Home is Russia. In January 1996, he became a member of the Our Home - Russia faction. He was elected chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee. On September 9, 1997, he left the Our Home is Russia movement, and at the end of September he left the NDR faction.

After that, in September 1997, the general created the Movement in support of the army, defense industry and military science. The organizing committee of the movement included the former Minister of Defense Igor Rodionov, the former commander of the Airborne Forces Vladislav Achalov, the former head of the KGB Vladimir Kryuchkov.
Lev Rokhlin was probably the most active opposition leader in 1997-1998. The Russian Reporter magazine even claimed, citing colleagues and friends of Rokhlin, that the general was plotting to overthrow President Boris Yeltsin and establish a military dictatorship. On May 20, 1998, Rokhlin was removed from the post of chairman of the Defense Committee, and not only pro-government factions, but also the Communist Party faction voted for his removal.

By that time, Rokhlin and his inner circle were under total surveillance and listening. “This is beyond any doubt,” the former commander of the Airborne Forces, General Vladislav Achalov, told the Russian Reporter, an interview with which the publication recorded just a few weeks before his unexpected (again “unexpected”!) death. Lev Rokhlin really was preparing a military coup, according to the publication. Lieutenant General and State Duma deputy Lev Rokhlin developed in 1997-1998. such violent opposition activity that it frightened both the Kremlin and other oppositionists. “We will sweep away these Rokhlins!” - threw in the hearts of Boris Yeltsin, says the publication.

However, not all those who knew Rokhlin well believe that the general was preparing a military coup. General Nikolai Bezborodov believes that “it is unlikely that the officers of the corps (which was previously commanded by Rokhlin. - Note .. The officers were brought up in obedience to the authorities. The army was brought to such a state that the officers committed suicide because they could not feed their families. But go out with weapons against the authorities, to carry out a classic military coup... It's impossible." "I think that Rokhlin needed his native corps more for self-awareness than for an armed uprising. As a politician, Rokhlin was a naive person who did not believe that politics is a dirty business," continues Bezborodov - I think he simply represented the social processes in the country.

Be that as it may, even if Rokhlin was preparing a military coup, the authorities had quite legitimate ways to stop his "subversive" activities. Take at least arrest. But Rokhlin was "shot" by his wife in his own house with his own award pistol...

The general's supporters, who were interviewed by the Russian Reporter, are sure that this is the Kremlin's revenge and an attempt to prevent army demonstrations. Vladislav Achalov directly calls the murder political and says that after the death of Rokhlin, charred corpses were found in the forest: this is how “the liquidators, or those people who participated in this operation, were liquidated.”

Rokhlin's adviser at the time, Pyotr Khomyakov, testifies to the same thing: “The guards were bribed. Three assassins hid in the attic. They killed the general and left the dacha. Then they themselves were liquidated right there, in a forest plantation located 800 meters away. The bodies were doused with gasoline and set on fire. It was 29 degrees outside. Then, in all seriousness, they said that the corpses lay there for two weeks ... A version for idiots!

Who killed General Lev Rokhlin and why?

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Around the mysterious death of General Lev Rokhlin there is a lot of gossip, rumors, versions. This is understandable: the military general, who was politically competing with the Kremlin, was killed under very strange circumstances. After a short time, an unknown Putin becomes the director of the FSB, and then occupies the Kremlin. Are these events connected and who is behind the assassination of General Lev Rokhlin, who intended to remove Yeltsin from power? This will be discussed in the article.

We also bring to your attention "CONFESSION OF GENERAL ROKHLIN"

The recording was made shortly before the murder.

Lev Yakovlevich loved the common man and strove for him to become the master of his life, his country and the future of his children. That is why he enjoyed fantastic popularity in the "civilian" and in the troops, where he was affectionately called Batya. He organized the Movement in Support of the Army, Defense Industry and Military Science (DPA), openly calling on Yeltsin to voluntarily step down from the presidency. In response, the whole country heard: "We will sweep away these Rokhlins! ..".

Who harbored the killers?

Besides, he pulled the trigger of a pistol at the general's temple on that fateful morning? Fearing the truth and revelations, the authorities made the "everyday process" closed from the public and the press.

In her last speech at the trial on November 15, 2000, this tormented woman made a sensational statement about her support for her husband's desire to "peacefully throw off the Kremlin temporary workers to get off the neck of the bewildered people."

Leva believed, - she said, - that such actions are consistent with the UN Charter, which even approves the uprising of the people against the tyrannical state. Whether my husband was right or not, considering Yeltsin and his government tyrannical, anti-people, let the Russian people judge. I personally supported him. In the face of my inevitable death, I now declare once again - I believe that my husband, General Lev Rokhlin, was right.

On the same night that General Rokhlin was killed, there was an attempt on his associate, the head of the Profit law firm, Yuri Markin, who was engaged in the theft of oil by a number of large companies. Soon, not far from Klokovo, in the forest near the village of Fominskoye, 3 heavily burned corpses of men of strong build, 25-30 years old, with bullet wounds were found (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, 7/07/1998). The Russian press repeatedly cited the statement of the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on 11/18/2000 that he "warned General Rokhlin about the impending assassination attempt two days in advance." The day before the murder, FSB surveillance of Rokhlin's house was suddenly removed (Novye Izvestia, 8/07/1998). B. Neuchev, deputy head of the FSB CSO, then stated: “We have every reason to assert that the death of General Rokhlin is not connected with his political activities” (“Arguments and Facts”, 07/13/1998). On November 27, 1999, Mikhail Poltoranin, in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, made a sensational confession: “I know who killed Rokhlin. This is not the wife did ... ". In her last speech at the trial on November 15, 2000, Tamara Rokhlina openly spoke out in support of her husband's plans to "peacefully throw off the Kremlin temporary workers and get off the neck of the bewildered people."

Lieutenant General and State Duma deputy Lev Rokhlin, who at one time refused the title of Hero of Russia for the "civil war in Chechnya", developed such violent opposition activity in 1997-1998 that he frightened both the Kremlin and other oppositionists. “We will sweep away these Rokhlins!” - Boris Yeltsin threw in his hearts, and the deputies from the Communist Party contributed to the removal of the rebel from the post of head of the parliamentary defense committee.

The military general who stormed Grozny in the first Chechen campaign was included in the State Duma on the lists of the completely semi-official movement “Our Home is Russia”. But he quickly diverged from the weak party in power in his views (Rokhlin called the head of the NDR Chernomyrdin in the circle of his associates nothing more than a “spider”), left the faction and created the Movement in Support of the Army, Defense Industry and Military Science (DPA).

Then there were trips to the regions, a personal plane, helpfully provided by one of the leaders of the military-industrial complex, meetings with governors, halls packed to capacity in large cities and the most remote military garrisons.

- I was with Rokhlin on several business trips - in Kazan and other places, - General Achalov recalled, - I heard speeches, I saw how he was perceived. He was extremely harsh. It is unthinkable to hear this from a federal deputy today. And then everyone was afraid of him - not only the Kremlin, but also the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Liberal Democratic Party ...

“There were times when we gathered in a very narrow circle at his dacha, there were literally five or six of us,” Achalov continued. - Of course, initially there were no plans for an armed seizure of power, an armed uprising. But then the life situation prompted this. Because the leapfrog in the state was gaining momentum, it was growing catastrophically fast. Do you remember 1998? In the spring, the boy Kiriyenko was prime minister, and in August there was a default. Just imagine what would have happened if Rokhlin had not been killed in July. The option of attracting the army was not at all excluded.

“About two years after the death of Rokhlin, I talked with the officers of this Volgograd corps, they told me something, and, based on these stories, something could really work out there,” Stanislav Terekhov, head of the Union of Officers, also assures us. at one time was part of Rokhlin's entourage.

Rokhlin's movement, the founding congress of which was held in 1997 in Moscow, gained such momentum so quickly that proposals were made in the military units to begin mass action to accept obligations of loyalty to General Rokhlin at officer meetings, calling on him to lead the movement of military personnel, workers of the military-industrial complex of the country and other citizens of Russia, in accordance with the constitutional norms of the Russian Federation, to save the state from destruction.

Rokhlin's supporters believed that if these legal actions of citizens take on a mass character and affect up to 70 percent of the personnel of the most important parts of law enforcement agencies, social movements and organizations, then the country will have objective prerequisites for a vote of no confidence in the policy of the country's leadership in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation. With such organized support from the people, the Federal Assembly will be able, without pressure from the executive branch, to remove the president from power and hold new presidential elections. Lev Rokhlin could have become the president of Russia, because the time itself had to put forward such a leader who would lead the policy of restoring the destroyed country. In this sense, Lev Yakovlevich Rokhlin - a man with a Jewish surname, Jewish blood and a true patriot of Russia - was sent to the country by God himself - his rule would not have those dubious deviations that suffer from the rule of President Putin, who was eventually forced to act in the interests of restoring the destroyed country. However, behind Lev Rokhlin, unlike most Russian politicians, there was no one but honest people. He was not a protege of any of the bandit clans.