The role of the first governor of the Irkutsk region Yu. A. Nozhikov in the socio-economic and political development of the Irkutsk region in the 1990s
The article gives a brief overview of the activities of Yuri Abramovich Nozhikov as the head of the Irkutsk region (1988-1997) and provides the text of his speech at the first session of the Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk region (Parliament), which traces the extraordinary personality, thinking, and political vision of Yu.A. Nozhikov.