There was the former head of the Vesti - St. Petersburg program Anton Gubankov. In recent months, he headed the Department of Culture of the Ministry of Defense, and, of course, due to his position, he could not miss the concert of the main army choir in Syria. Residents of St. Petersburg remember Anton not only, but also as a person who led the city committee for culture for several years.
The unusually quiet newsroom of the Vesti - St. Petersburg editorial office. Anton Gubankov has not worked here for 8 years. When I left for another position, there was already a tragedy for the team. Now, it seems, all the words are forgotten. These are the people who call themselves Gubankov’s journalists; his departure is a huge loss.
Photo at the entrance. Colleagues bring flowers. It's impossible to believe. Because a man of amazing love of life has left.
“He was very lucky. With him, only growth was possible,” recalls Alexey Oliferuk, special correspondent for the Vesti - St. Petersburg program.
The flags at the St. Petersburg television center on Chapygina are also at half-staff. Here Anton Gubankov began his television career. He was working on the radio when he, young and very intelligent, was noticed by the new head of Channel Five, Bella Kurkova.
“From the first time he conducted the broadcast with an “A”, he had a completely different lexicon than other presenters,” says Bella Kurkova, deputy editor-in-chief of the Kultura TV channel.
His vocabulary, his manner of conducting meetings and his natural charm are still remembered by correspondents. Journalists ran to meetings after the broadcast. It was always a one-man show. A detailed analysis of each plot in a manner unique to it.
“You can write Anton Nikolaevich’s dictionary, speak his language. Divine - we all remember this word. Spiritually uplifting, but without fanaticism. Or popsation. We all knew what needed to be shown if Anton Nikolaevich asked for popsation,” says Evgenia Altfeld, correspondent TV channel "St. Petersburg".
“If you have a difficult shoot, you come, he always takes you by the hand, feels your pulse and says: okay, woman, everything, calm down. And you calmed down,” recalls Anna Morozova, head of the TVC TV channel bureau.
After Vesti, Anton Gubankov headed the St. Petersburg Committee on Culture, then the Minister of Culture of the Moscow Region. In 2013, he headed the Department of Culture of the Ministry of Defense. His rap about serving in the army became widely known. Wrote the lyrics to the song "Polite People". It was performed by the Alexandrov Choir.
There was some special connection with Syria. After university, I worked there as a translator for two years. And he died on a plane flying to Syria. His assistant Oksana Badrutdinova was with him. Only 32 years old, celebrated my birthday the day before. Anton Gubankov established a prize in the field of culture and art for works that contribute to patriotic education. Now journalists from St. Petersburg are taking the initiative to name this award after Gubankov.
On the morning of Sunday, December 25, a Tu-154 Ministry of Defense aircraft crashed over the Black Sea. There were 92 people on board, including the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble named after. Alexandrova. The artists of the famous group were accompanied by the director of the Department of Culture under the Ministry of Defense Anton Gubankov, a famous St. Petersburg journalist who dedicated last years his army life.
“He loved his job, he loved people, he wanted to do good.”
Gubankov went with the ensemble to Syria, to Russian base Khmeimim in Latakia, as an “ideological inspirer” - this is how his mother Marianna Proshkina defined the role of the St. Petersburg resident. Marianna Viktorovna told Life that she did not approve of her son’s dangerous travels, because he himself, in fact, was never a military man. However, out of love for his work and people, Anton Nikolaevich, according to his mother, was ready to devote himself completely to the profession. “He loved his job, he loved the people, the country, St. Petersburg, he wanted to do good,” Marianna Proshkina said about her deceased son.
Anton Gubankov was born in St. Petersburg on Vasilyevsky Island 51 years ago. The son of artists, after school he entered Leningrad University in the French department Faculty of Philology. Already at the age of 20, Gubankov became a correspondent for the Leningrad University newspaper, and at 26 - for the Nevskoe Vremya newspaper.
In 1993, Gubankov headed the information service of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Channel 5 radio. He was well known from the programs “Inform-TV”, “City Affairs”, “New Fifth Wheel”, “Pros and Cons”. Six years later, in 1999, Anton Gubankov became the head of the Vesti-Petersburg program. As the journalist himself admitted, despite the fact that he had left the frame at that time, he did not want to create side projects - after all, this could harm the main business, and he could never afford this.
For three years, from 2008 to 2011, Gubankov headed the Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg, and another year and a half - the Ministry of Culture of the Moscow Region. He has always been a very creative journalist - this is exactly what the chairman of the Union of Journalists Lyudmila Fomicheva said about him. But the St. Petersburg resident was able to fully develop his “cultural work” after receiving the post of head of the Department of Culture of the Ministry of Defense in 2013 Russian Federation.
Creative Chief - Modern Army
Anton Gubankov understood his mission as head of the Department of Culture of the Ministry of Defense very clearly. In his own words, the department created in 2013 was supposed to “build a bridge” between the army, which is closed and cut off from the “civil world”, and the rest of the country’s population. Gubankov wanted to make the armed forces open and modern and approached the solution of his task, as with everything in life, creatively.
Anton Nikolaevich never ceased to emphasize that the army is not a ossified organization consisting only of soldiers and officers, but " the whole world“, in which you can find people of various professions, from doctors to journalists. To unite this huge mass, “strengthen the corporate spirit,” Gubankov organized festivals, creative meetings and holidays.
Gubankov called the "Russian Army" festival the army's "Oscar" - after all, at this festival every year the most worthy of the military, heroes, were awarded armed forces. Gubankov tried his best to promote such events. He was convinced that culture should be the basis of military service, its foundation, and not a formal application to weapons and combat strength.
Trying to make the army open and modern, Gubankov also organized unusual actions. So, in September 2016, the propaganda train “Victory Army” left the Belorussky railway station in Moscow, on which artists and painters went on tour to 29 settlements of Russia - through Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and Chita to Vladivostok, and with them - a mobile Museum armed forces and a mobile recruitment point for contract military personnel.
Press" to popularize the army topic in the information space.
However, meetings with famous artists and cultural figures - from Evgeny Yevtushenko and Mikhail Zhvanetsky to Sergei Bezrukov and Nikita Mikhalkov - the St. Petersburg resident’s contribution to the development of the foundation of army culture was not limited. Anton Gubankov, despite his age, perfectly understood young people and saw all the “fashion trends” with which they could be captivated. In 2014, having “caught by the tail” the then popular meme “Polite People”, the journalist wrote a song of the same name. The anthem “Polite People”, performed by the soloists of the Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble, gained 100 thousand views on YouTube within 24 hours and in the shortest possible time became popular throughout the RuNet.
Despite his high position, Anton Gubankov was not at all opposed to personally participating in the creation of viral videos and funny videos. A year before the appearance of the “Polite People” meme and the creation of a patriotic anthem based on it, a St. Petersburg resident composed the lyrics of a rap song and read it in front of the camera. In the video, the director of the Department of Culture of the Ministry of Defense spoke about what kind of soldier is needed Russian army: "Batman inside and Rambo outside." The official and journalist assured his listeners that a hundred years ago all the color Russian culture- from writers to scientists - wore “officer uniforms,” and it would be a good idea to revive this tradition.
Aura of antiquity, aura of goodness
Gubankov admitted that for the sake of his profession he had to sacrifice a lot of his own personal life and freedom of choice in order to be able to devote himself entirely to journalism. The St. Petersburg resident even found his soul mate, one might say, without leaving his post. He met his wife in 1994 on television - Marina was the editor of Inform-TV.
Nevertheless, Gubankov had hobbies that had nothing to do with his work - neither with journalism nor with the army. For a long time, Anton Nikolaevich loved to wander through flea markets and look for antique household items. His almost museum-like collection included antique coffee grinders, teapots, bells and other things that had once been used by other people, a hundred or more years ago. The journalist was sure that such things preserve the spirit of St. Petersburg and preserve its special aura. And so that life in ancient bells and coffee grinders does not fade away, they must be removed from the shelf at least sometimes and used for their intended purpose, Gubankov believed.
Gubankov's love for “things with their own aura” is apparently reflected in his concern for museums. So, the Petersburger oversaw the creation new exposition cruiser "Aurora" and served on the museum's board of trustees. In the spring of 2016, on the initiative of Gubankov, preparations began for the reconstruction of the St. Petersburg Museum of Artillery, and a year before that, Anton Nikolaevich proposed creating a Museum of fortifications in Crimea. And even in Syria, at the same Khmeimim base, through his efforts a cultural and leisure center was created.
the plane of joy" together with one of the country's most creative officials was not destined to land on Syrian soil.
The mother of St. Petersburg journalist Anton Gubankov, who died on the morning of Sunday, December 25, admitted that shortly before her son’s death she began to have trouble sleeping: she had dreams with a premonition of tragedy. However, now she cannot believe what happened; the plane crash still seems to her an unreal “foggy story.”
I had a presentiment of this. IN Lately I don't sleep well, I have dreams. Of course, I didn’t tell anyone, but I felt it. He called me before leaving. His last phrase was: "We're leaving into the night." So he left that night,” said Marianna Proshkina.
According to the journalist’s mother, her son’s trips always worried her, but protecting her son from danger was beyond her strength.
He was never a military man, and I was internally against all this. But when my son is 50 years old, it is already difficult to influence anything. He loved his job, loved people, wanted to do good. “I loved the country, I loved St. Petersburg, but I went to Moscow, what should I do,” the woman said.
According to Gubankov’s mother, he went on the trip as an accompanying artist and ideological inspirer. Before the trip, he called his mother and spoke allegorically about the purpose of the trip, but just before departure he admitted honestly: “We are flying to the liberated areas.”
IN last time Marianna Viktorovna saw her son on Tuesday, December 20. New Year they planned to meet together in Finland. There, according to the mother of the deceased, his family has a house. Tickets have already been purchased.
Anton Gubankov's mother admitted: she does not believe that the plane crash was an accident.
I think this is not a random episode. Why this particular plane? I think such aircraft are technically checked like no other. I fly to America myself, and so do my relatives. This was not the first time he had flown, and to these points too. Before, I wasn’t worried, but this time... I feel him very well, because he is my first son,” the woman told Life.
Marianna Proshkina admitted that losing her own son is the worst possible tragedy.
The worst thing for a mother is to lose her child, especially when you are already many years old. I never thought that I would survive it. It's very difficult, of course. The realization of this will come later, now it’s an unreal and foggy story,” the woman admitted.
Let us remind you that on the morning of Sunday, December 25, a Tu-154 Ministry of Defense plane crashed over the Black Sea. There were 92 people on board, including a St. Petersburg journalist, Head of the Department of Culture of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Anton Gubankov, as well as members of the film crew of Channel One, TV channels "Zvezda" and NTV and artists of the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble named after. Alexandrova.
Anton Nikolaevich Gubankov- Russian philologist and journalist, director of the Department of Culture of the Russian Ministry of Defense since 2013.
State Councilor of the Russian Federation, 2nd class.
Minister of Culture of the Moscow Region (2012-2013), Chairman of the Committee on Culture of the Government of St. Petersburg (2008-2011).
Biography
In 1987 he graduated from the French department of the Leningrad Faculty of Philology state university.
Since 1985, he has been a correspondent for the Leningrad University newspaper and published in a number of federal publications (Izvestia, Soviet Russia).
In 1988-1990 he worked in Syria.
Since 1991, he has been a correspondent for the Nevskoe Vremya newspaper, and since 1992, a commentator and presenter of Radio Russia programs on RTR.
In 1993, he headed the information service of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company “Channel 5” (Creative Association “Panorama”).
Since 1994 - presenter of Inform-TV, live broadcasts, the program "City Affairs" (State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Channel 5"), the program "New Fifth Wheel", "For and Against" (RTR).
Since 1997 - Head of the Information and Publicism Service of the St. Petersburg Directorate of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, RTR bureau in St. Petersburg.
Since 1999 - Head of the Information Service of the Directorate (now State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company), head of the Vesti-Petersburg program.
From June 3, 2008 to October 25, 2011 - Chairman of the Committee on Culture of the Government of St. Petersburg
In 2009-2010 - member of the Presidium of the Coordination Council of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, since 2010 - member of the Board of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
In 2011 he graduated from graduate school at St. Petersburg State University.
Since March 25, 2013 - Director of the Department of Culture of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
He taught at the Faculty of Journalism of St. Petersburg State University. Author and producer of television films, author of publications on the history and culture of Russia. Member of the board of the regional organization Media Union, member of the Secretariat of the Union of Journalists of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region. Member of the Pardon Commission under the Governor of St. Petersburg.
In July 2013, Anton Gubankov performed a rap about serving in the army, the video of which was recorded with the aim of “increasing the authority of the Russian army and the prestige of military service” and published on YouTube. The author of the text is Gubankov himself; the idea to record the song was born to him at a meeting of the Ministry of Defense dedicated to the prestige of military service. Gubankov said that every patriotic employee of the department should not only serve honestly, but also bring “a good dose of creativity and creativity” to the common cause and asserts that “ladies are thrilled by the soldier’s gaze” and that the army needs a soldier with “Batman and Rambo inside outside". “Do you want to be trendy, cultured and bold? Get down to military business as soon as possible.”
In April 2014, Anton Gubankov wrote the words to the song “Polite People,” dedicated to the so-called “polite people” who participated in the events in Crimea in late February - early March 2014.
On December 25, 2016, he was on board a Tu-154B-2 of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which flew to the Khmeimim airbase in Syria and crashed near Sochi.
Awards
- Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd class;
- Zhukov Medal;
- Medal "In memory of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg";
- Medal "For Strengthening the Military Commonwealth";
- Medal "For the Return of Crimea";
- Medal "Colonel General Dutov";
- Medal “10 Years of the Federal Bailiff Service”;
- Medal "Marshal Vasily Chuikov".
- Commemorative medal “100th anniversary of A. T. Tvardovsky” (Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation).
Certificates and gratitude
- Certificate of Honor from the President of the Russian Federation (August 17, 2010) - for active participation in the preparation and holding of events dedicated to the 65th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945;
- Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation;
- Certificate of honor from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
- Badge of Distinction “For Services to St. Petersburg”;
- Badge “For Merit to the Journalistic Community”;
- Memorial sign “150 years of the Western Military District”.
- Grand Prix of the Golden Pen 2004 competition (“Journalist of the Year”).
- Laureate of the Andrei Tolubeev Theater Prize - for contribution to the development of theater.
The Vesti-Petersburg program under his leadership became the winner of the TEFI-region awards in 2002 and 2003, the winner of the SESAME awards in 2003 and 2004, and received the sign “Public Recognition-2004”, “Best International Project-2003”.
Class ranks
- State Advisor of the Russian Federation, 2nd class (January 22, 2015).
- State Advisor of the Russian Federation 3rd class (February 25, 2014).
In a plane crash over the Black Sea, two St. Petersburg journalists who worked in Moscow were killed - the head of the culture department of the Ministry of Defense Anton Gubankov and the correspondent of Channel One Dmitry Runkov. Both were well known in our city: Anton Gubankov headed the St. Petersburg “Vesti”, and later went into power - he became the chairman of the Committee on Culture of the St. Petersburg Administration, and Dmitry Runkov worked on the 100TV and “St. Petersburg” channels. How did their friends and colleagues remember them?
About Anton Gubankov
Andrey Kibitov, press secretary of the governor of St. Petersburg, a former well-known television journalist (according to a publication on Facebook):
Anton Nikolaevich Gubankov died in a terrible plane crash on the Black Sea. Head of the Department of Culture of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Anton Nikolaevich was my teacher in television journalism, it was he who hired me to work in the editorial office of the Vesti - Petersburg information program. He was an excellent journalist, the most intelligent Petersburger. He was my friend. He left three children.
He did a lot for Russian culture and Russian journalism. He trained many correspondents whom we all know and see on our TV channels. After graduating from the University, he began his work as a military translator in Syria. Today he also flew to Syria.
We will all remember him. It would probably not be an exaggeration to say that the whole of St. Petersburg knew him. And all of St. Petersburg today mourns Anton Nikolaevich. Everlasting memory!
Andrey Radin, famous television journalist and media manager, head of the LOT television company, former general director and editor-in-chief of 100TV:
I knew Anton Gubankov since 1994 - I worked with him on Leningrad Television. I also know his wife, mother and three children. His death is a loss not only for his colleagues, but primarily for his family.
Anton Gubankov was not just good professional, and above all very a good man. Everyone loved and adored him - he constantly helped someone: theaters, artists, journalists. He was a very educated and creative person. He always had a lot of ideas in his head. This applied to both work in journalism and work on the Culture Committee. This is a big loss for St. Petersburg and the whole country.
Irina Nacharova, press secretary of the Tsarskoye Selo State Museum, formerly press secretary of the Committee on Culture:
I was Anton Gubankov’s press secretary when he worked in the Culture Committee. Shocked by his death: such people should not die so early.
He was a man of colossal potential and dazzling charisma. When he left the post of head of the committee, he said that he did not hold on to his place, that the main thing for him was to have time to do something in this place. And he, working on television, in the Committee for Culture, in the Ministry of Defense, managed to do a lot: most people will not manage as much in 90 years as he did in his 50s. And he always remained a St. Petersburger - even after moving to Moscow to work.
Oksana Galkevich, TV presenter (according to a post on Facebook):
It seems that now Anton Gubankov will call and say - with his usual irony, low voice: “Oksana Glebovna, what are you really doing. I'm fine." We planned to meet in the near future - with our old composition - “Vesti - Petersburg”. We called each other and texted. But his schedule was very difficult, and everything was postponed endlessly. Now forever. It's simply impossible to believe. He was a very bright man.
Elena Babich, public figure, former deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg:
Anton Gubankov and I often crossed paths when he was chairman of the Culture Committee, and I was a deputy of the Legislative Assembly. He is a very responsive, attentive, cheerful and optimistic person. It wasn’t like you approached him and he let everything go. It was easy and simple to be around him - all problems seemed to be solved by themselves. Officials are usually scolded, but not a single bad word can be said about Anton Gubankov. I don't know people who wouldn't love him.
Anton Gubankov was talented in everything - both as a journalist and as a leader. Few people know that he wrote poetry. He is the author of the lyrics to the song “Polite People.” But since he was a modest person, then this was not discussed.
The last time we met him was absolutely by chance this summer on Nevsky. He was with the child. And I was so happy to meet: “Lena, hello!” And it was so touching and sincere, we stood and talked. He said that he misses St. Petersburg, since it is his hometown. Anton Gubankov has held very high positions in recent years, but there was no arrogance in him. He acted like an old acquaintance... I just can’t believe his death.
About Dmitry Runkov
Elizaveta Grivenkova, production editor of the Online47 portal, former correspondent for channel 100TV:
This morning I was woken up by my father’s call “Dimka is dead.” I was just supposed to take up duty on the news feed. It was impossible to believe these words. I didn’t raise my hand to write that he died. It is incredibly difficult to write about the death of a colleague or friend. Dimka was an amazing person. Very smart, beautiful. It was always very interesting and very comfortable to work with him. It so happened that my father was his boss, and we were colleagues at the time of 100TV. He is in regular news, I am in economic news. We often met in the Legislative Assembly, on trips and joked a lot. And Dima was very kind. No matter how many jobs we changed, we crossed paths with Chapygin at the television center and chatted, and after these conversations there was always a very bright feeling in my soul. This is a huge loss for all his colleagues and friends.
Alexey Kasyanov, television cameraman, former cameraman for channel 100TV:
We met Dimka at 100TV in the newsroom. And they became friends very quickly. We tried to go to filming together. A tandem of cameraman and correspondent is rare, but on the set we understood each other perfectly.
Dimka is Samoyed by nature. He is always dissatisfied with something and strives for some kind of ideal. And even if you tell him that the plot is good, he will always say that it could have been done better. Another funny moment: even though we were going to film a sewer, or on a “parquet” in Smolny or ZakS, he always dressed for filming as if he were going to a parade. He was always sure that a correspondent should look good. Even if it was minus 30 outside, he was always wearing a coat and no hat. Some said it was snobbery. And I knew that under this mask there was a subtle, vulnerable soul, and Dima Runkov was a good, loyal friend. They say that men don't cry, but I'm crying now...
Prepared by Olesya GORDEEVA,
Internet magazine "Interestant"
Updated and expanded at 10:31 p.m.