Deciphering the LDPR. What it is?

Often on forums on the Internet you can meet the question: "What is the LDPR?" The decipherment of this abbreviation is directly related to politics and sounds like the "Liberal Democratic Party of Russia". The head of the LDPR from the day of its founding is an odious politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky. The party has existed for more than 25 years, constantly influencing the political life of Russians.

Before the beginning of the long journey

December 13, 1989 for the first time it was decided to collect an initiative group, which should address the issue of creating the LDPO (in the future LDPR). The deciphering of the LDPR abbreviation, by the way, means the "Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union". As a result of the work of the group, a decree was issued on the preparation and convocation of the constituent congress of the future party, which was held on March 31, 1990. Anyone could become delegates to the congress. At the entrance to the House of Culture. Rusakova, where the event was taking place, everyone was given out party tickets. More than 200 delegates from 41 regions of the country took part in the meeting. On the same day, the Party Program was approved, as well as its Charter. Vladimir Zhirinovsky was elected chairman, Vladimir Bogachev became the main coordinator.

In June 1990, V. Zhirinovsky together with V. Voronin give rise to the Centrist bloc of political parties and movements. But their expectations were not realized, because instead of political monsters, only a few small parties joined the bloc, which did not have any significant financial resources or big names in their arsenal.

On October 6, 1990, members of the Central Committee, including V. Bogachev, gathered the Extraordinary Congress. It decided to exclude V. Zhirinovsky from the ranks of the party members "for pro-communist activity". In the same month, Zhirinovsky collects the "All-Union Conference with the Rights of the Congress," which excludes from the party V. Bogachev and his supporters. The composition of the Central Committee was enlarged to 26 people and the Supreme Council of the Party was created with 5 members. It was headed by Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

"Lame" ideology and harsh statements

The official program says that the party respects liberal and democratic values, categorically not recognizing communist convictions, as well as Marxism in all its manifestations. This is evidenced by the deciphering of the LDPR, however, the organization believes that any needs of citizens must be subordinated solely to the interests of the state.

In January 1991, the Ministry of Justice registers another LDPO - a party with clear characteristics of opposition.

Participation of the party in the electoral process

The significant day in the history of the USSR was approaching. Thus, on June 12, 1991, presidential elections were held. LDPR (LDPO) put forward its candidate - Vladimir Zhirinovsky. He used a loud slogan in campaigning : "I will raise Russia from my knees." As a result, the candidate from the LDPR received 7.81% of the vote. This allowed him to take the third place, but still did not bring the desired result. However, the success of the almost unknown party allowed her to get her representative offices in many cities of Russia.

Anti-presidential campaign and planned triumph

In April 1993, a referendum was held, at which the LDPR urged its supporters to express distrust and vote against the government's reforms.

In the summer of 1993, President Boris Yeltsin convened a Constitutional Conference to carry out reforms. The Zhirinovsky Party supported the draft of the new Constitution of Russia and the dissolution of the Supreme Council.

In November 1993, the party nominated a list of candidates to the State Duma. Zhirinovsky held a rather aggressive election campaign: he bought 149 minutes of airtime on central television channels, and regularly arranged crowded rallies near the Sokolniki metro station in Moscow. As a result, the LDPR gained 22.92%, which provided it with the first place in the elections and 64 seats in the State Duma. In the "code" of the success of the party there was an unexpected transcript. The democratic public and the government began to consider the LDPR a threat of fascism.

"The taste of power" and 10 years of incredible power

In the coalition list, which was January 17, 1994, the LDPR got several important posts. Thus, A. Vengerovsky became deputy chairman of the State Duma. Already in the spring of 1994, 5 deputies came out of the faction, who united in a group called "Derzhava". In April of the same year, the congress of the party approved a new charter, and V. Zhirinovsky was elected its chairman for 10 years at once. Now he also had the right to form the Supreme Council and the composition of other party bodies at his own discretion. Representatives of the LDPR have opened in all major cities and even in some regional centers.

When the government in December 1994 tried to regain control of Chechnya by armed means, the LDPR deputies decided to support it. Moreover, in July 1995 they opposed peaceful negotiations with the Chechen leadership and called for immediate military action in this region.

Elections. Attempt # 2

On September 2, 1995, the VI Congress of the Party was held in the Parliamentary Center of Moscow. On it, a list of candidates for the elections to the State Duma was drawn up. According to the results of the first three, the standard decoding was obtained: the LDPR put forward on the main positions of V. Zhirinovsky, S. Abal'tsev and A. Vengerovsky. Candidates in the total number managed to win 11.8% of the vote, which provided them with 51 seats in the State Duma, whose chairman, thanks to the support of the Liberal Democrats, became loyal to President I. Rybkin.

At the 7th Congress of the LDPR, held on January 11, 1996, Zhirinovsky once again nominated a candidate for the presidency. In the first round of the elections he got only 5.70% of the vote, after which Zhirinovsky called on voters not to allow Zyuganov to take power and not vote "against all." Thanks to such calls, Yeltsin could get a majority of votes.

The modern appearance of the LDPR

Continuing his attempts to become president of the Russian Federation, in 2000 Vladimir Zhirinovsky again runs for this post, but he manages to gain only 2.7% of the vote. After that, his party twice participated in the elections to the State Duma, but more than 12% of the LDPR votes could not be collected.

On March 2, 2008 Zhirinovsky again takes part in the presidential elections. This time he takes the third place with the result of 9.4% of the vote. At the 2012 presidential elections in Russia, he won 6.22% of the vote.

Today the party does not stop its active participation in big politics. But now the name of the decree is coming less and less. The LDPR almost lost the features of liberalism and democracy, Zhirinovsky falsely plays along with the current authorities, and in fact his mouth is spoken by the incumbent president. Nevertheless, the demand for an amateur party of an acute word remains, although today it is no longer as big as it was in 1993.