Konstantin Chmarov has been appointed minister for the construction of a cosmodrome in the Amur region. Konstantin Chmarov, Minister of the Government of the Amur Region for the Construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome: Vostochny will become a serious base for the Far East

The Vostochny cosmodrome still haunts Amur residents. So it was decided to discuss the most urgent at an expanded meeting in the Legislative Assembly. All the exciting questions were answered by the Minister for the construction of the cosmodrome [video]

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Konstantin Vasilyevich has already said a lot about the cosmodrome, but the day before he decided to raise this topic again, told and answered questions ...

... about the shortcomings

Today 4000 people work at the cosmodrome. 1,400 of them are Amur residents. Yes, there are those who are offended, including those on salary. But they are all provided with housing and food. Almost everyone is provided with a social package. Unfortunately, only our subcontractors, relatives, Amur people, who are wise not only with social guarantees, but also with salaries, sin. But now these issues are being resolved.

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Konstantin Chmarov on the shortcomings at the Vostochny cosmodrome.Irina ZRAZHEVSKAYA

Not so long ago, the Minister for Development Of the Far East Viktor Ishaev said that the pace of construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome is insufficient. What do you think about this? - asked Deputy of the Legislative Assembly Yuri Shirin.

I cannot comment on Ishaev's words, - answered Konstantin Chmarov. - The only thing I can say is that, like at any construction site, there is a normal working disorder at the construction site of the cosmodrome. It is good that there are so many comments on the construction site. This means that she is walking, moving. It is worse when they are not at all. And then we have some large object for rent, and then it is not accepted for operation. And such comments at the initial stage allow the customer and the general contractor to work more actively on them.

... about employees

Now 4000 people work at the cosmodrome. This year they have to master 31 million rubles, but it is clear that it is unrealistic to do this with so many employees, - said General Director of OJSC "Bureyagesstroy" Gennady Kuznetsov.

That's right, - agreed the Minister for the Vostochny cosmodrome. - But by the end of the year the number of employees should increase to 8-10 thousand people.

... about taxes

For four months of 2013, the region received 92 million rubles of taxes. This is an order of magnitude higher than the first four months of last year, when 9.5 million rubles were paid. And significantly higher than the indicators of the last four months of last year. Then they paid 63 million rubles. Now we cling to literally everything. Including for transport tax, income tax, forcing organizations to pay every penny.

... about the prospects

The Amur Region has a lot of objects of federal significance: they have built two hydroelectric power plants, now they are building a third, they have laid a pipeline, we are building a gas pipeline, the BAM has been built. But what does the region have from this? From the hydroelectric power station - high tariffs for electricity, from the oil pipeline - the danger of contamination of the territory, the only thing - only the sound of wheels remained from the BAM. Could it be the same with the cosmodrome? - asked Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly Committee on Budget, Taxes, Economics and Property of the Region Anatoly Belonogov.

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Konstantin Chmarov on the prospects of the Vostochny cosmodrome.Irina ZRAZHEVSKAYA

... about the climate

Will the climate change because of the cosmodrome? - asked deputy, General Director of JSC "Dimskoe" Lyudmila Valova... - Should I worry about the harvest?

The impact of the airport on the environment is much more significant than the cosmodrome, - replied Minister Chmarov. - So there will be no fundamental changes in climatic conditions. In Plesetsk, for example, it sometimes rained after launch. Whether it will be so in the Amur region is not yet known. But with agriculture everything will be fine, don't worry. By the way, on June 4, the best ecologists and specialists from Moscow State University will gather in the Amur Region. They will study the impact of the cosmodrome on the ecology of the Amur region, look at everything, measure, calculate. All results will be announced.

From the same date, Konstantin Chmarov has been holding the position of assistant to the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin. And he is no longer the deputy chairman of the regional government and the minister for the construction of the cosmodrome.

The day before, he talked on the selector with Dmitry Rogozin. During the conversation, Rogozin noted that Chmarov's task is to exercise direct control over the construction of Vostochny from the Russian Federation.

The creation of a coordination center is the next stage in the real construction of the cosmodrome. It is clear from the name that its task is to coordinate all efforts. In addition to the construction site itself, other issues arise, for example, the start of operation, the supply of technological equipment, installation, staffing, the deployment of a new city, the creation of the foundations of a science city. We will deal, in particular, with personnel issues. So, in July we are waiting for our first specialists, Amur residents, who will come from the Yuzhnouralsk state university... They entered the AmSU, and later completed their studies at SUSU, - said Konstantin Chmarov.

In total, the coordination center includes about 20 people. These are representatives of Roskosmos, Spetsstroy, manufacturing plants supplying equipment, as well as the administration of ZATO Uglegorsk.

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It is planned to build ten technical and support sites at the cosmodrome, on which more than 400 buildings and structures will be located. Now the starting and technical complexes are being built, general construction work at the head step-down substation has been completed. Roads are also being built. The section from the federal highway to Uglegorsk is a third category highway with two lanes and a permanent asphalt concrete pavement. The first stage of railway construction has also been completed.

In addition, construction of housing and infrastructure for the new city is underway. As part of the first stage, 12 residential buildings (6-12 floors) will be erected.

Today, all 12 houses are undergoing monolithic concrete work. In addition, construction is underway kindergarten and an administrative building, - they say in regional government... - About 6,000 people work on the construction of the cosmodrome facilities. By the third quarter of 2014, the number of employees will increase to 9000 people.

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Konstantin Vasilievich Chmarov graduated from the Leningrad Military Institute. AF Mozhaisky, specializing in mechanical engineer for the operation of propulsion systems and spacecraft construction, Military Academy named after FE Dzerzhinsky and the Military Academy of the General Staff with a degree in Military and State Administration. He devoted 32 years of his life to service in the Armed Forces. During this time, he managed to pass positions from a department engineer at the Buran-Energia launch complex to chief of staff - first deputy chief of the Plesetsk cosmodrome. In December 2008, he became the Minister of the Amur Region for the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome. And in July 2011 - also the deputy chairman of the regional government. Chmarov stayed in these positions until June 6 of this year.

He was awarded the Order for Service to the Motherland in the USSR Armed Forces, III degree, and has government medals and diplomas. Major General, Candidate of Military Sciences.

On April 27, the first launch of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket from the new Vostochny cosmodrome will take place. What is the main idea of ​​the new space harbor of the Russian Federation, why the Soyuz rocket will fly first and what were the problems during the construction of the cosmodrome, Konstantin Chmarov, director of the Roscosmos branch at the Vostochny cosmodrome, told TASS.

- Konstantin Vasilyevich, what was the main idea, according to which the need to create a new cosmodrome was substantiated, and why in the Amur Region?

- The main ideology of the new cosmodrome is the possibility of conducting an independent space policy, the possibility of access to space from the territory of the Russian Federation. The Amur Region is the most attractive and rational location for the new cosmodrome. This gives the region an opportunity to further develop and maintain its existing potential.

- What other points were considered as potential for the location of the cosmodrome? Why did you choose the Amur Region?

- Up to six possible locations of the cosmodrome were considered at the initial stage. Two - in the European part of the country, two - in Siberia, and two in the Far East. The assessment was carried out according to 15 parameters, and in most of them the Amur Region was ahead of its competitors. First of all, the current location of the cosmodrome was chosen due to the fact that it is the southern point of our country, which allows the launch of a payload into space at a lower cost. In addition, the region is rich in energy: the Zeyskaya and Bureyskaya hydroelectric power plants are located here, that is, the region produces more electricity than it consumes. It has a well-developed transport infrastructure.

- Why did they choose Soyuz, and not new rocket type "Rus-M"?

- Economy of rationality. Yes, it was originally supposed to create a launch complex for the Rus-M launch vehicle, and a lot was done to design this rocket, but due to certain conditions, including economic ones, they preferred to follow a more practical path - to create a launch pad for the most used rocket "Soyuz" in the form of its modernized version "Soyuz-2". This is a spent, reliable rocket.

- What changes have occurred in the project in comparison with 2007?

- In 2007, the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation was published, and the design was carried out in 2008-2012. This design period made it possible to timely make the necessary changes to the cosmodrome construction scheme. Some of the originally planned tasks, due to circumstances, have changed. In particular, we were faced with the issue of import substitution, the introduction of a phased construction of the cosmodrome facilities. For example, the same airfield. It is needed, of course, but it can be built in the next step. We have Blagoveshchensk, in extreme cases - the Ukrainian military airfield. Rational work planning and distribution Money made some adjustments to the project of the cosmodrome.

- What unforeseen problems did you encounter during construction?

- Due to the fact that there was close interaction with the government of the Amur Region, the issue of land allocation (transfer of land for the needs of the cosmodrome) was very quickly resolved, and other issues of design and construction were resolved quite well. The main problems that we did not foresee are the need for import substitution in the field of equipment supply. Yes, life corrected us a little, we bought our own, Russian equipment... Some other unforeseen serious problems we did not have. The main problems arose, as you know, in the process construction works due to the problems of the construction industry itself. The disadvantages were associated with the insufficiently effective organization of interaction between construction organizations, general contractors and subcontractors, general contractor, customer and designer. The subcontractor, not paying the workers, left the construction site ... No one could have foreseen that such situations would occur with a normal budget allocation.

- Konstantin Vasilievich, what position do you occupy now? Can we call you the head of the cosmodrome?

- Director of the branch of the state corporation "Roscosmos" at the Vostochny cosmodrome. There is an operating organization - TsENKI, there is a branch of the state corporation, which was created on April 1. The issue of creating the structure of the state test cosmodrome is being considered. This is the instruction of the President of the Russian Federation. Everything must be on time. A launch of a space rocket will be carried out, an analysis will be carried out, and organizational issues that need to be changed will be looked at. The organizational structure is created for the tasks to be solved, when the need arises. At the beginning of construction, there was no structure at all at the cosmodrome, issues of creation and construction were decided directly by Roscosmos and the government of the Amur Region. Then the Directorate of the cosmodrome appeared, then TSENKI, now a branch of the state corporation. Tasks appear - the organizational structure changes.

Interviewed Dmitry Strugovets

On November 28 at 14:41 local time, a Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a Fregat upper stage and 19 satellites, including the three-ton Meteor-M hydrometeorological apparatus, was launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome. The rocket flew away. The question - where and where it is now - worries many journalists and the population of the entire country. Konstantin Vasilyevich Chmarov, director of the Roscosmos branch at the Vostochny cosmodrome, will work with us today in the studio via video link.

- Hello!

Good day!

- Is there an answer to the question of where the rocket is now?

So far, only assumptions.

- Can you tell about them?

Assumptions, in principle, are known - this is the water area Atlantic Ocean.

Now they are already talking about an accident, as a result of which the upper stage with a satellite could fall into the Atlantic Ocean. Is the Atlantic mentioned because that was the flight path?

The ballistics specialists, as usual, immediately gave an emergency route indicating the place where it is possible to find a space body that moves in an open orbit. That is, it has not closed itself around the Earth.

- Fell into the water - because there was no explosion either on the ground or in the air?

Yes, the explosion, by and large, has nothing to do with it. Was he or was not - everything that moves in near-earth space along a trajectory has a corresponding trajectory and a point on the globe. According to rough estimates, this is the water area of ​​the world ocean, specifically the Atlantic Ocean. Assumptions still play a role here, but you need to clearly and meaningfully consider this situation.

Yesterday, two hours after the launch, Roskosmos assured that the space warhead of the rocket as part of the Fregat and Meteora-M Upper Stage No. 2-1 at the estimated time was routinely separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle, and the payload - the satellite "Meteor" is launched into a given orbit, then what is not. Yes or no - why such confusion in information?

I believe that these are the costs of our openness. Everything is normal, flight tests are underway. We will now delve a little into the technology of measurements in the active section of the trajectory, that is, the rocket launched on time. The rocket performed absolutely and practically with a one hundred percent guarantee qualitatively. The mission of the rocket is to bring the space warhead with the upper stage to the given point of the trajectory. In this set point the rocket with three stages worked normally. Another thing is that when we ended the so-called radio visibility session, then at the end of the recording everything went smoothly and showed a good result. True, at the very end of the recording, analysts saw that the upper stage did not work out to the end, that is, not according to the cyclogram, according to which it was supposed to. Naturally, everything was regular and according to first impressions corresponded to reality. The first fears arose - you see that the launch is absolutely open, all the information immediately went to the press - that perhaps something was amiss. If we had measuring instruments on the other side of the earth's surface, if we saw the orbit to the end, of course, it would be clear clearly how the upper stage worked and what happened. Our telemetry information was cut off. We waited for the time when the space warhead was supposed to arrive at a regular launch, respectively, we had to find it, that is, the measuring instruments.

- Was there supposed to be a "dead zone" in time when you couldn't get information anyway?

Certainly. These were private judgments that the upper stage did not seem to have fully worked out according to the cyclogram, although before that everything was fine.

- You said that there was no data on the other side of the Earth. What is the reason for this? Are we not working with NASA?

We all interact very well with NASA, by the way, his representative was present at the launch. We do not have our measuring instruments that operate on this space rocket complex and transmit information online. In times Soviet Union, in particular, there was a special large flotilla of scientific research spaceships, which were named after the astronauts. For example, cosmonaut Patsaev and so on. Now of these ships, only one remains, which is in the Pacific Ocean.

- It is assumed that the rocket fell somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. Could she fall to the mainland?

The rocket did not fall, all the components of the launch vehicle - the steps, the side parts, the fairing - landed in the planned areas: in the Zeya region, in two regions of Yakutia. But the space warhead - the upper stage and spacecraft - their location raises questions. The first obvious assumption that some of the vehicles burned out in the atmosphere collapsed. It is impossible to enter the atmosphere at such a speed and be preserved as a monolithic piece. There is scattering, scattering of various parts. Perhaps there was an explosion in the atmosphere, because the remnants of fuel remain, except for dust and small fragments, nothing settles.

- Rumor has it that the rocket had a 5-ton fuel container filled with heptyl, a dangerous substance. Is it true?

There was not a drop of heptyl on the rocket. Heptyl as a propellant component was fueled in the booster block.

- How many was there?

I will not say the exact amount, but about a ton.

- Five tons - is that not true?

It is not true.

- Is it possible that all this spilled in the Atlantic Ocean?

Not spilled. Fuel burns or explodes under appropriate conditions.

Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev accused Bishop Lucian of incorrectly consecrating the rocket. Whose idea was it to consecrate the rocket?

Firstly, this is the Orthodox tradition, which is maintained at the Baikonur and Plesetsk cosmodromes, of course, at the Vostochny. The second launch, like the first, was consecrated. All rocket and space testers sacredly honor traditions. Secondly, whether it is rightly or wrongly consecrated, I don’t like that all the questions are on the same plane - it fell, it was destroyed and everything like that. Are you not asking what is the benefit of this launch?

- Tell us what is the use?

The launch task would not have been completed if there had been a regular launch, the cosmodrome was operating normally, and we would have performed the functions of a carrier. There is a spacecraft, we must deliver it to orbit. When flight tests are going on in parallel, a state commission is appointed, the network continues to build up the cosmodrome, its infrastructure, and jobs are being prepared. For this launch was prepared workplace and tested for the Fregat upper stage. The cosmodrome is being built up, modernized, acquiring a modern look, and can perform universal tasks. Secondly, the combat crew is being improved. The mission was accomplished by the cosmodrome perfectly. Flight tests were excellent. Payload withdrawal in parallel with flight tests - it has not been completed. You know that the whole history of rocket and space technology is connected, among other things, with accidents, and even with tragedies.

- If we talk about costs, then we are talking about the fact that the satellites are lost.

I do not deny that the parallel task - the withdrawal of satellites and putting them into operation - has not been completed. Everything was insured, in this regard, economic risks will be minimized.

The working group at the Vostochny cosmodrome held a meeting to analyze the current situation. Do you know something new? What decisions are made?

No decisions have been made yet, decisions are made at the state commission. The task of the working group is the maximum analytics of what happened: interviewing witnesses, collecting documents, comparing all the results of the tests carried out, checking the records and logs. Painstaking engineering and organizational work is underway.

- Are there any deadlines?

There are deadlines, of course. I think today is the first state meeting the commission in Moscow will be determined by the real terms. While the primary tasks are being completed, the collection of materials has begun.

- Thank you for agreeing to the interview, especially at such a time. Konstantin Vasilyevich Chmarov, director of the branch of the state corporation Roscosmos at the Vostochny cosmodrome, was in the studio “Prostykh vopros” via video link. We found out what is happening now, what work is being done after yesterday's launch. We will follow the news. Goodbye.

In the coming days, the issue of appointing the head of the new Russian Vostochny cosmodrome should be resolved. The decision is made at the very top, in the bowels of Roskosmos. As Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government Dmitry Rogozin recently told reporters, a candidate for this responsible post has already been selected.

According to the information, Konstantin Chmarov will most likely become the head of the Vostochny cosmodrome. He is well known to the Amur people. In 2008, Chmarov became the minister for the construction of the cosmodrome, joining the team of the governor Oleg Kozhemyako. He knows "Eastern" like the back of his hand. He spends almost half of his working time in the construction site of the future Russian space outpost, far from the regional center. I am familiar with both the problems and the successes of the cosmodrome.

The regional government does not yet know that they are going to take the minister away from them. The decision will be made in Moscow. Konstantin Chmarov himself is now in the capital.

I am not commenting on this question. The process itself, the procedure for appointing the head of the cosmodrome is very complicated. And this is a matter exclusively of the federal agency, Roscosmos, - said Konstantin Chmarov.

We know no more than you do. Konstantin Vasilyevich will return from the capital on January 20, then he will comment on everything himself, - he promised Chmarov's advisor Roman Litvinov.

The administration of Uglegorsk, the village near which the cosmodrome is being built, admitted that they would be happy with this appointment:

Konstantin Chmarov has already done a lot for the cosmodrome and for the Amur Region as a whole. The most powerful optimism is felt in him. If he sets any tasks, then they are always fulfilled. And he has a lot of experience in this field of activity.

I think that our residents would entrust him with the right to be the head of the cosmodrome, - says Head of Closed Administrative Territory of Uglegorsk Marina Zenina... - With his specific deeds, he has already shown in practice his concern for Uglegorsk and its inhabitants. I think he will manage the launch site with the same care and efficiency.

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Chmarov - Major General, served in the army for 32 years

Konstantin Vasilyevich was born in 1958 in Leningrad.

In 1980 he graduated from the Military Engineering Institute of the Red Banner. A.F. Mozhaisky, specialty "Aircraft", qualification "military mechanical engineer". In 1991 he graduated from the Military Academy. F.E. Dzerzhinsky with a degree in command-staff operational-tactical, qualification “officer with higher military education”. In 2000 graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces with a degree in Military and State Administration, qualification “Management Specialist”. From August 1975 to December 2007 - service in the Armed Forces of the USSR ( the Russian Federation). From December 2007 to December 2008 - Deputy General Director for Systems and Means of NKU FSUE Scientific and Production Organization Orion. Since December 19, 2008 - Minister of the Amur Region for the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome.

Since July 7, 2011 - Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Amur Region - Minister for Construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

Has government awards. Military rank - major general. Has a Ph.D. degree in military sciences.