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The younger generation and schoolchildren no longer know the author of the phrase “We wanted the best, but it turned out as always”. As well as the event to which it was dedicated. But these words are forever included in the classics of modern Russian folklore.
Authorship options
"We wanted the best, but it turned out as always." Whose phrase so aptly described good intentions, leading at best to no result, and caused heated discussions among philologists?
The first "candidate" is King Louis XV of France, who in the eighteenth century said "They thought it would be better."
The names of the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union Valentin Pavlov and the anarchist Pyotr Kropotkin were also often mentioned.
Accepted authorship
The recognized author of the phrase "We wanted the best, but it turned out as always" is Chernomyrdin Viktor Stepanovich - a famous politician, whose peculiar humor fell in love with millions. Viktor Stepanovich began his career in the distant fifties as a mechanic and pump operator, head of a process unit. During hissuccessful political career at various times held the positions of director of the Orenburg gas processing plant, deputy, and later - minister of the gas industry of the USSR, head of the Gazprom gas concern. He was Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation for the Fuel and Energy Complex, Deputy of the State Duma, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Federation, Acting President of the Russian Federation, member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Ambassador to the Republic of Ukraine. The author of the phrase “We wanted the best, but it turned out as always” truly had a dizzying and interesting life.
Background
The phrase "we wanted the best, but it turned out as always" Chernomyrdin Viktor Stepanovich uttered, summing up the monetary reform of 1993, which was carried out with the aim of taming galloping inflation, exchanging old Soviet and Russian banknotes for modern-style banknotes, counteracting the inflow of money signs from the former Soviet republics. Their Central Banks carried out an uncontrolled process of printing the Soviet ruble, and this money ended up on the Russian market and only exacerbated the critical situation. Non-cash payment systems between the former republics also ceased to exist.
Reform process
From July 26 to August 7, 1993, citizens could freely exchange an amount of thirty-five thousand rubles (the equivalent of thirty-five US dollars) withaffixing a stamp to the passport. If this limit was exceeded, all additional cash remained in the banking system in the form of term deposits for at least six months.
Later, the terms of the exchange were extended until the end of the year, but only subject to the provision of a certified certificate, which would detail the reason for not appearing within the specified time frame.
The decision caused panic in the country.
Despite the relaxations introduced, a large number of people did not have time to visit banking institutions in time, and their money lost all value.
Contemporaries will remember this monetary reform with kilometer-long queues at bank branches. And for financial workers - continuous work day and night.
Why did you want better, but it turned out as always?
Despite the fact that billions of banknotes were withdrawn from circulation, the ruble could not strengthen. Inflation catastrophically increased.
Relations with fraternal countries have seriously worsened due to a sharp depreciation of national currencies, which are rigidly pegged to the Russian ruble. First of all - with Belarus and Kazakhstan. In order to ease tensions, the Russian government was forced to transfer part of the freshly printed banknotes to the central banks of these countries.
Conclusion
Now you probably know who said "We wanted the best, but it turned out as always".
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin remained in the memory of posterity not only as a good politician, but also the author of many wingedexpressions that have firmly entered the classics of Russian folklore, some of the most famous - “We wanted the best, but it turned out as always” and “This has never happened, and here it is again.”
The politician died on November 3, 2010 in Moscow from a massive heart attack, and was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery.
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