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Sergei Prokhanov is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, as well as a theater director, artistic director of the Moscow Theater of the Moon and acting teacher.

Sergei Prokhanov could have joined the ranks of actors of one role, but he did not want such a creative destiny and risked changing it. However, even today, 40 years later, passers-by, meeting Sergei Prokhanov, call him “The Mustache Nanny.”

Sergei Prokhanov was born on December 29, 1952 in Moscow, as he himself says, into a proletarian family. True, nature did not deprive her of talents. The grandfather sang beautifully and passed on a beautiful voice to his grandson, the father was the leader in any company, the mother and her relatives drew well.

As a child, the guy was predicted to have a musical career, but the first competition was a serious disappointment for him. Prokhanov lost it - this became a serious trauma for the teenager’s psyche. In addition, during this period the boy’s voice began to break.

Sergei switched to exact sciences - he studied at a school with a physics and mathematics focus. In parallel with his studies, he went to a theater studio. On stage, he felt free from conventions and decided that he would enter drama school.

Sergei Prokhanov submitted documents to the Shchukin School, and after successfully passing exams and a creative competition, he became a student. The artist remembers his student years as the most wonderful, because he and his fellow students often appeared on television, hosted entertainment programs, and acted in films.

Theater

In 1974, Sergei Prokhanov graduated from theater school and began working at the Mossovet Theater. He played on the same stage with the masters of the theater, and it was a great experience.

In the first few years, the aspiring actor was not offered any serious roles. The situation changed dramatically after the play “Sasha”, in which Prokhanov played the main role. Directors and colleagues saw him as a serious actor. His career took off, but other talented directors also left the Mossovet Theater. With their departure, Sergei Borisovich's theatrical career began to stagnate.

In 1990, the actor organized the Masquerade cooperative. When the Mossovet Theater decided to stage the musical “Superstar,” Prokhanov’s cooperative financed the corps de ballet, and he himself co-directed the production. The musical premiered in 1992 and was a great success. It must be said that even today the musical is performed on the theater stage.

Inspired by the success, Sergei Prokhanov began working on the play “Byzantium”. He hoped that the audience of his native theater would soon see his new directorial work. But it turned out to be difficult to get through - the theater administration bluntly explained to Prokhanov that the play would not be included in the repertoire soon. Then he decided to create his own theater, fortunately, he earned money for this in a cooperative. “Theater of the Moon” was located in the basement on the Patriarch’s Ponds, and then moved to the center of the capital.

Since its opening, the Luni Theater team, under the leadership of Prokhanov, has staged a new play every year, expanding its repertoire. In 1994, the play “Little Dreams” based on the play by O. Mikhailova appeared, and a year later there was a play hinting at the continuation of the plot - “Dreams of an adult Robinson”. In 1996, the premiere of the play “Fanta Infanta” took place at the Luna Theater. The following year, the premieres of two productions took place: the performances “Tender is the Night” and “Faust”. A year later, “Thais the Shining” appeared, and a year later, “The Journey of Amateurs.”

The theater welcomed the new millennium with two productions at once: “Charlie Cha...” and “Old New Faust.” From that moment on, premieres in the theater ceased to take place annually. The team presented the next two productions to the audience in 2002 - “Lips” and “I... am hiding.” In 2004, the “Moon Theater” staged “Diagnosis:”, a year later - “Lyromania”.

2007 brought the premiere of the production “Natural Extreme”, then new performances again became annual: “Bullfight, or A Romance with a Sleepless Night”, “Next”, “Prosecutor’s Parable”. Then a year-long break followed, and the performances “Chauntecleer”, “Dali and the Spanish Queen from Kazan” were staged one after another.

Over the 20 years of its existence, many famous actors have played in the performances of the “Theater of the Moon”. Director Prokhanov's productions are distinguished by their dreaminess and sensuality; the director strives to show the viewer a different world, in which there is no place for poverty and a philistine view of life. The peculiarity of Sergei Prokhanov's creative approach to the production is its romantic elation and emphasis on theatrical mystery.

The performances staged by Sergei Prokhanov are distinguished by a cosmic worldview, where the characters exist between heaven and earth. This style of performances, as well as the lyrical musical design, create an attractive and mysterious atmosphere, which has become the trademark of the “Theater of the Moon”. And the names of the performances are sublime, for example, “Tender is the Night,” “Lyromania,” “Thais the Shining” and others.

Movies

Sergei Prokhanov began acting in films during his student years. That period was the most active in his television career. He made his debut with a small role in the film “Family as a Family”, then starred in “Yulka”, “Oh, that Nastya”.

The moment of glory came in 1977, when the film “Mustache Nanny” was released, in which Prokhanov played the main role. Soviet viewers fell in love with the cheerful and active hero-nanny, and directors began to invite the actor to similar roles. He played a pioneer leader in the film “Breakfast on the Grass.”

Sergei Prokhanov on the set of the film "Mustachioed Nanny"

Since 1981, Sergei Borisovich's popularity began to fade, he was invited to episodes or supporting roles. This went on for 10 years, until the release of the film “Genius”, in which he played the speculator Kostya. His partner on the set was.

Then there was a small role in the detective story “Wanderers' Rest.” Then, as Sergei Prokhanov admits, he realized that cinema was dead, it was no longer the same as before. The actor decided to finally part with cinema and focus on the theater.

Personal life

Sergei Prokhanov is divorced and lives alone. He lived with his wife Tatyana for 25 years. They met at a friends' dacha, he was then 20 years old, she was 16. Tatyana was the granddaughter of marshals and A. Vasilevsky, so the actor was afraid that her family would not accept him. Indeed, Tatyana’s parents were wary of the guy; they wanted their daughter to marry a man who could provide for the family. Gradually, the attitude of the future mother-in-law and father-in-law towards Prokhanov changed, they accepted him as their own. Two years after they met, Tatyana and Sergei got married.

The young wife studied at the university, she is an international lawyer. But her studies did not prevent her from being a good housewife and caring wife. In this marriage two children were born - a daughter and a son.

Tatyana Prokhanova needed female wisdom and a reserve of patience to accompany her husband on tour and wait for her husband’s return, and not react to young fans. A lot of rumors were published about the actor’s affairs with various women, which were quite far from the artist’s real biography, so the wife preferred not to believe it. But Sergei Prokhanov also had real romances.

The woman jokingly pointed out to Sergei the shortcomings of his new passion, and over time began to turn a blind eye to his many hobbies. Prokhanov had many hobbies, mostly romances with actresses of the “Theater of the Moon”.

The marriage of Tatyana and Sergei has cracked. The artist plunged headlong into his work, not noticing anyone around. One day, the actor’s wife went to visit a friend and stayed overnight with her. The actor decided that Tatyana had cheated on him, got ready and left home. Soon the couple officially filed for divorce. The actor still considers divorce a mistake; he says that if he had enough patience and endurance, the family would have survived.

Sergey Prokhanov now

In 2017, Sergei Prokhanov will celebrate his 65th birthday. Today, the artist no longer acts in films, but is engaged in teaching and directing activities. Sergei Prokhanov continues to direct his own “Theater of the Moon”. Also, since 1999, Prokhanov has been leading the course at RATI. In addition, at the Prokhanov Theater there is a children's theater center called “Little Moon”. Students of the center, under the guidance of a number of teachers, learn the basics of acting and participate in theater performances along with professional actors.

In 2016, the director presented a new play from the Theater of the Moon - Casanova, or Journey to Ikosameron.

Filmography

1976 – “Just One Night”
1977 – “Mustachioed Nanny”
1979 – “Do you remember”
1981 – “Three times about love”
1982 – “Leave a Trace”
1985 – “We’ll wait and see”
1985 – “The investigation is being conducted by the Experts. Midday Thief"
1986 – “The Secret of the Snow Queen”
1986 – “Wingspan”
1987 – “Leapfrog”
1987 – “Miss Millionaire”
1990 – “Corruption”
1991 – “Wanderers’ Rest”
1991 – “Genius”
2007 - “Theater of the Moon, or Space Fool 13.28”

From the series: conversations with famous people.

Soviet and Russian writer, screenwriter, publicist, public figure.

Member of the secretariat of the Writers' Union of Russia. Editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Zavtra". Winner of the Lenin Komsomol Prize (1982). Knight of the Orders of the Red Banner, Red Banner of Labor (1984), Badge of Honor and Red Star.

Born on February 26, 1938, in Tbilisi. Ancestors, Molokans, who came from the Tambov region to Transcaucasia.

His grandfather was the brother of Ivan Stepanovich Prokhanov, the leader of the Russian Baptist movement, founder and leader of the All-Russian Union of Evangelical Christians (1908-1928) and vice-president of the Baptist World Alliance (1911), who emigrated from Russia in 1928.

His son, Yaroslav Ivanovich, a famous botanist, was arrested in 1938 under articles 58-10 and 58-11 (counter-revolutionary activities), but managed to negotiate the transfer of a very large inheritance, which was left to him abroad by Ivan Stepanovich, who died in 1935.

*And then it was possible to reach an agreement. What is there? It would be worth it.

And thus, in 1939, he was released, all charges against him were dropped, although persecution continued in the future due to the fact that, as a student of N.I. Vavilov, he continued to promote classical genetics.

Alexander Andreevich graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1960, but already in his last year at the institute he began to write poetry and prose. After working as an engineer at a research institute for two years after graduation, he became a forester in Karelia, took tourists to the Khibiny Mountains, and participated in a geological expedition in Tuva.

*So to speak, I gained life and writing experience. A little bit everywhere.

In 1968, he began working for Literaturnaya Gazeta and was the first to describe in his report the events on Damansky Island during the Soviet-Chinese conflict in 1969. Since 1970, he has been reporting, being a correspondent in Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Cambodia, and Angola. In 1972 he became a member of the USSR SP (he was 34 years old) and continued to publish in Literaturnaya Gazeta, in the magazines Molodaya Gvardiya and Our Contemporary. In addition, he worked as editor-in-chief of the magazine “Soviet Literature” for two years (1989-1991).

He did not join the CPSU.

In December 1990, he created his own newspaper “Den”, where he became editor-in-chief. On July 15, 1991, the newspaper published an “anti-perestroika” appeal, “A Word to the People.” The newspaper became one of the most radical opposition publications in Russia in the early 1990s and was published regularly until the October events of 1993, after which it was closed by the authorities.

In 1991, during the presidential elections of the RSFSR, Prokhanov was a confidant of the candidate General Albert Makashov. During the August putsch, Prokhanov supported the State Emergency Committee.

In September 1993, he spoke out in his newspaper against Yeltsin’s unconstitutional actions, calling them a coup d’etat, and supported the RF Armed Forces. After the tank shooting of parliament, the newspaper Den was banned by the Ministry of Justice. The newspaper's editorial office was destroyed by riot police, its employees were beaten, its property and archives were destroyed. Two issues of the newspaper, already banned by that time, were clandestinely published in Minsk as special issues of the communist newspaper “We and Time.”

*As you can see, Prokhanov already had a lot of experience in political struggle.

On November 5, 1993, the writer’s son-in-law A. A. Khudorozhkov founded and registered the newspaper “Zavtra”, of which Prokhanov became editor-in-chief. A number of organizations accuse the newspaper of publishing anti-Semitic materials.

In the 1996 presidential elections, Prokhanov supported the candidacy of the Communist Party candidate Gennady Zyuganov. In 1997 he became a co-founder of the Agency for Patriotic Information. Twice - in 1997 and 1999, he was attacked by unknown persons.

In 2002, Prokhanov’s novel “Mr. Hexogene,” where he artistically depicted a version of the organization of explosions of residential buildings in Russia in 1999 by Russian special services, received the “National Bestseller” award.

He is interested in drawing in the style of primitivism. Collects butterflies (there are more than 3 thousand copies in the collection).

Married, has two sons and a daughter. One of the sons is publicist Andrei Fefelov.

*So briefly about the biography of A. A. Prokhanov, which traces the genes of his relatives, the character of the journalist himself and his life in all three periods of time that took place before our eyes.

And now, in fact, the interview itself with Alexander Andreevich. My notes are in italics.

“The USSR was a unique project. You can copy something Soviet, but it’s still better to build something of your own.”

A. A. Prokhanov

Reflections of A. Prokhanov on the pages of AiF No. 15, 2014. Recorded by Vitaly Tseplyaev.

About Russian power.

If Russian statehood continues to strengthen, then our geopolitical space will expand. And we don’t necessarily have to include some new lands, like Crimea. The unification of the Russian world can be done without tank columns and without special forces units.

For example, the Union State of Russia and Belarus.

Kudrin (ex-Minister of Finance) talks about 150-160 billion dollars that could flow out of the country in 2014. This is in connection with the annexation of Crimea.

But the price we paid for the presence of the “curly” in our politics is calculated in trillions of dollars.

*It will not be possible to create some kind of separate “Slavic world” Alexander Andreevich. If it were a “Slavic Bazaar” I would agree. And with the name too. Just look how many nationalities and religions exist side by side on the territory of the Russian Federation. And how many non-Slavs enter the Russian Federation temporarily, for permanent residence, unofficially

For example, Armenians in their state are Christians, but they are 99.9% Armenians. Azerbaijan, having separated and become a Muslim country, seems to be tolerant of the Russian-speaking population. But let an Armenian, at least in the singular, or someone else, of a different nationality and en masse, try to come there to earn money...

Now, after the examples, estimate how many subjects of these nations live on the territory of the Russian Federation. Officially, unofficially, temporarily, permanently...

I agree about types like “curly ones”. There were so many of them that the salary alone that they were given would be worth many millions.

About “Serdyukovism”.

“Serdyakovshchina” has become a common noun, like Dostoevsky’s “Smerdyakovshchina.”

*Everyone is outraged, everyone understands the destructiveness of the “Serdyukovism” existing in Russia, but they cannot do anything on the basis of the law. This means that there are forces in the state that are above the law. And these are only those who come up with them and those who approve them.

About points of development.

“The first thing we need to do is defense...

Modernization of the defense industrial complex (defense-industrial complex) will entail the modernization of entire spheres of life, the entire living environment.”

“The second superproject is related to the land. Perhaps now we will stop purchasing modified Western products, plow our Russian arable land and have our own livestock.

And Russia will become a flourishing ultra-modern agricultural power.

*I agree completely and completely with these two most important areas. I’ll just add that all borders: land, sea and air must be locked again. At least temporarily, but for undesirable individuals and companies, perhaps forever.

Otherwise, our constant slackness, friendliness inherent in genes, laziness and “short memory” can lead to the constant penetration of alien elements and pests into the country’s territory, and not only through illegal means.

And as for plowing, let’s not forget the experience of virgin lands in the 50s of the last century. In order not to get, after the tremendous successes of the first years of virgin lands, a drop in yields and restoration of the land to arable condition within a decade and a half.

About the symbols of the USSR.

The return of the GTO, MTR, the title of Heroes of Labor, VDNKh is cosmetics, copying samples. The Soviet style is unique and impossible to reproduce!

We are experiencing a period of powerful historical creativity, when the state of Russia is being created again. Since 1991, it has essentially been non-existent.

“Instead of the state there was a sticky, vile, disgusting puddle in which a drunken monster sat. Nothing should ever have grown in the place of this puddle.”

And we are growing again!

And each face of the newly growing crystal should have a new name. History cannot go backwards.

*History does not move backwards. It repeats itself. Okay, when several generations have passed, or even within the memory of one generation.

About our mission.

Everyone is fed up with the golden calf with its hegemony of money and the primacy of vile banking mathematics. People want takeoff, they want a miracle...

And Russia, albeit sometimes in harsh forms, brings people’s hopes closer.

Putin reproached the West for becoming more and more like Sodom, trampling on Christian values.

At the same time, despite the fact that there is wild stratification in Russia, there is a forgiven Serdyukov, there is robbery of the country by bribery officials, there are so many different bitches whose place is on the bitches, Putin has taken upon himself the mission of preserving Christian values.

And this huge ideological movement gives us hope that everything will be all right with Russia.

*The revival of values, many Russians, Alexander Andreevich, welcome. That's why only Christian ones. And it would not have happened that under the guise of Christianity would begin to occupy an increasingly important place in the politics of the Russian state. At the same time, getting richer, more impudent, using his influence on minds. And this is also dangerous. Orthodoxy is not doing as well as those who are increasingly leaning towards the faith would like to see.

And lastly.

“My books are a laboratory where I formed my ideas about Russian history and Russian messianism. All these novels are about the Russian state. I visited construction sites and factories, oil fields, wrote about the voyages of nuclear boats. I was delighted with the victories of my state and felt sadness when it suddenly fell and was broken.

But today I see that my state is being revived, and I am writing about it again.

The novel that I am completing describes everything that preceded the Crimean events. Such a “pre-Crimea”...

*Do you feel any nostalgia? This is not a loss of strength, and not disappointment at the end of the journey. This is a truthful statement of your thoughts without a hint of “PR.” Why does he, a well-known writer for a long time, need “PR”?

Afterword.

In addition to the above, I want to show you a little information about how a lawsuit was filed against Prokhanov for the article “Singers and Scoundrels” in the Izvestia newspaper on August 17, 2014, and against the newspaper itself.

MOSCOW, October 28 - RIA Novosti. The leader of the rock group “Time Machine” Andrei Makarevich (b. 1953), if he wins the case against Izvestia and the writer Alexander Prokhanov, plans to spend the money on charity.

“...Andrei Vadimovich filed a lawsuit to protect his honor, dignity and business reputation. The defendants are the Izvestia newspaper and the writer Alexander Prokhanov, whose comments were particularly outrageous,” said Chernin (Makarevich’s secretary). According to him, the lawsuit was preceded by correspondence with the editor-in-chief. “We demanded a refutation, the newspaper refused to publish it, and then we had to file a lawsuit,” the press secretary added.

“The publication claims that Makarevich gave a concert in Slavyansk in a Ukrainian military unit, but in fact he performed in a refugee camp in the city of Svyatogorsk,” Chernin clarified.

According to Chernin, if the musician wins the case, he will transfer all the money to refugee children affected by military operations in Ukraine.

*By the way, Makarevich demanded money for his honor, dignity and business reputation in the amount of 1,000,000 rubles.

He won back 500,000 rubles in court, but the writer filed an appeal with the Moscow City Court against the decision of the Savelovsky Court of Moscow.

So I have a question for readers who have read this issue of “Conversations with Famous People” to the end:

Don’t you think that such a “bazaar” among the creative intelligentsia absolutely does not lead to the “Slavic World” and peace in general?

But they have a negative effect on the “brains” of the masses, showing who is who?!

My conclusions.

I am inclined to think that genes, a person’s knowledge of his relatives from childhood, reflections, ultimately give rise to the development of a personality in which the traits of his great-grandparents are present. But how a person uses all this in the future is a matter for each individual. For the benefit of others or just ourselves, what do we, those around us, ultimately get from such individuals? Is this the question?

In this case, I cannot say that Prokhanov’s personality, his biography and creativity can have a negative effect on the minds of the environment. And he still occupies a worthy place among part of the creative intelligentsia, whose words one can listen to...

Or at least come to mind.

Altaich

With. Altai

A. A. Prokhanov was born on February 26, 1938 in Tbilisi. Prokhanov's ancestors, the Molokans, were exiled to Transcaucasia during the time of Catherine II.

In 1960, Prokhanov graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute and worked as an engineer at a research institute. In my last year at university I began writing poetry and prose. In 1962-1964. worked as a forester in Karelia, took tourists to the Khibiny Mountains, and took part in a geological party in Tuva. During these years, Prokhanov discovered A.P. Platonov and became interested in V.V. Nabokov.

Since 1970, he worked as a correspondent for the Literary Gazette newspapers in Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Cambodia, Angola and other places. Prokhanov was the first to describe in his report in 1969 the events on Damansky Island during the Soviet-Chinese border conflict.

In 1972, Prokhanov became a member of the USSR Joint Venture. Since 1986, he has been actively publishing in the magazines “Young Guard”, “Our Contemporary”, as well as in the “Literary Gazette”.

From 1989 to 1991, Prokhanov worked as editor-in-chief of the Soviet Literature magazine. In December 1990, he created his own newspaper, Den, where he also became editor-in-chief. In 1991, during the presidential elections of the RSFSR, Prokhanov was a confidant of the candidate General Albert Makashov. During the August putsch, Prokhanov supported the State Emergency Committee.

In November 1993, Prokhanov registered a new newspaper, “Zavtra,” and became its editor-in-chief. In the 1996 presidential elections, Prokhanov supported the candidacy of the Communist Party candidate Gennady Zyuganov, and in 1997 he became a co-founder of the Patriotic Information Agency. Twice - in 1997 and 1999, he was attacked by unknown persons. In 2002, Prokhanov’s novel “Mr. Hexogene,” where he artistically portrays the version of the guilt of Russian special services in the explosions of residential buildings in Russia in 1999, received the National Bestseller Award.

He is interested in drawing in the style of primitivism. Collects butterflies (there are more than 3 thousand copies in the collection). Married, has two sons and a daughter. Awarded state awards of the USSR.

Journalistic activity

Since the late 1960s, Prokhanov, as a special correspondent for Literaturnaya Gazeta, visited various “hot” spots in Latin America, Angola, Mozambique, Kampuchea, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, etc. In his numerous essays and reports, Prokhanov described the events he witnessed became.

In December 1990, Prokhanov founded and became editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper Den, which had the subtitle “Newspaper of the Spiritual Opposition.” On July 15, 1991, the newspaper published an “anti-perestroika” appeal, “A Word to the People.” The newspaper became one of the most radical opposition publications in Russia in the early 1990s and was published regularly until the October events of 1993, after which it was closed by the authorities. However, on November 5, 1993, the writer’s son-in-law A. A. Khudorozhkov founded and registered the newspaper “Zavtra”, of which Prokhanov became editor-in-chief. A number of organizations accuse the newspaper of publishing anti-Semitic materials.

Literary activity

Early prose

The first stories and essays were published in Literary Russia, Krugozor, Olen, Family and School, and Rural Youth. The story “The Wedding” (1967) became particularly successful. In the second half of the 1960s, Prokhanov's essays and reports attracted the attention of readers in the USSR.

Prokhanov’s first book, “I’m Going on My Way” (1971), was published with a foreword by Yuri Trifonov: “The theme of Russia, the Russian people, for Prokhanov is not a tribute to fashion or a profitable enterprise, but part of the soul. The young writer’s prose is characterized by great sincerity.” The collection “I’m Going on My Way” depicts the Russian village with its rituals, old-fashioned ethics, original characters and landscapes. In 1972, Prokhanov published a book of essays, “Burning Color,” about the problems of the Soviet village. In the same year, with the assistance of Yu. V. Trifonov, Prokhanov was accepted into the Union of Writers of the USSR. Since 1985, Prokhanov has been secretary of the Writers' Union of the RSFSR.

In the early 1970s, Prokhanov published a number of stories: “The Tin Bird”, “Red Juice in the Snow”, “Two”, “Stan 1220”, “Trans-Siberian Machinist” (all - 1974), “Fire Font” (1975), etc. In 1974, the second collection of stories and short stories, “The Grass Turns Yellow,” was published.

The basis of the first novel “The Nomadic Rose” (1975), which is semi-essay in nature, was the writer’s impressions from trips to Siberia, the Far East and Central Asia. In this and three subsequent novels - “Time is Noon” (1977), “The Place of Action” (1979) and “The Eternal City” (1981) Prokhanov addresses current problems of Soviet society.

"Burning Gardens"

Since the early 1980s, the writer began working in the genre of military-political novels; his numerous business trips served as material for new works. The travel novels “A Tree in the Center of Kabul”, “In the Islands of a Hunter...”, “The Africanist”, “And Here Comes the Wind” form the tetralogy “Burning Gardens”, created in the wake of events and characterized by intense plot development.

Afghanistan

Later, Prokhanov again turns to the Afghan topic. The main character of the novel “Drawings of a Battle Artist” (1986) is the artist Veretenov, who, on instructions from the editors, goes to Afghanistan in order to make a series of drawings of Soviet soldiers, and who wants to see his son, a soldier. The novel Six Hundred Years After the Battle (1988) tells the story of demobilized soldiers who served in Afghanistan.

"Septateuch"

“Septateuch” by Alexander Prokhanov is a series of novels, the main character of which is General Beloseltsev, who has a unique experience of vision and contemplation.

The name “Septateuch” refers to the Pentateuch, Six Psalms and Four Gospels. The “Septateuch” includes the novels:

Dream about Kabul
And then the wind comes
Hunter in the islands
Africanist
The last soldier of the empire
Red-brown
Mr. Hexogen

Mr. Hexogen

"Mr. Hexogen" (2001) attracted the attention of critics and the public. The novel tells about a conspiracy between intelligence services, oligarchs and politicians of different directions. The purpose of the conspiracy is to change power in the country by transferring it from the decrepit Idol to the young Chosen One. The conspirators use murders, Kremlin intrigues, house explosions, provocations, etc. For the novel “Mr. Hexogen”, on May 31, 2002, the writer was awarded the National Bestseller literary prize.

Short prose

In the 1970-90s, he created several notable stories and short stories: “Polina” (1976), “Invisible Wheat”, “On the Moonbeam”, “Snow and Coal” (all - 1977), “The Gray Soldier” (1985) , “The Gunsmith” (1986), “Caravan”, “Dearest”, “Muslim Wedding”, “Kandahar Outpost” (all - 1989) and stories: “Admiral” (1983), “Lighter Azure” (1986), “Sign Virgins" (1990), etc. For the story "Muslim Wedding" (as the best story of the year), Prokhanov received the. A.P. Chekhov. In 1989-1990, Prokhanov was the editor-in-chief of the Soviet Literature magazine, published in 9 languages and distributed in more than 100 countries.

Definitely realistic actions and events coexist with things of a completely fantastic nature (in the novel “Mr. Hexogene”, one of the oligarchs (possibly similar to Berezovsky), having fallen under an IV in a hospital, melts and disappears into thin air; the Chosen One (possibly similar to Putin), having asked to fly the plane alone in the cockpit, he disappears, turning into a rainbow).

Sympathy for Christianity, Russia and everything Russian, and disapproval of capitalism are clearly visible.

Awards

Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1984)
Order of the Badge of Honor
Order of the Red Star
Lenin Komsomol Prize (1982) - for the novel “Tree in the Center of Kabul”
K. A. Fedin Prize (1980)
Gold medal named after A. A. Fadeev (1987)
Prize of the USSR Ministry of Defense (1988)
Prizes from the magazines “Znamya” (1984), “NS” (1990, 1998)
International Sholokhov Prize (1998)
medal "Defender of Transnistria"
“I have the honor” award (2001)
Bunin Prize (2009) - for the filing of editorials of the newspaper “Zavtra” for 2008 and the collection “Symphonies of the Fifth Empire”
On March 23, 2010, in the category “Best editor-in-chief/publisher of a socio-political mass media”, he was awarded the “Power No. 4” prize established by the Institute of Public Design and the “November 4th Club” (as editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Zavtra”).

Work on radio and television

From 2007 to the present: regular guest of the radio program “Minority Opinion” on the radio station “Echo of Moscow” (Wednesdays at 19.05)
Since September 2009, the Russian News Service radio station has broadcast the program “Soldier of the Empire” on Mondays at 21.05
One of the regular participants in Vladimir Solovyov’s television talk shows “To the Barrier!” (2003-2009) and “Duel” (since 2010).

Books

In Russian

Foreign publications

Painting albums

- Collection of works in the style of Russian popular print (gift edition, not available for public sale)

Theatrical productions of works

1984 - I’m going on my way - Based on the novel “A Tree in the Center of Kabul”; USSR, Chechen-Ingush Drama Theater; dram A. Prokhanov, L. Gerchikov, post. R. Khakishev, art. hands M. Soltsaev; tour: Moscow - 1984, Moscow Art Theater stage on Tverskoy Boulevard, Leningrad - 1986

Movies/Screen adaptations

1972 - Fatherland - Scriptwriter, co-authored with V. Komissarzhevsky; USSR, Tsentrnauchfilm, dir. A. Kosachev, V. Kapitanovsky, S. Proshin, F. Frolov
1983 - Location - Based on the same name. novel; USSR, Lenfilm, dir. A. Granik, stage. R. Tyurin
1988 - Shuravi - Scriptwriter, co-authored with S. Nilov; USSR, Mosfilm, dir. S.Nilov
1988 - Paid for everything - Scriptwriter, co-authored with A. Saltykov (based on the story of the same name by A. Smirnov); USSR, TO "Ekran", dir. A. Saltykov
1991 - Gorge of Spirits - Scriptwriter, co-author with S. Nilov; USSR, Mosfilm - Turkmenfilm, dir. S.Nilov
2010 - Caravan Hunters - Based on the story “Caravan Hunter” and the story “Muslim Wedding”; Russia, GC “Star Media”, dir. S. Chekalov, stage. V. Bochanov

Alexander Andreevich Prokhanov(b. 1938) - Soviet and Russian politician, writer, publicist. Member of the secretariat of the Writers' Union of Russia, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Zavtra".

A. A. Prokhanov born February 26, 1938 in Tbilisi. Prokhanov's ancestors, the Molokans, were exiled to Transcaucasia during the time of Catherine II. In 1960, Prokhanov graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute and worked as an engineer at a research institute. In my last year at university I began writing poetry and prose. In 1962-1964. worked as a forester in Karelia, took tourists to the Khibiny Mountains, and took part in a geological party in Tuva. During these years, Prokhanov discovered A.P. Platonov and became interested in V.V. Nabokov. Since 1970, he worked as a correspondent for Literaturnaya Gazeta in Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Cambodia, Angola and other places. Prokhanov was the first to describe in his report in 1969 the events on Damansky Island during the Soviet-Chinese border conflict. In 1972, Prokhanov became a member of the USSR Joint Venture. Since 1986, he has been actively publishing in the magazines “Young Guard”, “Our Contemporary”, as well as in the “Literary Gazette”. From 1989 to 1991 Prokhanov works as editor-in-chief of the magazine "Soviet Literature". In December 1990, he created his own newspaper, Den, where he also became editor-in-chief. In 1991, during the presidential elections of the RSFSR, Prokhanov was a confidant of the candidate General Albert Makashov.

During the August putsch Prokhanov supports the State Emergency Committee. In September 1993, he spoke out in his newspaper against Yeltsin’s unconstitutional actions, calling them a coup d’etat, and supported the RF Armed Forces. After the tank shooting of parliament, the newspaper Den was banned by the Ministry of Justice. The newspaper's editorial office was destroyed by riot police, its employees were beaten, its property and archives were destroyed. Two issues of the newspaper, already banned by that time, were clandestinely published in Minsk as special issues of the communist newspaper “We and Time.” In November 1993, Prokhanov registered a new newspaper, “Zavtra,” and became its editor-in-chief. In the 1996 presidential elections, Prokhanov supported the candidacy of the Communist Party candidate Gennady Zyuganov, and in 1997 he became a co-founder of the Patriotic Information Agency. Twice - in 1997 and 1999, he was attacked by unknown persons.

Since the late 1960s Prokhanov as a special correspondent for Literaturnaya Gazeta, he visited various “hot” spots in Latin America, Angola, Mozambique, Kampuchea, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, etc. In his numerous essays and reports, Prokhanov described the events he witnessed.

In the early 1970s Prokhanov published a number of stories: “The Tin Bird”, “Red Juice in the Snow”, “Two”, “Stan 1220”, “Trans-Siberian Machinist” (all - 1974), “Fire Font” (1975), etc. In 1974, the second collection was published stories and short stories “The grass is turning yellow.”

In 2002, the novel Prokhanov“”, where he artistically portrays the version of the guilt of the Russian special services in the bombings of residential buildings in Russia in 1999, receives the “National Bestseller” award. "Mr. Hexogen" attracted the attention of critics and the public. The novel tells about a conspiracy between intelligence services, oligarchs and politicians of different directions. The purpose of the conspiracy is to change power in the country by transferring it from the decrepit Idol to the young Chosen One. The conspirators use murders, Kremlin intrigues, house explosions, provocations, etc.

Prokhanov's style is often considered original, colorful, and emphatically individual. Prokhanov’s language, as many critics believe, is replete with vivid metaphors, original, flowery epithets, the characters are written out clearly, clearly, with an abundance of details, the description itself has a pronounced emotional and even passionate coloring, the author’s attitude towards this or that character is clearly visible. However, according to the German Slavist Wolfgang Kazak, Prokhanov’s works are characterized by “a banal, sugary style of writing, based on shameless lies and oversaturated with cheap decorative epithets.” Definitely realistic actions and events coexist with things of a completely fantastic nature (in the novel “Mr. Hexogene”, one of the oligarchs (possibly similar to Berezovsky), having fallen under an IV in a hospital, melts and disappears into thin air; the Chosen One (possibly similar to Putin), having asked to fly the plane alone in the cockpit, he disappears, turning into a rainbow).
Sympathy for Christianity, Russia and everything Russian, and disapproval of capitalism are clearly visible.

Alexander Prokhanov is a famous Russian publicist and writer. He is distinguished by his original style of writing, originality of presentation and strong metaphors in the texts of his essays.

The future figure was born in winter, on February 26, 1938, in Tbilisi. Alexander's relatives include Molokans. In 1960, the young man studied at the Aviation Institute in the capital of the USSR. Then he began to earn money working as an engineer at a research institute. While still in school, I became interested in writing poetry and prose essays.

For two years - from 1962 to 1964 - Alexander Andreevich was a forester in Karelia, led excursions to the Khibiny Mountains and participated in excavations in Tuva. Then I became acquainted with the creativity of...

Literature

The writer published his debut essays in the newspaper Literary Russia. In addition, essays were published in the magazines Krugozor and Family and School. In 1967, the story “The Wedding” was a success among readers. After this, the works of the young publicist attracted the attention of people.

In 1971, Prokhanov’s first book, “I’m Going on My Way,” was published. The introductory text to the work was written by Yuri Trifonov. A year later, the writer’s next collection, Burning Color, was published. In 1972, the journalist joined the Union of Writers of the USSR. Since 1985, he assumed the post of Secretary of the Union. 1974 was marked by the release of another collection of stories, “The Grass Turns Yellow.”

Prokhanov’s debut novel “The Nomadic Rose” was published in 1975. In the work, the creator shared his emotions from his trips to Siberia, the Far East and Central Asia. In this work and subsequent works, the writer exposed the problems of citizens of the Soviet Union.

Books by Alexander Prokhanov "Crimea" and "Russian"

With the advent of the 80s, the writer began to create in the military genre with an admixture of politics. This was due to Alexander Andreevich’s business trips to hot spots. Notes written on business trips led to the creation of four publications under the general title “Burning Gardens.”

In 1986, the novel “Drawings of a Battle Artist” was published from the pen of Prokhanov. The character of the literary work was an artist who went to Afghanistan to capture the warring soldiers. Veretenov himself sought to see his son. In 1988, the novel “Six Hundred Years After the Battle” was published. The work described the stories of soldiers after demobilization.

Alexander Prokhanov in Afghanistan

In 1990, he breathed life into the newspaper publication Den. After the incidents of 1993, the labor press was closed for disseminating extreme opposition sentiments in articles. In November 1993, the newspaper “Zavtra” was established. Alexander Andreevich Prokhanov took over the post of editor-in-chief.

Alexander Prokhanov's "Septateuch" belongs to Peru. The final novel in the series was published in 2002 under the title Mister Hexogen. He attracted the attention of critics and the public. The author received the National Bestseller Award for his essay. The plot centered on the story of a conspiracy during the transfer of power from the current leader of the state to his successor.

Books by Alexander Prokhanov "Ashes" and "Putin, in whom we believed"

In 2011, Prokhanov turned to the topic of politics. The books “Putin, in whom we believed” and “Russian” were published. In the first work, the author discusses why the Russian President did not become a true national leader and did not carry out the transformations expected by the people. In the second work, the hero of the novel was a Russian man, following the tragic Russian path, but not allowing circumstances to lead him astray.

After a while, Prokhanov changed his attitude towards. He noted that thanks to the new leader of the country, Russia has grown “from a wet, dirty puddle.” That same year he published the war novel Ashes.

In it, reality borders on fantasy when the hero retires to the village to write a romantic essay, which in the course of the action turns into a description of the battle scenes of the future Afghan war.

In July 2012, Vladimir Putin issued a Decree in which he approved the members of the Council for Public Television. Prokhanov was included in the composition. In the same year, the writer published “The Step of Russian Victory,” which indicated the emergence of a new genre in Prokhanov’s creative biography.

In 2014, the author wrote the novel “Crimea”. The hero of the book is identified with the new life of the peninsula, which began near Crimea after annexation to Russia. In 2016, the book “Novorossiya, washed in blood” was published. The novel became a kind of chronicle of the latest events that happened in the Russian Federation.

In 2017, the author published the novel “To Kill a Hummingbird” about a restoration artist who gained the ability to intuitively feel and save Russia and the president from the forces of evil who want to destroy the ruler and the country. In the same year, he published a satirical brochure “Russian Stone”, created in the style of the absurd.

Personal life

The personal life of the publicist was successful. Prokhanov married Lyudmila Konstantinovna, who after the wedding took her husband’s surname. From his beloved woman, the writer had three children - one daughter and two sons. In 2011, Alexander Andreevich’s wife passed away.

The sons of the writer became famous people. Andrey followed in his father's footsteps and became a publicist. He is the editor of the Internet channel “Day”. Vasily took up photography and at the same time became a singer-songwriter.

In 2014, Prokhanov wrote an article for the Izvestia newspaper entitled “Singers and Scoundrels.” In it, the journalist gave information that he spoke to Ukrainian soldiers, after which they went to kill civilians in Donetsk. The singer filed a lawsuit against the publicist.

First, Prokhanov was demanded to pay Makarevich five hundred thousand rubles for moral damages and to refute the described fact. Then the fine was canceled, but the posting of the refutation was left in force.

In 2015, the writer was remembered by society for his shocking prank. He came to a meeting of the Writers' Union with an image in which he was depicted with military leaders.

Alexander Prokhanov enjoys drawing and collecting butterflies.

From 2007 to 2014, he was a regular guest on the “Minority Opinion” program, broadcast on the Ekho Moskvy radio channel. For six years - from 2003 to 2009 - he was one of the regular participants in the show “To the Barrier”. Since 2010, he became a participant in the new show “Duel”. In 2013, he was invited as one of the TV presenters of the “Replica” section of the Rossiya 24 channel.

In 2017, he became one of 20 people to sign an open letter to the French President to pardon terrorist Ilyich Ramirez Sanchez. The letter remained unanswered from the French side.

Alexander is the winner of many awards.

In the book by Sergei Sokolkin, “Russian Chock” is presented in the image of the writer Porokhov.

Alexander Prokhanov now

Today Alexander Prokhanov appears as one of the prominent political and public figures in Russia. He holds the post of editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Zavtra”.

Bibliography

1971 – “Letters about a village”
1972 – “Burning Blossom”
1974 – “The Grass Turns Yellow”
1975 – “Reflections of Mangazeya”
1976 – “Nomadic Rose”
1980 – “Location”
1982 – “Tree in the center of Kabul”
1988 – “There in Afghanistan”
1993 – “The Last Soldier of the Empire”
2002 – “Mr. Hexogen”
2005 – “Political scientist”
2006 – “Symphony of the Fifth Empire”
2011 – “Russian”
2011 – “Putin, in whom we believed”
2012 – “The Step of Russian Victory”
2014 – “Crimea”
2016 – “New Russia, washed in blood”
2017 – “To Kill a Hummingbird”