Alexander Prokhanov
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Alexander Andreyevich Prokhanov ' onMouseout='HidePop("69907")' href="/topics/Tbilisi">Tbilisi
) is a Soviet and Russia
n writer. He is a member of the secretariat of the Writers Union of the Russian Federation and the editor-in-chief of ultra-nationalist newspaper "Завтра" (Zavtra - Tomorrow).
In the nationalist press, he has been referred to as the "leader of the patriotic opposition".
in 1960, Prokhanov worked as a forester in Karelia
and in the Moscow oblast
.
Until 1970 he worked as a correspondent for the newspapers Pravda
and Literaturnaya Gazeta
in Afghanistan
, Nicaragua
, Cambodia
, Angola
and Ethiopia
. He was the first to report on the March 1969 events on Damansky Island during the Sino-Soviet border conflict
. In 1971 he published his first polemical books: "Иду в путь мой" (I Am Going on My Way) and "Письма о деревне" (The Letters about the Village).
In 1972 Prokhanov was accepted into the Writers Union of the USSR. Since 1986 he has actively participated in Russian nationalist publications: the magazines "Молодая гвардия" (The Young Guards), "Наш современник" (Our Contemporary) and the newspaper "Литературная Россия" (Literary Russia).
In 1989-1991 he served as the editor-in-chief of the journal "Советская литература" (Soviet Literature). After December 1990, he became the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "День" (Day).
For many of Prokhanov's novels (600 Years After the Battle, The Red-Brown), Polyphony
is typical. In 2002, he won the National Bestseller award for his novel Mr. Hexagen.http://www.russiaprofile.org/culture/2006/2/2/3175.wbp.
. He was one of the signatories of the open letter A Word to the People
, sometimes considered a program of the August coup makers. During the failed August Coup of 1991, Prokhanov supported the State Emergency Committee.
In the summer of 1992, Prokhanov turned the association of the readers of the anti-semitic newspaper "Day" into a political movement.
During the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993
, he participated in the defense of the White House, Moscow
. On October 4, 1993, the Ministry of Justice of the RF ordered a stop to the editorial and publishing activity of the newspaper "Day", but in November of the same year Prokhanov's son-in-law Alexander Khudorozhkov registered the newspaper "Tomorrow" ("Zavtra"). Prokhanov became its editor-in-chief.
Reportedly, "Alexander Prokhanov states openly that Jews are the cause of Russia’s misery. Warning that "we will not sit tight with our arms folded idly if the Jews continue to pressure Russian nationalists," Prokhanov threatened to "answer them with a fist." http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=63&x_article=154.
In the interviews http://taf.ilim.ru/public/porhanov.html and articles http://www.zavtra.ru/cgi//veil//data/zavtra/06/635/11.html, Prokhanov himself states, that split exists between thieves and their victims, not between Jews and Russians, sometimes attacking Zionism http://www.zavtra.ru/cgi//veil//data/zavtra/06/638/11.html and sometimes speaking of possible co-operation with it http://www.zavtra.ru/cgi/veil/data/zavtra/00/344/41.html.
In the Russian presidential election, 1996
he supported the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Gennady Zyuganov
. In 1997 Prokhanov co-founded the Agency of Patriotic Information.
In 1999, Alexander Prokhanov together with Konstantin Kasimovsky
invited former klansman
David Duke
to visit the Russian Federation.http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=324
Since 2004, his newspaper is close to the party Rodina
("Motherland"). He commented about the recent Russian war with Georgia:
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
) is a Soviet and Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n writer. He is a member of the secretariat of the Writers Union of the Russian Federation and the editor-in-chief of ultra-nationalist newspaper "Завтра" (Zavtra - Tomorrow).
In the nationalist press, he has been referred to as the "leader of the patriotic opposition".
Journalist and writer
After graduation from Moscow Aviation InstituteMoscow Aviation Institute
Moscow Aviation Institute is one of several major engineering higher education establishments in Moscow .Although the school is currently offering a wide range of majors and research...
in 1960, Prokhanov worked as a forester in Karelia
Karelia
Karelia , the land of the Karelian peoples, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Finland, Russia, and Sweden...
and in the Moscow oblast
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast , or Podmoskovye , is a federal subject of Russia . Its area, at , is relatively small compared to other federal subjects, but it is one of the most densely populated regions in the country and, with the 2010 population of 7,092,941, is the second most populous federal subject...
.
Until 1970 he worked as a correspondent for the newspapers Pravda
Pravda
Pravda was a leading newspaper of the Soviet Union and an official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party between 1912 and 1991....
and Literaturnaya Gazeta
Literaturnaya Gazeta
Literaturnaya Gazeta is a weekly cultural and political newspaper published in Russia and Soviet Union.- Overview :...
in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
, Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
, Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
, Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
and Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
. He was the first to report on the March 1969 events on Damansky Island during the Sino-Soviet border conflict
Sino-Soviet border conflict
The Sino–Soviet border conflict was a seven-month military conflict between the Soviet Union and China at the height of the Sino–Soviet split in 1969. The most serious of these border clashes occurred in March 1969 in the vicinity of Zhenbao Island on the Ussuri River, also known as Damanskii...
. In 1971 he published his first polemical books: "Иду в путь мой" (I Am Going on My Way) and "Письма о деревне" (The Letters about the Village).
In 1972 Prokhanov was accepted into the Writers Union of the USSR. Since 1986 he has actively participated in Russian nationalist publications: the magazines "Молодая гвардия" (The Young Guards), "Наш современник" (Our Contemporary) and the newspaper "Литературная Россия" (Literary Russia).
In 1989-1991 he served as the editor-in-chief of the journal "Советская литература" (Soviet Literature). After December 1990, he became the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "День" (Day).
For many of Prokhanov's novels (600 Years After the Battle, The Red-Brown), Polyphony
Polyphony (literature)
In literature, polyphony is a feature of narrative, which includes a diversity of points of view and voices. The concept was introduced by Mikhail Bakhtin, based on the musical concept polyphony....
is typical. In 2002, he won the National Bestseller award for his novel Mr. Hexagen.http://www.russiaprofile.org/culture/2006/2/2/3175.wbp.
Political activism
In 1991, during the Presidential elections of the RSFSR, Prokhanov worked for the campaign of General Albert MakashovAlbert Makashov
Colonel General Albert Mikhailovich Makashov is Russian officer and a nationalist-communist politician....
. He was one of the signatories of the open letter A Word to the People
A Word to the People
A Word to the People was an open letter signed by a number of Soviet politicians, literati and other figures. The declaration was published in 'Sovetskaya Rossiya' on 23 July 1991...
, sometimes considered a program of the August coup makers. During the failed August Coup of 1991, Prokhanov supported the State Emergency Committee.
In the summer of 1992, Prokhanov turned the association of the readers of the anti-semitic newspaper "Day" into a political movement.
During the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993
Russian constitutional crisis of 1993
The constitutional crisis of 1993 was a political stand-off between the Russian president and the Russian parliament that was resolved by using military force. The relations between the president and the parliament had been deteriorating for a while...
, he participated in the defense of the White House, Moscow
White House, Moscow
The White House , also known as the Russian White House, is a government building in Moscow. It stands on Krasnopresnenskaya embankment. Construction started in 1965 and ended in 1981. Originally called The House of Soviets, it was designed by the architects Dmitry Chechulin and P. Shteller...
. On October 4, 1993, the Ministry of Justice of the RF ordered a stop to the editorial and publishing activity of the newspaper "Day", but in November of the same year Prokhanov's son-in-law Alexander Khudorozhkov registered the newspaper "Tomorrow" ("Zavtra"). Prokhanov became its editor-in-chief.
Reportedly, "Alexander Prokhanov states openly that Jews are the cause of Russia’s misery. Warning that "we will not sit tight with our arms folded idly if the Jews continue to pressure Russian nationalists," Prokhanov threatened to "answer them with a fist." http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=63&x_article=154.
In the interviews http://taf.ilim.ru/public/porhanov.html and articles http://www.zavtra.ru/cgi//veil//data/zavtra/06/635/11.html, Prokhanov himself states, that split exists between thieves and their victims, not between Jews and Russians, sometimes attacking Zionism http://www.zavtra.ru/cgi//veil//data/zavtra/06/638/11.html and sometimes speaking of possible co-operation with it http://www.zavtra.ru/cgi/veil/data/zavtra/00/344/41.html.
In the Russian presidential election, 1996
Russian presidential election, 1996
Presidential elections were held in Russia in 1996. Incumbent Russian President Boris Yeltsin was seeking a four-year term after officially winning the 1991 presidential election. The first round was held on 16 June 1996...
he supported the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Communist Party of the Russian Federation
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation is a Russian political party. It is the second major political party in the Russian Federation.-History:...
Gennady Zyuganov
Gennady Zyuganov
Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov is a Russian politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation , Chairman of the Union of Communist Parties - Communist Party of the Soviet Union , deputy of the State Duma , and a member of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
. In 1997 Prokhanov co-founded the Agency of Patriotic Information.
In 1999, Alexander Prokhanov together with Konstantin Kasimovsky
Konstantin Kasimovsky
Konstantin Rodionovich Kasimovsky is a leading Russian neo-Nazi. Formerly a leading member of Pamyat, he has led two parties of his own, the Russian National Union and the Russian National Socialist Party, as well as a less well-defined group known as Russian Action...
invited former klansman
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as the Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right organizations in the United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration, historically...
David Duke
David Duke
David Ernest Duke is a former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan an American activist and writer, and former Republican Louisiana State Representative. He was also a former candidate in the Republican presidential primaries in 1992, and in the Democratic presidential primaries in...
to visit the Russian Federation.http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=324
Since 2004, his newspaper is close to the party Rodina
Rodina
Rodina or Motherland-National Patriotic Union was one of the four parties that controlled seats in the Russian legislature in 2003-2007...
("Motherland"). He commented about the recent Russian war with Georgia: