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The Pyramid. The Soviet Mafia
''The Pyramid'' (1990) (russian: Пирамида-1, Romanized: ''Piramida'') is a thriller novel by Soviet special investigator and deputy of Soviet Parliament Telman Gdlyan and professional writer Evgeny Dodolev, about Soviet Mafia. It is the first Soviet book about corruption. The book allegedly exposed ties between Leonid Brezhnev's family, Sharof Rashidov and the Soviet Mafia. With their critical viewpoint of Soviet governmental corruption, co-authors were targeted by the government. According to Edward Topol the already printed book was banned in 1989, then released a year and half later, one year before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Plot summary The 260 pages of the book are divided into 27 chapters. The first part describes the motives for the Soviet corruption. The second part shows how Soviet Intelligence finds out about the so-called Uzbek Affair. To the common Russians, some names in this book became synonymous with corruption, nepotism and the Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeny Dodolev
Yevgeny Yuriyevich Dodolyev (also spelled "Yevgeniy" or "Eugueni"; russian: link=no, Евгений Юрьевич Додолев, born 11 June 1957) is a Soviet and Russian journalist, publisher, and one of hosts at a state-owned Russian television channel Russia-1. Career Evgeny Dodolev worked in popular Russian newspaper ''Sovershenno Sekretno'' (translates as ''Top Secret'' in Russian) which was founded by Artyom Borovik and Yulian Semyonov. He is an owner and publisher of newspaper Novy Vzglyad. He is the president of the Novy Vzglyad Publishing House and co-owns a few newspapers. The Vice President is Marina Lesko. Co-owner of the Publishing House is Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Books Dodolev published several books, including ''The Pyramid. The Soviet Mafia'' (LCCN: 91220622), about the Soviet corruption. He also helped his father Juri Dodolev and his uncle Mikhail Dodolev in writing fiction and historical novels, including ''The Congress of Vienna in the 19th and 20th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mafia
"Mafia" is an informal term that is used to describe criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the original “Mafia”, the Sicilian Mafia and Italian Mafia. The central activity of such an organization would be the arbitration of disputes between criminals as well as the organization and enforcement of illicit agreements between criminals through the use of or threat of violence. Mafias often engage in secondary activities such as gambling, loan sharking, Illegal drug trade, drug-trafficking, prostitution, and fraud. In modern times, the 'Ndrangheta, originating in the Southern Italy, Southern Italian region of Calabria, is widely considered the richest and most powerful mafia in the world. The term "mafia" was originally applied only to the Italian Mafia or specifically the original “Mafia”, the Sicilian Mafia, and the term originates in Sicily. However, the term has since expanded to encompass other organizations of similar methods and purpose, e.g., "the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 In The Soviet Union
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents *President of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev *General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev *Chairman of the Supreme Soviet – Mikhail Gorbachev (until 15 March), Anatoly Lukyanov (after 15 March) *Vice President of the Soviet Union – Gennady Yanayev *Premier of the Soviet Union – Nikolai Ryzhkov Events January *January 12 – Baku pogrom *January 19–20 – Black January March *March 4 – 1990 Russian Supreme Soviet election *March 11 – Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania May *May 4 – Declaration "On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia" *May 6 – Bridge of Flowers *May 9 – 1990 Moscow Victory Day Parade *May 16 – Congress of People's Deputies of Russia is established *May 30–31 – 1990 Vrancea earthquakes June *June 1 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Novels
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Novels Adapted Into Films
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and people of Russia, regardless of ethnicity *Russophone, Russian-speaking person (, ''russkogovoryashchy'', ''russkoyazychny'') *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *Russian alphabet * Russian cuisine *Russian culture *Russian studies Russian may also refer to: *Russian dressing *''The Russians'', a book by Hedrick Smith *Russian (comics), fictional Marvel Comics supervillain from ''The Punisher'' series *Russian (solitaire), a card game * "Russians" (song), from the album ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'' by Sting *"Russian", from the album ''Tubular Bells 2003'' by Mike Oldfield *"Russian", from the album '' '' by Caravan Palace *Nik Russian, the perpetrator of a con committed in 2002 *The South African name for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitaly Korotich
Vitaly Korotich is a Soviet, Ukrainian and Russian writer and journalist. Born in 1936 in Kyiv, he graduated from the Kyiv Medical University in 1959 and worked as a doctor between 1959 and 1966. Later, he became a full-time writer, and served as an officer of the Union of Soviet Writers.Marshall FinePoet provides a view of Soviet Writers Lawrence Journal-World, Sep 28, 1976 In the late 1970s, Korotich became the editor of ''Vsesvit''. a Ukrainian literary magazine in Kyiv specializing in publishing literary works translated from foreign languages. His magazine was described at the time as one "that probably prints more of the latest American fiction than any magazine in Moscow." In 1976, Korotich spent three weeks as a writer-in-residence at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. In 1984, still the editor-in-chief of ''Vsesvit'', he was in New York as a member of the Ukrainian SSR's delegation at the United Nations General Assembly. In 1985, he visited Canada as well, part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenfilm
Lenfilm (russian: link=no, Ленфильм) is a Russian production company with its own film studio located in Saint Petersburg (the city was called Leningrad from 1924 to 1991, thus the name). It is a corporation with its stakes shared between private owners and several private film studios which operate on the premises. Since October 2012, the Chairman of the board of directors is Fyodor Bondarchuk. History Before Lenfilm St. Petersburg was home to several Russian and French film studios since the early 1900s. In 1908, St. Petersburg businessman Vladislav Karpinsky opened his film factory Omnium Film, which produced documentaries and feature films for local theatres. During the 1910s, one of the most active private film studios was Neptun in St. Petersburg, where such figures as Vladimir Mayakovsky and Lilya Brik made their first silent films, released in 1917 and 1918. Lenfilm's property was originally under the private ownership of the ''Aquarium'' garden, which belong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Brezhneva
Galina Leonidovna Brezhneva (russian: Галина Леонидовна Брежнева, link=no; 18 April 1929 – 30 June 1998) was the daughter of Soviet politician and longtime General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and Viktoria Brezhneva. Life and death Galina Brezhneva was born on 18 April 1929 in Sverdlovsk. As a teenager, she refused to become a member of the Komsomol; later, she refused to study for an academic degree. She married for the first time to circus artist Yevgeny Timofeyevich Milaev (1910–1983) in 1951. He had twin children, Alexander "Sasha" and Natalya "Natasha" (born 1948) from his first marriage to Natalya Yurchenko who died from blood poisoning during childbirth. They had one daughter, Viktoria Yevgenyevna Milaeva (1952–2018). She was married briefly to Igor Kio, a union that lasted only nine days. By 1971, her father Leonid Brezhnev had become displeased with the way things were going in Galina's life. He wanted to arrange a marriage for her, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotton Production In Uzbekistan
Cotton production in Uzbekistan is important to the national economy of the country. It is Uzbekistan's main cash crop, accounting for 17% of its exports in 2006.''Uzbekistan in Numbers 2006'', State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, 2007 . With annual cotton production of about 1 million ton of fiber (4–5% of world production) and exports of 700,000-800,000 tons (10% of world exports), Uzbekistan is the 8th largest producer and the 11th largest exporter of cotton in the world. Cotton's nickname in Uzbekistan is "white gold" (''oq oltin''). Up to 2017, the industry was state-controlled on a national level. About two million people were involved in the harvesting of cotton every year. Many of them were forced to work in the cotton fields, receiving little or no pay. In an economy which is the 82nd largest in the world, cotton is crucial for Uzbekistan. But its production has declined over the years. Cotton production peaked in 1988 to 8,000 bales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dissolution Of The Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Soviet Union (USSR) which resulted in the end of the country's and its federal government's existence as a sovereign state, thereby resulting in its constituent republics gaining full sovereignty on 26 December 1991. It brought an end to General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's (later also President) effort to reform the Soviet political and economic system in an attempt to stop a period of political stalemate and economic backslide. The Soviet Union had experienced internal stagnation and ethnic separatism. Although highly centralized until its final years, the country was made up of fifteen top-level republics that served as homelands for different ethnicities. By late 1991, amid a catastrophic political crisis, with several republics alre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Topol
Eduard Vladimirovich Topol (russian: Эдуа́рд Влади́мирович То́поль), real name Topelberg (russian: Топельберг) (born 8 October 1938) is a Russian writer, film producer and screenwriter. Biography Born in Baku, Topol spent his teenage years finishing local school in Baku and graduated from Azerbaijan State Economic University.Вместо автобиографии He also did his military service in . He worked as journalist for newspapers such as ''Bakinskiy Rabochiy'' and '''' and wrote the screenplays for sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corruption In The Soviet Union
Corruption in the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia was observed since the early days of the Soviet Russia and until the last days of the Soviet Union. Corruption happened at all levels of positions of power, including political corruption. History Early years Already on May 2, 1918, Moscow Revtribunal heard the case of four members of the Investigative Committee accused of bribery and blackmailing.Liu Xianzhong苏联时期的腐败及其成因(Corruption and its causes during the Soviet era)Pavel SorokunИсторический очерк возникновения и развития взяточничества и коррупции в России/ref> On May 8, 1918, the "Decree on Bribery" was signed by Lenin, which punished both givers and takers.Финогентова Ольга ЕвгеньевнаПонятие взятки и ответственность за нее в советском законодательстве 1918-1926 гг/ref> In February 1920, a specia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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