Ilya Aleksandrovich Varlamov (russian: link=no, Илья́ Алекса́ндрович Варла́мов; born January 7, 1984, Moscow) is a Russian public figure, journalist, entrepreneur and

video blogger Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) syste ...

. He is the creator of author's media based on the

LiveJournal LiveJournal (russian: Живой Журнал), stylised as LiVEJOURNAL, is a Russian-owned social networking service where users can keep a blog, journal, or diary. American programmer Brad Fitzpatrick started LiveJournal on April 15, 1999, as ...

blogging platform (later on Teletype). Founder of the advertising and development agency "iCube", co-founder of the , founder and head of the "Vnimanie" foundation for the preservation of cultural heritage. He is known for his photo reports from the actions of the political

opposition Opposition may refer to: Arts and media * ''Opposition'' (Altars EP), 2011 EP by Christian metalcore band Altars * The Opposition (band), a London post-punk band * ''The Opposition with Jordan Klepper'', a late-night television series on Comed ...

in Russia and in the world, as well as materials about the urban environment in Russian cities. Since 2017, he has been actively running a YouTube channel called "varlamov", in which Ilya devotes most of the materials to the topics of

urban studies Urban studies is based on the study of the urban development of cities. This includes studying the history of city development from an architectural point of view, to the impact of urban design on community development efforts. The core theoretica ...

, politics and news in Russia and the world. As of November 28, 2022, the channel has 4 million subscribers and 1235 million views.

Biography

Varlamov was born and raised in Moscow. He is a graduate of the

Moscow Architectural Institute Moscow Architectural Institute (State Academy) - MArchI (russian: Московский Архитектурный Институт (Государственная Академия) - МАрхИ) is a famous architecture school located in Moscow, ...

with a degree in architecture at the Department of Residential and Public Buildings. In September 2011 he launched the Ridus online media. In June 2012, he announced his withdrawal from the project, after which the entire editorial board changed in Ridus. On June 4, 2012, together with

Maxim Katz Maxim Yevgenyevich Katz (russian: Макси́м Евге́ньевич Кац; born 23 December 1984) is a Russian political and public figure, co-founder of the Urban Projects Foundation, author of the YouTube channel of the same name, Russ ...

, he announced the launch of the .

Awards

* 2011 – * 2010 – * 2009, 2011, 2012 –

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Varlamov, Ilya 1984 births 21st-century Russian journalists Living people Journalists from Moscow Russian activists against the Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian male bloggers Russian explorers Russian male journalists Russian liberals Russian photographers Russian Wikimedians Russian YouTubers Russian video bloggers