''The Pyramid'' (1990) (russian: Пирамида-1,
Romanized: ''Piramida'') is a
thriller novel by Soviet special investigator and deputy of Soviet Parliament
Telman Gdlyan Telman may refer to the following places:
*Telman, former name for Çayoba, a municipality in southern Azerbaijan
*in Kyrgyzstan:
* Telman, Panfilov, a village in Panfilov District, Chuy Region
* Telman, Ysyk-Ata, a village in Ysyk-Ata District, ...
and professional writer
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 televisi ...
, about
Soviet Mafia. It is the first Soviet book about corruption. The book allegedly exposed ties between
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; uk, links= no, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, . (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between 1964 and ...
's family,
Sharof Rashidov
Sharof Rashidovich Rashidov (Uzbek Cyrillic: Шароф Рашидович Рашидов; russian: Шараф Рашидович Рашидов, translit=Sharaf Rashidovich Rashidov; – 31 October 1983) was a Communist Party leader in the Uzbe ...
and the Soviet
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 d ...
.
With their critical viewpoint of
Soviet governmental corruption, co-authors were targeted by the government.
According to
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, ...
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
Great Cotton Scandal of the late Brezhnev period.
Last, there are a few episodes from the life of
Brezhnev
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; uk, links= no, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, . (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between 1964 and 198 ...
's family (
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.
Li ...
and others).
Film adaptation
*''The Pyramid'' (
Lenfilm, 1990)
See also
*
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 ...
References
External links
About Telman GdlyanBrezhnev Rap by Notorische Reflexe, 1983''Our Course: Peace and Socialism'' Collection of Brezhnev's 1973 speeches
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Russian novels adapted into films
1990 novels
1990 in the Soviet Union
Novels about the Russian Mafia
Novels set in the Soviet Union