Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich: biography

Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich, a famous Russian journalist and writer. Currently a special correspondent of the newspaper "Izvestia". The greatest amount of material was released, working in the magazine "Russian reporter". In this edition for the past 7 years Dmitriy held the post of Deputy editor-in-chief.

Biography of journalist

Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich was born in 1975 in Gatchina, near Leningrad. But in early childhood moved with his parents to the suburbs. His adolescent years were spent in the town of Elektrostal.

After school he entered Moscow state University at journalism faculty. In those same years, Dmitry began writing. At first it was just poems. The first collection under the name "Envelope", was released in 1997, when Dmitry was 22 years old. Soon he stopped writing poetry, despite the fact that many of his poetic works have received high marks from readers and experts.

Journalist

Known in journalistic circles Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich got through the work in the journal "Russian reporter". This edition, part of media-holding "Expert", appeared on newspaper stalls in 2007. Less than a year, it got a young 33-year-old Dmitry. In a short time he became one of the most famous representatives of the publication. In this format, Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich came in handy.

"Russian reporter" immediately began to stand out a large amount of analytical materials, investigative journalism, outspoken reports. In this edition the name of have earned themselves a well-known contemporary journalists: Marina Akhmedova, Grigory Tarasevich, Yuri Kozyrev.

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"Who "raises" our dead?"

Sokolov-Mitrich did not confine himself to journalistic work. He began writing books, mostly documentary. His first investigation was written jointly with Henry Ehrlich. The Book "Anthropoi. Who "raises" our dead?" was released in 2006.

She was dedicated to the founder of a new religious worship, declaring himself the second coming of Jesus Christ - Grigory Grabovoy. The popularity he acquired in 2000 years, mainly after the terrorist attack in Beslan school, which killed more than 300 people and more than 700 were injured. For a lot of money he offered to the relatives of the victims to resurrect their relatives.

In 2006 against Grabovoy was initiated by the prosecution. He was accused of committing fraud by a group of persons upon a preliminary collusion. Investigators were able to prove 9 episodes in which the victim suffered substantial material damage. Tagansky court of Moscow sentenced him to 11 years in prison. Then the sentence was reduced to eight years. Grabovoi was released on parole in 2010.

The Description of its false doctrines and all the vicissitudes that accompanied the case of Grabovoi, devoted to the book, which was written by Sokolov-Mitrich.

In the genre of investigative journalism

In 2007, comes another work of the author, also written in the genre of investigative journalism. The book "Netricsa girls. Non-Chechen boys" leaves in publishing house "Yauza". Writers and poets praised the work of the special correspondent of "Izvestia". The author has positioned his work as primarily anti-fascist.

It describes the chronicle of the crimes which representatives of the ethnic minorities have made against Russian - ethnic majority in our country. The feature of the book is that the author almost does not pay attention to the arguments of journalism, giving the floor to the bare facts. In his opinion, readers should draw the appropriate conclusions. The work of Sokolov-Mitrich has received a number of awards, including the prize of the Nikolai Strakhov.

However, some human rights activists accused Sokolov-Mitrich in that it exploits the language of hatred, knowingly creating a negative image of representatives of national minorities. This position, in particular, was expressed by the famous researcher of the history of Nazism and xenophobia Galina Kozhevnikova. Many writers and poets supported it.

Sokolov-Mitrich, in turn, argued that the society has developed a practice, when the crime committed against the representative of the Russian non-indigenous, is considered xenophobic and otherwise often goes unnoticed.

"Yandex. Book"

Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich, whose books were popular with readers, was famous not only for investigative journalism. In 2014, he released a novel in the genre of documentary prose "Yandex. Book." This is a detailed and true story about the creation of the company "Yandex" and its leaders from the beginning of 70-ies of XX century to our days.

In the center of the narrative description of the emergence of the largest Russian companies working in the Internet space, as well as the fate of its creators.

Describes in Detail the acquaintance of Arkady Volozh and Ilya Segalovich, which took place during his school years. In 20 years they will create the largest company in the domestic market of IT-technologies. After a short time theymanaged to create the largest in the Russian segment of the Internet search engine.

In Addition to the success stories of the founders of "Yandex", the book presents interviews with the most important domestic Internet entrepreneurs. But the closing chapters, which included and interview with one of the founders of "Yandex" Arkady Volozh, attention is paid to the increasing pressure of the state machine on the Internet space.

Where's the reporter?

Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich, the biography which has been closely associated with journalism, and today continues to work in several prominent publications. The journalist regularly runs editorials in the "news", collaborating with RIA "news" portals "Look.ru", "Orthodoxy.ru" and the "Foma"magazine.