Today we will talk about a man who boldly walked forward, despite the fact that he was constantly put sticks in the wheels. The courage and dignity of our hero deserve praise and admiration. The funny thing is that Pykhalov Igor Vasilievich is an ordinary person who simply followed the call of his heart and did not adapt to circumstances, but went against them. The author has written several books, each of which deserves special attention. Today we will talk about the life of our hero, and also consider his creative side, personal motives for writing books and try to find the grain of truth among various informational garbage.
Meet the hero
Pykhalov Igor Vasilievich was born on October 30 in 1965. The boy was born in the beautiful city of Leningrad, which attracted the attention of people from all over the world. Igor Pykhalov is a well-known publicist and author of books about Russia. All his work is permeated with one idea - the exposure of myths about the Stalin era. Naturally, all of his books are devoted to the maximum disclosure of this topic. In addition, he opens the veil of the NKVD.
In addition to literary activity, Pykhalov Igor Vasilievich is also a person with an active lifestyle. He created a project on the Internet called "For Stalin." His most famous books were: “The Great Slandered War”, “Beria and Purge in the NKVD” and “For What Stalin Evicted the Nations”. Today, our hero is 51 years old and he lives in Russia. He also created his own website, which we will talk about below. Before creating the site, he published his thoughts on a popular free Internet resource, but since 2013 he has not appeared there anymore.
Political life
Igor Pykhalov, whose books are in great demand and public interest, studied at the Institute of Aviation Instrumentation in his native city. After graduation, he worked as a programmer at the same institute.
Igor Vasilievich graduated from the institute in 1988, and in the same year he joined the ranks of the CPSU, having previously become a candidate. Already in 1989, he became a member of the Leningrad Popular Front, which was just beginning its formation. At the beginning of next year he became a member of the Leningrad City Party Club. This is how his political life spun rapidly, in which the young man was very involved and which he recognized from the inside. All this activity attracted him very much; he was a true and faithful member of the party, ready to fight for its ideals.
It is very interesting to observe how the views of a rational and educated person who believes in the party changed after he saw the whole “mechanism” from the inside, but more on that later.
In February 1990, he took an active part in the first conference of the Democratic Platform of the city as a delegate. March 4, 1990 held elections in which Pykhalov ran for deputy of the Leningrad City Council. Having failed, in May of this year he quits the party.
Life after the party
For a while, Igor Pykhalov disappears from the political life of society. The “respite” period lasted quite a while. To date, Igor himself does not give a concrete answer to what he has been doing for all those long years. It is not known exactly how he spent this time, but there are many legends and conjectures. Some believe that he was collecting information for the secret services, while others suggest that he was desperate and did not want to communicate with anyone. It is impossible to find out a specific answer, because Pykhalov was not followed by journalists, his environment is very limited, and he is silent.
The author appeared in August 2014 and went to fight in the Lugansk region as a volunteer. Since August 15, he was a grenade launcher, a couple of times he went to the forefront.
Sources of information
The creative activity of Igor Pykhalov is devoted to topics of the Stalin era. It is not known why he is so interested in these events, but it is surprising on what grounds he interprets all events from his own point of view. Of course, now we live in a free country, but still it is not clear where he gets the facts that he so zealously proves in his books.
Reading it is undoubtedly very interesting. Each page captures and does not let go, but is everything written? It is difficult to answer this question, but it’s still strange, how does an ordinary person have access to materials that should be closed? Hence the logical assumption about whether all his books are simply successful sparkling fiction, which is aimed at attracting the mass public and making profit?
In simple terms, maybe everything written is just a way to make money? Well, this cannot be argued, because it is not caught - not a thief. However, many questions to the work of Pykhalov remain open.
It is worth noting that he is often invited to television or radio in order to discuss some issues of past years. Why is he entrusted with discussing the country's historical past? Again, the same idea arises that all this is nothing more than a chase for ratings on the air. Let us leave these arguments and move on to the facts.
Creation
The creativity of our hero is limited to several topics that are in each of his books. Igor Pykhalov, whose biography is discussed above, is a person who is confident in his views, so in the book he clearly sets out his opinion on the political events of the past years. The main topics of all his works are the activities of the MGB and the NKVD in the Soviet Union. Much attention is paid to the Stalinist repressions, the terrible Holodomor in Ukraine, the mass deportation of peoples and other terrible events.
Several times, famous and influential personalities accused Pykhalov of falsifying and manipulating historical facts to deceive the population, as well as inciting ethnic hatred. So, the Chechen Ombudsman Nurdi Nukhazhieva and Ingush lawmaker Buzurtanova M. said that Igor Vasilyevich was deliberately inciting conflicts between different nationalities, thus popularizing his image among the masses. Moreover, Pykhalov’s article on the resettlement of Chechens and Ingush was included in a separate list of extremist materials.
Pykhalov Igor Vasilievich: "Great slandered war"
The book was published in 2005 by Eskmo Publishing House. She talks about the events of World War II. The author debunks many myths and conjectures that exist in the modern information space. Many of his thoughts and proofs are really reasonable and true, but sometimes the subjectivity of the author is still clearly visible.
The book relates to military literature. It is written in the form of questions to which Pykhalov gives clear and unambiguous answers. In the annotation, the author writes that his creation is intended for a wide range of readers who want to know the truth about their historical past. Pykhalov says that recently, thoughts that blur the boundaries of reality, turning the Great War into a petty, insignificant fact, have been increasingly being introduced into the consciousness of people. This trend is observed on television, as well as in popular literature.
Igor Pykhalov, the author of this book, subjected many supposedly reliable facts to critical analysis, which makes the absurdity of many media statements obvious.
Criticism
Igor Pykhalov incurred multiple criticisms, since his works clearly show personal sympathies for historical figures, so you can not expect an objective point of view from his books. Then the logical question arises: "Why write?" If these are only your own thoughts, in your own way redone facts, then why write this gibberish and publish it? It would be much more reasonable if only independent professionals, and not everyone, could engage in clarifying historical events.
Pykhalov Igor Vasilievich - author of books in which his sympathy for Stalin is clearly visible. How can one count on the fact that all events are described reliably if they pass through a certain prism of perception of the writer?
Author works
The author’s works are quite numerous, he wrote several books and articles. All of them are united by one theme. All articles can be read on the Internet - they are freely available. Any Pykhalov book can be purchased in paper or electronic form. The most popular are several of his books: US Intelligence Services, the familiar Great Slandered War, and The Most Vile Myths about Stalin.
Personal site
Pykhalov Igor Vasilievich, whose work required more and more information space, created his own website. To date (the beginning of 2017), unfortunately, it does not work, but in the near future technical problems will be resolved. On the site, he indicated all the necessary information about himself, and also posted all his works there and opened access for free commenting on the material.
The reasons why the site is down is unknown.
Pykhalov Igor Vasilyevich: beating
The attack happened in 2010, on November 11th. The writer was attacked by two unknown guys at the very entrance of his house. Igor Vasilievich had a broken nose, and numerous bruises were found on his body. He did not leave it just like that and turned to the police of St. Petersburg for help.
What did Igor Pykhalov think about this? “For what Stalin expelled the people” - the author’s book, which tells about the resettlement of Chechens and Ingush. The writer himself is confident that the attack was committed by persons of Caucasian nationality in connection with the information that is set out in the above book. This belief is based on the fact that the attackers did not talk to the man, nor did they try to rob him. Interestingly, before the attack, strangers called Igor Vasilyevich’s father to make sure Pykhalov Jr. was not at home.
A well-known foundation called “Historical memory” supported the author, wishing him a speedy recovery, as well as pointing out that beating should not be an argument in resolving any disputes.