Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich is a famous Russian journalist and writer. Currently, a special correspondent for the Izvestia newspaper. He produced the largest number of materials while working in the journal "Russian Reporter". In this publication, for 7 years, Dmitry served as deputy chief editor.
Journalist Biography
Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich was born in 1975 in Gatchina, near Leningrad. However, in early childhood he moved with his parents in the suburbs. His adolescent years passed in the town of Elektrostal.
After school, he entered the Moscow State University at the Faculty of Journalism. In those same years, Dmitry began literary work. At first it was just poetry. The first collection called Envelope was published in 1997, when Dmitry was 22 years old. Soon, he stopped writing poetry, despite the fact that many of his poetic works received high marks from readers and experts.
Work as a journalist
Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich received fame in journalistic circles thanks to his work in the journal "Russian Reporter". This publication, part of the media holding Expert, appeared on newspaper shelves in 2007. Less than a year later, a young 33-year-old Dmitry got a job there. In a short time he became one of the most famous representatives of the publication. In this format, Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich came in handy.
The Russian Reporter immediately began to stand out with a large number of analytical materials, journalistic investigations, and frank reports. In this publication, many well-known modern journalists have earned a name for themselves: Marina Akhmedova, Grigory Tarasevich, Yuri Kozyrev.
"Who" resurrects "our dead?"
Sokolov-Mitrich did not limit himself to journalistic work. He began to write his own books, mostly documentaries. His first investigation was written jointly with Heinrich Erlich. The book "Antigrabovy. Who" resurrects "our dead?" released in 2006.
It was dedicated to the creator of a new religious cult, which declared itself the second coming of Jesus Christ - Gregory Grabovoi. He gained popularity in the 2000s, mainly after the attack in the Beslan school, which killed more than 300 people and injured more than 700. For a lot of money, he invited the relatives of the victims to resurrect their relatives.
In 2006, criminal prosecution was initiated against Grabovoi. He was accused of committing fraud by a group of persons by prior conspiracy. Investigators managed to prove 9 episodes in which the victims suffered substantial material damage. The 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.
A book written by Sokolov-Mitrich is devoted to the description of his false teachings and all the vicissitudes that accompanied the Grabovoi case.
In the genre of journalistic investigation
In 2007, another author’s work was published, also written in the genre of journalistic investigation. The book "Non-Tajik Girls. Non-Chechen Boys" is published by Yauza Publishing House. Writers and poets praised this work by Izvestia’s special correspondent. The author himself positioned his work primarily as anti-fascist.
It describes the chronicle of crimes that ethnic minorities committed against Russians - the ethnic majority in our country. The peculiarity of the book is that the author pays little attention to the arguments of journalism, giving the floor to bare facts. In his opinion, the reader himself must draw the appropriate conclusions. Sokolov-Mitrich's work received a number of awards, including the Nikolai Strakhov Prize.
At the same time, some human rights activists accused Sokolov-Mitrich of exploiting the hate speech, creating a deliberately 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 her.
Sokolov-Mitrich, in turn, argued that there was a practice in society when a crime committed by a Russian against a representative of non-indigenous nationality was considered xenophobia, and in the opposite case often goes unnoticed.
"Yandex. Book"
Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich, whose books were popular with readers, became famous not only for journalistic investigations. 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 Yandex company and its leaders from the very beginning of the 70s of the XX century to the present day.
In the center of the story is a description of the appearance of the largest Russian company operating in the Internet space, as well as the fate of its creators.
The acquaintance of Arkady Volozh and Ilya Segalovich, which took place back in school years , is described in detail. After 20 years, they will create the largest company in the domestic market of IT-technologies. After a short time, they managed to create the largest search engine in the Russian segment of the Internet.
In addition to the success story of the creators of Yandex, the book presents interviews with the most significant domestic Internet businessmen. And in the final chapters, which included an interview with one of the creators of Yandex, Arkady Volozh, attention is paid to the increasing pressure of the state machine on the Internet.
Where is the journalist now?
Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich, whose biography was closely related to journalism, and today continues to work in several well-known publications at once. The journalist regularly maintains columns in Izvestia, collaborates with RIA Novosti, the portals Vzglyad.ru, Pravoslavie.ru and the magazine Foma.