Rustam Rakhmatullin is a well-known Russian writer, essayist and culturologist, perhaps the most famous as a participant in the Archnadzor project. In this article we will consider his biography and literary works.
short biography
Rakhmatullin Rustam Evrikovich was born in Moscow in November 1966. In his youth he graduated from the journalism department of Moscow State University. Shortly after graduation, he began to work in the editorial office of the journal "New Youth" until 2000 (at that time the magazine ended its existence). In 1996 he became the founder of the "Essay Club" and was its curator until its closure in the same 2000. Also, he worked for a year in Nezavisimaya Gazeta, being a columnist for the city’s architectural monuments (since 1997).
The theme of Moscow in creativity
Since 1998, Rustam Rakhmatullin has been giving lectures on the subject of regional studies and Moscow studies, and in 2012 he became a teacher of Moscow studies at a university in this city.
In the mid-2000s, he conducted a column in Izvestia under the name Caution, Moscow. In 2005, the writer was awarded on behalf of the Union of Architects of Russia for several relevant articles on the preservation of architectural monuments in the capital.
He is one of the founders and a member of the coordinating council of the Arkhnadzor urban protection project (founded in 2009). This is a voluntary union of Muscovites, which contributes to the preservation, study and reconstruction of the architectural monuments and landscapes of the city. For their activities, participants do not receive any fee, nor do they depend on any commercial organization. In addition, the society carries out various educational programs.
In 2011, he began to conduct a cycle of television local history programs “Moscow's Love” on the Russia-24 channel.
In addition, Rakhmatullin is one of the active participants in the Heritage School project (launched in 2015).
Over the years of his research and creativity, the writer received several literary awards and prizes.
In addition, the writer periodically conducts tours of Moscow, which invariably collect a large number of people who want to visit them.
Literary work
The Russian writer Rustam Rakhmatullin published a book entitled Two Moscow or Metaphysics of the Capital in 2008. For this work he received the Big Book National Prize for Literature. In addition, the book won an audience award. It reflects Rakhmatullin's many years of research on the history of Moscow, a new understanding of its past, and numerous interweaving with the stories of other cities. According to the author, Moscow is one of the incarnations of a higher plan, which has been carried out for many centuries. All this allows the reader to plunge into the atmosphere of the history of the city and feel like its direct spectator.
Another work dedicated to Muscovite studies is The Fans of Moscow (2009). In it, Rustam Rakhmatullin continues his story about the unusual history of the city and its mythology, especially paying attention to the theme of love in Moscow. In the new book for the first time previously unknown photographs of some architectural monuments are printed. For her, the writer was awarded the prize of the Russian government for his contribution to culture.