Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich: Biography

Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich is a famous Russian journalist and writer. At present he is a special correspondent for the newspaper Izvestia. The largest number of materials released, working in the magazine "Russian reporter." In this edition, for 7 years, Dmitry served as deputy editor-in-chief.

Biography of a journalist

Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich was born in 1975 in Gatchina, near Leningrad. However, in early childhood he moved with his parents to the Moscow region. 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 creation. At first it was only poetry. The first collection entitled Envelope was released in 1997, when Dmitry was 22 years old. Soon he stopped writing poems, despite the fact that many of his poems were highly appreciated by readers and experts.

Work as a journalist

Fame in journalistic circles Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich received, thanks to work in the magazine "Russian reporter." This publication, part of the media holding "Expert", appeared on newspaper shelves in 2007. In less than a year, a young 33-year-old Dmitry settled in. In a short time he became one of the most famous representatives of the publication. In this format, Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich came at an opportune time.

"Russian reporter" immediately began to stand out with a large number of analytical materials, journalistic investigations, frank reports. In this edition, many well-known modern journalists have earned their name: Marina Akhmedova, Grigory Tarasevich, Yuri Kozyrev.

"Who" resurrects "our dead?"

Sokolov-Mitrich did not confine himself to journalistic work. He started writing his own books, mostly documentaries. His first investigation was written together with Henry Ehrlich. The book "Anti-Robbery: Who" resurrects "our dead?" Was released in 2006.

It was dedicated to the creator of a new religious cult, who declared himself the second coming of Jesus Christ - Grigory Grabovoi. He acquired popularity in the 2000s, mainly after the terrorist attack in the Beslan school, which killed more than 300 people and injured more than 700 people. For a lot of money, he offered relatives of the dead to resurrect their relatives.

In 2006, criminal proceedings were instituted against Grabovoi. He was accused of committing fraud by a group of persons on a preliminary conspiracy. The investigators managed to prove 9 episodes in which the victims suffered significant material damage. Tagansky court in 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 teaching and to all the vicissitudes that accompanied the Grabovoy case.

In the genre of journalistic investigation

In 2007, another work by the author, also written in the genre of journalistic investigation, is published. The book "Netajik girls: Nechechenskie boys" is published in the publishing house "Yauza". Writers and poets highly appreciated this work of the special correspondent of Izvestia. The author himself positioned his work primarily as an anti-fascist.

It describes the chronicle of crimes that ethnic minorities committed against the Russians - the ethnic majority in our country. The peculiarity of the book is that the author practically does not pay attention to the arguments of journalism, giving the floor to naked facts. In his opinion, the reader himself must draw appropriate conclusions. The work of Sokolov-Mitrich received a number of awards, including the award of Nikolai Strakhov.

At the same time, some human rights activists accused Sokolov-Mitrich of exploiting the language of hostility, creating a deliberately negative image among representatives of national minorities. This position, in particular, was expressed by a well-known researcher of the history of Nazism and xenophobia Galina Kozhevnikova. Many writers and poets supported her.

Sokolov-Mitrich, in turn, argued that in society there was a practice when a crime committed by a Russian against a representative of non-indigenous nationality is considered xenophobic, and in the opposite case often goes unnoticed.

"Yandex Book"

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

In the center of the narrative is a description of the emergence of the largest Russian company operating in the Internet space, as well as the fate of its creators.

A detailed description of the acquaintance of Arkady Volozh and Ilya Segalovich, which was held in school days. In 20 years they will create the largest company on the domestic market of IT-technologies. After a short time they managed to create the largest search engine in the Russian Internet segment.

In addition to the success story of the creators of "Yandex", the book presents interviews with the most important 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 space.

Where is the journalist now?

Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich, whose biography was closely connected with journalism, continues to work in several well-known publications today. The journalist regularly leads author columns in Izvestia, collaborates with RIA Novosti, the portals Vzglyad.ru, Orthodoxy.ru and the magazine Foma.