Modern Russia is distinguished by the active political position of its citizens. An increasing part of the population is becoming literate in matters of statehood. In addition to liberal figures, the conservative movement is no less developed.
The leader and ideological inspirer is Nikolai Viktorovich Starikov, the organizer of Internet pickets, the author of books about a strong Russia and the chairman of the Great Fatherland Party.
The biography of Nikolai Viktorovich Starikov originates in Leningrad on August 23, 1970. The boy was named after his grandfather, who served as a colonel in the NKVD and was a hero of the Great Patriotic War.
The father of little Nikolai told his son about the heroic grandfather and services to the motherland, for the kid the valiant military man became an example of imitation and the ideal of a citizen. Even then, in distant childhood, the public position of the statesman, historian and politician Nikolai Starikov was formed.
Having written dozens of books and posts on his personal blog, Nikolai Viktorovich prefers not to cover his personal life and information about his family and parents.
During his youth in the Soviet Union, Starikov was a member of the Komsomol, and after the collapse of the country and the formation of a new Russia, the graduate entered the St. Petersburg Engineering and Economic Institute named after Palmiro Togliatti. Nikolai Viktorovich left the walls of the alma mater with a diploma of an engineer-economist of the chemical industry.
The received specialty turned out to be unclaimed in Russia, tormented by economic and political crises. For two years, the future publicist, earning a livelihood, went through many activities. Like millions of Russians who found themselves unemployed and forced to learn how to live in a new capitalist state, Starikov sold newspapers on electric trains, unloaded wagons, guarded stalls and shops.
In 1994, Nikolai Viktorovich managed to get a job at the Chance publishing house.
Nikolai Starikov on radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda" At first, the future master of the word turned out to be far from the writer's everyday life, taking the position of an ordinary advertising manager. The young man coped well with his duties, and soon career growth was not long in coming. Starikov takes the place of the head of the advertising department in the newspaper Reklama-Chance. The future writer worked in this area until 1998.
Since 1998, Starikov's career has been rapidly on the rise. First, a young advertising worker is invited to the position of deputy commercial director of the St. Petersburg Regional Television channel. In the same year, the man moves to a similar position at the Europa Plus radio station.
And already in 2003, Starikov took the office of the commercial director of the Channel One branch in the northern capital of Russia.
Nikolai Starikov - author of books in the genre of journalism A year before going to work in the St. Petersburg branch of the main button of the country, Starikov tries his hand at the political arena. Nikolai Viktorovich nominates a candidate for the elections to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. Unfortunately, he failed to get the required number of votes, and Starikov did not get into the number of deputies.
However, social and political activity did not stop with the bad experience. In 2006, Starikov makes his debut as a writer. Books created in the genre of journalism represent the author's view of historical processes and personalities, an analysis of the current political situation and events taking place in Russia and the world.
The works are saturated with conservative patriotic ideas. In the created personal blog, interviews and in all public work in general, Starikov opposes liberalism. Writer supports . Repeatedly, Nikolai Viktorovich spoke about the positive impact on statehood and the development of the country. On the personality of the leader, he wrote the book “Stalin. Let's remember together."
The author had to defend his own position more than once during debates with opponents, including on the air of the Duel program. He acted as an opponent of the publicist. By the way, according to the results of the program, the vast majority of viewers supported the conservative Starikov.
Duel: Zhirinovsky VS. StarikovIn general, the position of Nikolai Viktorovich, despite the criticism of experts and historians in terms of objectivity, scientific reliability and validity, is supported by thousands of citizens. The public likes the ideas of integration, strengthening the country by suppressing separatist manifestations, preserving historical and family values.
According to Starikov, terrorism is organized and sponsored by the United States in order to divert world attention from the problems of the dollar. In general, the author blames Great Britain and the States, as well as the actions of the special services of these countries, for all the troubles of the world and Russia. Therefore, the publicist believes that the participation of his native country in the WTO, juvenile justice, the right to judge citizens on the territory of other states negatively affect the development of the country.
In addition to books, the author shares his position in blog articles, which, in fact, can be called the official website of the writer. Nikolai Viktorovich is actively working on the Internet. The ideas of the conservative are broadcast from the blog to pages in social networks "In contact with" , "Instagram" , "Twitter" , Facebook and LiveJournal.
The position of the activist was officially expressed in the public movement “Trade Union of Citizens of Russia” created by him in 2011.
Social activists advocate the nationalization of the ruble and natural resources. They talk about the importance of free education. The organization advocates the resumption of the death penalty for especially dangerous criminals. Activists also advocate for a ban on homosexual propaganda and the loan economy.
Starikov and like-minded people held rallies and pickets against, in support of, detained in the United States on charges of arms trafficking and supporting terrorism, demanding that he be returned to Russia.
The main ideas of the movement were reflected in the political program of the Great Fatherland Party, organized in 2013. Critics call the party an attempt to create a semblance of a pro-state "United Russia".
Nikolai Starikov at the head of the "Great Fatherland Party" Starikov invented the so-called Internet pickets, when the appeals of thousands of citizens are organized in an organized manner and sent to the ruling authorities. This method of public influence is used in the publicist's social network "Internet militia", launched in 2012. The participants demand to deprive the citizenship of the activists of the group.
In 2015, Starikov, together with other public figures, such as the leader of the Night Wolves, Dmitry Sablin, Yulia Berezikova, created the Anti-Maidan movement to prevent the collapse of the state.
It is not surprising that the sharply conservative position of the writer met with criticism and protest from liberal movements and activists. In 2013, the presentation of Starikov's book Fr. Participants of the "Freedom" movement, entering the hall where the event was held, began to chant "Shame!" and declare the need for the author to leave the country, unambiguously proclaiming: “Starikov, go home!”.
However, the writer's work is also criticized by experts and historians. According to the latter, the author manipulates facts, often relies on dubious sources and draws conclusions in books that are not based on scientific works and proven theories.
Personal life, in contrast to the social activities of Nikolai Viktorovich, remains hidden both from the eyes of associates and from the attention of ill-wishers.
It is known that the politician and publicist has a wife and two children. No details about family members are released. Close people of Starikov live a quiet life, safely hidden from the press.
Despite numerous negative statements, the writer continues to release works imbued with ideas of supporting state power. In the author's blog in 2018, the release of another work on relations between Russia and the West “Hatred. Chronicles of Russophobia.
In addition, regular meetings of the writer with readers, creative evenings, posters of which are also published on the blog and on Starikov's pages in social networks, continue.
Since the end of 2017, the work of the Great Fatherland Charitable Foundation has begun. The purpose of the organization is to support the widows and orphans of volunteers who left and died in the Donbass.
We live in a world where reality is defined by a newspaper article and a TV picture. There is no picture - and there is no event. They did not write newspapers - it never happened.
A state that goes in the opposite direction from its roots is doomed to perish.
At all times, under all rulers, the mistakes of politicians were corrected by the blood of soldiers and officers.
Geopolitics is a struggle between great powers for control of resources. This is the whole point. This struggle is endless and has no end or beginning. This is a colossal chess in which moves are made by armies, parties and exchange rates. Human life has never been valued in this game.
Adherents of liberal values believe that his popularity is based only on conspiracy theories voiced in the media. In fact, it is due to the views of the writer and historian, close to a significant part of the country's citizens, especially those who were born in the USSR and dream of returning to their former greatness. Every year there were more and more such people, which prompted Nikolai Viktorovich Starikov to create a party that unites patriotic-minded forces of various persuasions.
Childhood and youth
The founder and chairman of the Air Defense Party was born in Leningrad on August 23, 1970. He was named after his grandfather, Nikolai Vasilyevich, a lieutenant colonel of the NKVD and a hero of the Great Patriotic War, who was repeatedly awarded military awards, including the Order. For his grandson, he was an example of courage and devotion to his country. His father's stories about his grandfather and the "Book of Future Commanders" given to him instilled in Nikolai not only love for his homeland, but also an interest in history, which later grew from a hobby into a lifelong business.
After graduating from school in 1987, he entered the Leningrad Engineering and Economic Institute. Palmiro Togliatti as an engineer-economist of the chemical industry. In 1992, Nikolai successfully graduated from this educational institution, but failed to get a job in his specialty due to the economic crisis in the country. At that time, this profession was not in demand.
Career
For two years, Nikolai Viktorovich did not have a permanent job, doing literally everything in a row - from selling newspapers in commuter trains to protecting trading establishments. In 1994, he got a job at the Shans publishing house, but not as an engineer-economist of the chemical industry, but as an ordinary advertising manager. In this field, he quickly achieved some success. A few years later, he received the position of head of the advertising department of the Reklama-Chance newspaper. Nikolai Viktorovich worked in this printed publication until 1998, after which he moved to work at the Regional Television television company, becoming deputy commercial director.
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Political activity
The debut in politics of Nikolai Starikov took place in 2002. He took part in the elections of deputies of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly. The attempt was not very successful, as only 230 people voted for him - less than 1% of voters.
The second entry into politics took place in 2011. Nikolai Starikov created a voluntary public association of national persuasion "Trade Union of Citizens of Russia". A year later, the Internet Militia social network appeared. Its purpose was to disseminate honest and objective information regarding the manipulation of public opinion.
In 2013, he became co-chairman of the Great Fatherland Party. This public association adheres to conservative views that are contrary to Russian liberalism. In 2016, he announced the party's transition to the "pro-state opposition" to the current government and plans to take part in the autumn elections to the State Duma.
Literary creativity
The first book by Nikolai Starikov was published in 2006. “Who killed the Russian Empire? The main secret of the XX century” was devoted to the most tragic moments in the history of the country. He dealt with this topic for the next three years, which did not bother the liberal public too much. Her attitude changed dramatically after the release of Crisis. How it's done?". The book was published in 2009, and since then, each work of Nikolai Starikov has received sharp criticism from a number of representatives of the scientific and journalistic communities. According to them, his books were characterized "primitivization of real processes" and were intended for semi-literate people who were poorly versed in politics and history. However, every year there were more and more of them - the circulation from the initial 3-5 thousand copies grew steadily. The work of Nikolai Starikov "Power" was published in 2015 in the amount of 100 thousand.
Personal life
Nikolai Viktorovich is married. Raises two daughters.
He made his debut as a writer in 2006. Author of 17 books (at the moment - 09/21/2017). In 2011 he received the Runet Book Prize for the book "Nationalization of the ruble ...". Since 2013 he has been collaborating with the book publishing house " Peter”, which publishes a series of books “Nikolai Starikov recommends reading”.
Starikov himself says this about his books:
In my books I try to logically and clearly explain what is happening in our country and why. What is really behind the beautiful words and historical clichés. I try to make people think, to comprehend for themselves what happened and what is happening.
He often speaks at various conferences, as well as a guest expert in television programs. He acted in documentaries as an expert - " Parvus Revolution”, “Storm of the Winter Palace. Refutation”, “Puppeteer Conspiracy: Demons for Russia”, “Gold. Deception of the highest standard”, “February Syndrome”, “Death of the Leader”, “Bonfires of Democracy”, “Tehran-2012”, “Lessons of June 22”, “Smell of Oil”, “Anniversary of the Octopus”, etc.
Nikolai Starikov is a supporter conservative views, acting as an opponent liberalism. Supports V. V. Putin, criticizes the economic course of the country. Supports integration processes in the territory CIS, speaking sharply against any manifestations of separatism [ ] . Advocates for the preservation of traditional family values. He believes that no one has the right to judge and detain Russian citizens outside the Russian Federation - in connection with which he acted as the leader of the public organization "Trade Union of Citizens of Russia" of a series of pickets in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Novosibirsk and other cities in support of V Bout, who was sentenced in 2012 in the United States to 25 years in prison for illegal arms trafficking and "support for terrorism" (organization "Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - Army of the People").
Believes that the main enemy of Russia is Great Britain. In the book “Who finished off Russia? Myths and truth about the Civil War" states:
"The destruction of the Russian Empire is the most successful operation of British intelligence in its entire history"
“The main organizer of both February and October is the British ... In the fire of the First World War, Germany and Russia crushed each other. That is why the British diplomats untied it!”
Supports the view that I. V. Stalin played a significant positive role in the development of the country. He believes that he was poisoned with the active participation of Western intelligence agencies.
opposed Russia's entry into WTO, against the introduction in Russia juvenile justice, for the nationalization Central Bank Russian Federation.
In the summer of 2012, he created the Internet Militia social network, which proclaimed its goal "to tell the truth, disseminate honest information, reveal the manipulation of facts and public opinion" . This social network calls on the leadership of the Russian Federation to deprive the members of the group Pussy Riot citizenship of the Russian Federation, expel them from the country, followed by a ban on returning back. The members of the movement also tweeted Governor of St. Petersburg George Poltavchenko many messages asking for a ban gay parades.
March 14, 2013 during a presentation in Kyiv books " Stalin. Let's remember together "numerous party activists who came" freedom”began to chant “Shame!” ("A shame!"). As a result, the presentation was disrupted, and Starikov left the hall. They shouted after him: “Go home, Starikov!” Member of the Verkhovna Rada from the Svoboda party Andrey Ilyenko, commenting on what happened later to journalists, said that in the capital of independent Ukraine it is unacceptable to hold “anti-Ukrainian presentations” and advertise books glorifying Stalin, who is guilty of the death of millions of Ukrainians.
In January 2015, along with the leader club motorcyclists "Night wolves" Alexander Zaldostanov, member of the Federation Council Dmitry Sablin, member of the council of veterans of Afghanistan Vyacheslav Shabanov, world champion in fights without rules Yulia Berezikova, Deputy Chairman of United Russia in the State Duma Franz Klintsevich and actor Mikhail Porechenkov initiated the creation of the Anti-Maidan movement, the goal of which is declared to be the fight against the "fifth column" and to prevent the collapse of the state. Along the way, members of the movement will gather at opposition rallies.
October 17, 2015 held his first public performance in Germany, which was held as part of a political conference in the city Bad Soden-Allendorf (Hesse) .
Married, has two daughters.
In 2009 Doctor of Economics, Professor State University Management E. V. Balatsky published a review of the book by N. Starikov “Crisis. How it's done?". In it, the reviewer criticized the methodological approach of the author, which, according to him, comes from his own assertion of man-made crisis, ignoring existing versions. In addition, the sources that Starikov relied on when working on his book were criticized. The reviewer called them marginal. The review also states the misunderstanding/mystification by the author of historical facts related to the creation Fed , Great Depression and cancellation gold standard. In the end, the reviewer concludes that the book under discussion contains "a primitivization of real processes, designed for a semi-literate population."
Yury Georgiev, a Japanese scholar and candidate of historical sciences, notes that in Starikov’s “problematic” book “Who Killed the Russian Empire? The main secret of the XX century” version of the financing Parisian and Geneva conferences Japanese Colonel has no documentary evidence.
Publicist Valery Khachaturov [ the significance of the fact? ], in a review of the work of N. Starikov “Who finished off Russia? Myths and Truth about the Civil War”, accused the author of incompetence and / or ignoring obvious historical facts.
The books of N. Starikov (in particular, “Stalin” and “Who finished off Russia?”) became the subject of a large critical article by R. Vodchenko “The Philistine in Writing”, published under the tags “Falsification of History” and “Pseudoscience”.
In 2015-2016, the researcher P. G. Balaev published a book in two parts (“Anti-Starikov”, “Anti-Starikov-2”) criticizing his views, as well as the views of other well-known publicists and politicians.
In 2016 Stephen Kryze in the book Crisis. How it's done. Starikov's geopolitical "theory", based on a large number of materials from American sources, refutes the main provisions of N. Starikov's book "Crisis: How It's Done", points to inaccuracies in quoting in Starikov's book and even attribution of citations.
| № | Name | Year publications |
Publisher | Qty pages |
Circulation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “Who killed the Russian Empire? The main secret of the twentieth century" | Moscow: Yauza, Eksmo | 512 | 4,000 copies | |
| "February 1917: revolution or special operation?" (2 edition) |
Moscow: Yauza, Eksmo | 320 | 5,000 copies | ||
| "1917. Not a revolution, but a special operation!” (3rd edition) |
Moscow: Yauza, Eksmo | 320 | 4,100 copies | ||
| (4 edition) |
Moscow: Eksmo | 416 | 5,000 copies | ||
| "1917. The Secret of the Russian Revolution" (5 edition) |
SPb.: Peter | 416 | 3,000 copies | ||
| 2 | Myths and truth about the Civil War. Who finished off Russia? | Moscow: Yauza, Eksmo | 512 | 4,000 copies | |
| "1917. Who killed Russia (2 edition) |
Moscow: Yauza, Eksmo | 448 | 4,000 copies | ||
| "Liquidation of Russia. Who helped the Reds win the Civil War? (3rd edition), (+ audio CD, read by the author) |
|
SPb.: Peter | 384 | 5,000 copies 3,000 copies (additional edition) |
|
| 3 | “Devoted Russia. Our "allies" from Boris Godunov to Nicholas II" | Moscow: Yauza, Eksmo | 320 | 4,000 copies | |
| “Devoted Russia. Myths and truth about our "allies" (2 edition) |
Moscow: Yauza, Eksmo | 352 | 4,000 copies | ||
| “The main enemy of Russia. All evil comes from the West" (3rd edition) |
Moscow: Yauza, Eksmo | 320 | 5,000 copies | ||
| “West against Russia. The main enemy of Russia" (4 edition) |
Moscow: Yauza, Eksmo | 320 | 4,000 copies | ||
| "How they betrayed Russia" (5 edition), (+ audio CD, read by the author) |
SPb.: Peter | 336 | 3,000 copies | ||
| 4 | "From the Decembrists to the Mujahideen" | SPb.: Peter | 288 | 2,700 copies | |
| “Who finances the collapse of Russia? From the Decembrists to the Mujahideen" (+ audio CD, read by the author) |
SPb.: Peter | 288 | 3,500 copies | ||
| 5 | "Who forced Hitler to attack Stalin" | SPb.: Peter | 368 | 4,000 copies | |
| “Who forced Hitler to attack Stalin. Hitler's fatal mistake (+ audio CD, read by the author) |
SPb.: Peter | 368 | 3,000 copies | ||
| 6 | “Cherchet for oil. Why is our Stabilization Fund there?” | SPb.: Peter | 272 | 7,000 copies | |
| 7 | "Creasy$: How It's Done" | SPb.: Peter | 304 | 7,000 copies | |
| "Creasy$: How It's Done" (+ audio CD, read by the author) |
SPb.: Peter | 304 | 1,000 copies 5,000 copies (additional edition) |
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| 8 | "Saving the Dollar - War" | SPb.: Peter | 256 | 10,000 copies (additional edition) | |
| 9 | "Nationalization of the ruble - the path to the freedom of Russia" (+ audio CD, read by the author) |
SPb.: Peter | 336 | 20,000 copies | |
| 10 | "Chaos and revolutions are the weapons of the dollar" | SPb.: Peter | 330 | 15,000 copies | |
| 11 | "Stalin. Let's remember together" (+ audio CD, read by the author) |
SPb.: Peter | 416 | 20,000 copies | |
| 12 | "Geopolitics: How it's done" | SPb.: Peter | 368 | 40,000 copies | |
| 13 | "Ukraine. Chaos and revolution - the weapon of the dollar" | SPb.: Peter | 240 | 10,000 copies | |
| 14 | "Russia. Crimea. Story" (+ audio CD, read by the author) |
SPb.: Peter | 252 | 30,000 copies | |
| 15 | "Power" (+ audio CD, read by the author) |
SPb.: Peter | 320 | 5,000 copies | |
| 16 | "Laconisms. Politics. Power. Society" | SPb.: Peter | 176 | 30,000 copies | |
| 17 | "War. Other hands" | Moscow: Yauza, Eksmo | 352 | 25,000 copies |
