Biography
Russian writer, biographer and journalist. Known as the author of books about Soviet and Russian cinema, television, pop, sports. After serving in the army (1981-1983) he entered the Moscow Regional Pedagogical Institute named after N. Krupskaya (MOPI) at the Faculty of History (evening department). In 1992, he left for private security business (he was a member of the Kommersant newspaper). In August 1994, using funds borrowed from a fellow entrepreneur, he published his first book, "The Life and Death of Vladimir Vysotsky." In 1996-2000 he was a criminal journalist in the newspaper "I am a bodyguard." Then he released a four-volume - "Bandits of the era of socialism", "Bandits of the era of capitalism", "Bandits of the West" and "The Age of Terror". In January 1997, the first two volumes became the leaders of Moscow according to the results of a survey of the Book Review newspaper. In 1998-1999 he published a multi-volume (8 volumes) with biographies of famous figures of the USSR - actors of theater, cinema, pop, athletes, writers, television presenters under the name "Dossier on the Stars." In 2004, Razzakov published a two-volume book, The Life of Wonderful Times, where he attempted to write a chronology of the 1970s in the Soviet Union. In 2016, Razzakov returned to this project - together with the Institute for Systems and Strategic Analysis (ISAN), under the direction of A. I. Fursov, he began to publish a detailed chronicle of the 1960s, "Life in wonderful times. The sixties. " The description of each year is 2-3 volumes. Razzakov has been collaborating with television since 2000 - it began with documentaries on crime based on the book The Bandits of the Socialist Era. In 2003, the writer first appeared on the screens of Russian TV - on the TNT channel, in a program dedicated to the Brigade series. Since then, he has participated in recording dozens of programs on various channels (First, Rossiya, TVC, NTV, Kultura, Zvezda, REN-TV, DTV and others), and regularly appears in documentaries as an expert. In 2005, on the DTV channel, Razzakov's book "How Idols Went Out" was filmed (more than 200 issues were aired). Since the summer of 2006, he has been collaborating with the newspaper Sovetskaya Rossiya, where he was awarded the Word to the People Award. His first article there was dedicated to the memory of American singer Dean Reed. He also prepared biographies of Vladimir Vysotsky, Alla Pugacheva, Andrei Mironov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Leonid Filatov, Sharaf Rashidov, Andrei Makarevich, Christina Orbakaite, Maxim Galkin, Oleg Efremov, Valery Kharlamov, Vladislav Tretyak, Anatoly Tarasov, Konstantin Barasov. Razzakov wrote several scandalously critical articles about the figures of Soviet and Russian art - many of them later went into the book "Why Soviet Stars Do Not Go Out," from a pro-Soviet position. For example, in an article about Andrei Makarevich - "Makar and his calves, or Nyubileiny Makarevich", published in the newspaper "Sovetskaya Rossiya", the idea is made that "Makar" (Makarevich) did not lead his "calves" (followers) to where the shepherd should lead his sheep, that is, not to sovereign ideals. The author accuses the bard of his family belonging to the Soviet elite and the possession of goods and things that are inaccessible to most Soviet people. Razzakov often criticizes the idols of millions - be it Makarevich, Alla Pugacheva and others.
