Mitrofanov, Alexey Gennadievich

Alexey Mitrofanov was born in Moscow, in a family of design engineers. He graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute , not a single day worked in the specialty. He worked in the Museum of History of Moscow , in various mass media: in the magazine “ Capital ”, in the newspaper “ Izvestia ” (in the early 2000s he led the Moscow history column), in the newspaper “ The First of September ”, on the channel “ Stolitsa ” and others. Alexey Mitrofanov is engaged in local history all his life. Among the favorite topics - Russian history, urban phenomenology, catering .

Alexey Mitrofanov is the author of a series of 15 books “Walks in Old Moscow”, books about Russian cities: Vladimir , Tambov , Kaliningrad , Yaroslavl , Smolensk , Kaluga , the biography of Vladimir Alekseevich Gilyarovsky (series ZHZL ). The author of a television program about Gilyarovsky, in which he himself played the role of a famous writer and researcher in Moscow. In 2010–2015, he was the host of the “Chronicles of Moscow Life” series on TV Center .

About himself and his work, Alexey Mitrofanov says briefly:

I come to some city, settle in a hotel, and then wander through museums, drink local vodka, photograph half-destroyed sights, communicate with local historians, empty bookstores, swear at taxi drivers, hang out in libraries, and then return back to Moscow and start writing . Such is my life. ^[2]

In 2011, Alexei Mitrofanov wrote a book in a new for him genre of the “ironic male detective story” called “The Little Bug”.

• Series " Life of wonderful people "
  • Gilyarovsky . M .: Young Guard , 2008. P. 336. ISBN 978-5-235-03076-3

• Series "Cities and People"
  • Around Moscow. Travel stories. M .: Kolibri , 2015. P. 448. ISBN 978-5-389-06921-3

• Series "City walks"
  • Vladimir . M .: Klyuch-S , 2007. p. 224. ISBN 978-5-93136-038-6
  • Tambov . M .: Klyuch-S, 2007. p. 224. ISBN 978-5-93136-038-6
  • Kaliningrad . M .: Klyuch-S, 2008. p. 240. ISBN 978-5-93136-056-0
  • Yaroslavl . M .: Klyuch-S, 2008. p. 224. ISBN 978-5-93136-063-8
  • Smolensk . M .: Klyuch-S, 2009. p. 240. ISBN 978-5-93136-073-7
  • Kaluga M .: Klyuch-S, 2010. p. 240. ISBN 978-5-93136-112-3

• Series “Walking in old Moscow "
  • Tverskaya . M .: Klyuch-S, 2005, p. 280. ISBN 5-93136-012-3 , 5-93136-024-7
  • Arbat . M .: Klyuch-S, 2006, p. 272. ISBN 5-93136-022-0 .
    • 2nd ed. Rev., 2010 ISBN 978-5-93136-108-6
  • Pokrovka . M .: Klyuch-S, 2007, p. 288. ISBN 978-5-93136-047-8
    • 2nd ed. Rev., 2010 ISBN 978-5-93136-111-6
  • Bolshaya Nikitskaya . M .: Klyuch-S, 2007, p. 288. ISBN 978-5-93136-046-1
    • 2nd ed. Rev., 2010 ISBN 978-5-93136-110-9
  • Myasnitskaya . M .: Klyuch-S, 2007, p. 288. ISBN 978-5-93136-036-2
  • Prechistenka . M .: Klyuch-S, 2008, p. 266. ISBN 978-5-93136-054-6
  • Polyanka . M .: Klyuch-S, 2008, p. 272. ISBN 978-5-93136-064-5
  • Petrovka . M .: Klyuch-S, 2008, p. 272. ISBN 978-5-93136-057-7
  • Lubyanka M .: Klyuch-S, 2009. C. 268. ISBN 978-5-93136-083-6
  • Solyanka . M .: Klyuch-S, 2009. C. 288. ISBN 978-5-93136-091-1
  • Neglinnaya . M .: Klyuch-S, 2010, p. 272. ISBN 978-5-93136-116-1
  • Ordynka . M .: Klyuch-S, 2011, p. 256. ISBN 978-5-93136-139-0
  • Rozhdestvenka . M .: Klyuch-S, 2012, p. 288. ISBN 978-5-93136-168-0
  • The final books of the series are being prepared for release: Pyatnitskaya Street and Dmitrovka .
• Series “Moscow, which is not. Guide"
  • Y. Mezentseva, A. Mozhayev, A. Mitrofanov. From Borovitskaya to Pushkin Square. M .: Memories, 2007. p. 384. ISBN 978-5-903116-38-6
• Series "Walking in St. Petersburg "
  • Nevsky Prospect . M .: Klyuch-S, 2010, p. 240. ISBN 978-5-93136-125-3
• Other
  • Little bug. M .: Navona, 2011. p. 200. ISBN 978-5-91798-017-1
• The series "The daily life of mankind": "The daily life of the Soviet communal" .Izd.AO "Young Guard" 2019. ISBN 978-5-235-04233-9

•   - a live journal by Alexei Mitrofanov
• Rustam Rakhmatullin. Modern Gilyarovskie invited to "Walk" in the old town. / / News. 09/21/07
• Internet project "Moscow which is not"