Benediktov, Kirill Stanislavovich

Born in Minsk. At seven years old he moved to Moscow. At school, he became interested in ancient history. He graduated from the History Department of Moscow State University , where he studied the pre-Columbian civilizations of Latin America and the recent history of the countries of Europe and America.

In 1993 he left for Belgium , where he graduated from the College of Europe in the city of Bruges . He worked abroad, including in the OSCE . He defended his thesis on "The OSCE in the Balkans: the experience of political stabilization."

Now lives in Moscow. In 2009-2012 was the chief editor of the literary series " Ethnogenesis ". On the TV channel Russia.ru, his program “The Black Heart of Moscow ” was released, dedicated to the mystical places of the Russian capital.

In March 2010, Cyril Benediktov was awarded the Chekhov Prize of the Russian Writers Union. The presentation took place in the small hall of the Central House of Writers.

Currently works in the field of political analytics. He heads the intelligence department of the Terra America portal. He writes the author’s columns in the newspaper Izvestia , on the website of the RT channel (since January 2017 ^[2] ) and in the Internet newspaper Vzglyad .

Benedictov has published several major science fiction works, more than twenty stories.

The novel "Testament of the Night" filmed in 2008 (director - S. Zhigunov ).

He also wrote the documentary “Union of Right Forces. A Brief History of the Party. ”

• 2004 - Eurocon , Best Debut (Russia).
• 2004 - Bronze Snail , Large Form, “The War for Asgard” (2003).
• 2004 - The Wanderer , Large Form, “The War for Asgard” (2003).
• 2004 - Roscon , Roman, 3rd place (“Bronze ROSCON”), “The War for Asgard” (2003).
• 2004 - Bastcon , Bastion Bowl Award. 1st place, “The War for Asgard” (2003).
• 2005 - Filigree , Small Filigree (novel), “The Rise of the Sixth Sun” (2004).
• 2007 - Filigree, Small Filigree (short story), “Lagrange Point” (2006).
• 2008 - Bastcon, Bastion Bowl Award. 2nd place, “Coral Island” (2007).
• 2010 - Bastcon, Ivan Kalita Prize, Blockade. Monster Hunt ”(2009).
• 2010 - Bastcon, Bastion Bowl Award. 2nd place, “Blockade. Monster Hunt ”(2009).
• 2012 - Bastcon, Bastion Bowl Award. 2nd place, “Zayib” (2011).
• 2013 - Bastcon, Prize them. Vl. Odoevsky, Godzilla and Habermas (2013).

Novels

• Testament of the Night (2001)
• The War for Asgard (2003)
• The Way of the Jester (2005)
• Blockade. Monster Hunt (Eagle's Eye) (2009)
• Blockade 2. Shadow of Siegfried (2010)
• Billionaire 2. Arctic Gambit (together with Elena Kondratieva) (2010)
• Blockade 3. The war behind the looking glass (2011)
• Billionaire 3. The end of the game (2011)
• El Dorado. Gold and Cocaine (2012)
• Balkans. Dracula (with Yuri Burnosov) (2014)

Political Biography Books

• The Return of Joan of Arc. Political Biography of Marine Le Pen (2015)
• Black Swan. Political Biography of Donald Trump (2016)

Tale

• Announcement (Alien Apartment) (2003)
• Orihalk (2003)
• Sixth Sunrise (2004)
• Ice Frontier (2004)
• El Corazon (2006)
• Coral Island (2007)
• Zayib (2011)
• Snake and Mongoose (2012)

Stories

• Dargavs, City of the Dead (1990)
• The Long Hunt (1991)
• Temple of the Dead Gods (2001)
• Storm Warning (2002)
• Way of the Gods (Conquistador in the land of dreams) (2003)
• Asymmetric Answer (2004)
• Cherry in the snow (2004)
• Red City (2004)
• Ultralight (2004)
• Oedipus's Cat (2005)
• Walk (2005)
• Ultramarine Bird (2005)
• Answer (2006)
• Lagrange Point (2006)
• Dear Comrade Kui (together with Svetlana Pavlovich) (2007)
• One Key for Two (2009)
• The Beast (2012)
• Godzilla and Habermas (2013)
• October in Kupavna (2013)
• Operation Anger of Perun (2017)

• Vasily Vladimirsky. Our trump card is terror! (Rus.) // World of fiction: magazine. - Moscow: TekhnoMir, 2004. - Issue. 1 . - S. 13-14 .

•   - Benediktov, Kirill Stanislavovich in LiveJournal
• Kirill Benediktov - “Science Fiction Laboratory”
• Interview with a writer about his trip to Tskhinval .
• The program "The Black Heart of Moscow" .
• Kirill Benediktov in “The Reference Point” on “Live TV” .
• If a. 2004. No 12 (142)