Oleg Anatolyevich Shishkin ( September 10, 1963 , Moscow , RSFSR , USSR ) - Russian writer , playwright , screenwriter , art critic , journalist and television presenter [1] . Member of the Union of Russian Writers .
| Oleg Anatolyevich Shishkin | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | September 10, 1963 (55 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Moscow RSFSR USSR |
| Citizenship |  USSR →  Russia |
| Occupation | writer , playwright , screenwriter , journalist , television presenter , art critic |
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Biography
O. A. Shishkin studied at the Boris Schukin Theater Institute . After graduating in 1984, he worked at the Mosfilm film studio. Then - in the newspaper " Today ", on the radio station " Echo of Moscow ", on " TV-6 " (screenwriter of the program " Sandman "). He was published in the magazines “ Spark ”, “ Itogi ”, “Warrior”, in the newspapers “ Top Secret ” and “Oracle”. He is the author of more than five hundred articles on contemporary art, photography, Buddhism , the early history of Soviet intelligence and Soviet secret societies.
Since 1987, published as a professional writer. His first book, Six Tales of Extinction and Death, a collection of mystical stories, was published in 1989 .
A series of articles in the Segodnya newspaper in 1994 about N. K. Roerich as an agent of the Comintern and the OGPU-NKVD was widely known [2] . In 1999, he published a documentary study on this subject, which became a bestseller: “The Battle of the Himalayas . NKVD : magic and espionage, for which it was nominated for the Small Booker Award (reissued in 2003 ).
Peru O. A. Shishkin owns the books “Kill Rasputin ” (2000), “Red Frankenstein ” (2003), “Rasputin: the story of a crime” (2004), “Twilight of magicians. George Gurdjieff and others "(2005). In the same 2005, the book "B / W" was published, dedicated to photography.
He is the author of scripts for documentaries: “ Charles Darwin ” (2002), “House of Russian Classics” (2003), “Red Frankenstein” (from his own documentary of the same name, 2005), “Tablet of Truth. To the history of poisons ”(2006), plays (“ Elephant disease ”,“ The suffering of young disco dancers, or the mystery of the Faberge family ”,“ Anna Karenina II ”), performances (“ Domain of blood ”), video art (“ Tide or chopping off the head ”).
In 2007, OA Shishkin participated in the scientific conference “ Occultism in Russia of the 20th Century” at the Harriman Institute [3] , where he made a report “The Beginning of the Occult and Paranormal Project of the OGPU: December 1924 - August 1925 and Its Echo” [ 4] .
In 2009 he released the novel “The Witch”.
In 2012, he took part in the reality show " Polyglot " on the channel " Culture " [5] . He was the host of the program "Magic of Cinema" on the same channel.
Since June 2017, she has been conducting the documentary program “Mysteries of Humanity” on the REN TV channel [6] .
Literary work
Battle for the Himalayas
In 1999, Oleg Shishkin published the documentary short story “The Battle of the Himalayas. Magic and espionage ” (reprinted in 2003), which contains more than 150 links to documents from various archives. The book received reviews both in Russia [7] and abroad, for example, in the German journal “ The Journal of Intelligence History ”, dedicated to the history of intelligence [8] .
In “The Battle of the Himalayas” many important archival documents and information stored by the closest relatives of the book’s heroes, including the son and grandson of the “ occultist of the country of soviets” A. V. Barchenko , were put into circulation [9] .
The results of Oleg Shishkin’s research on Bolshevik interest in Tibet , OGPU and occultism are cited not only in the books of Russian scientists [10] [11] , but also in foreign studies on the history of Tibet [12] [13] . On the basis of “The Battle of the Himalayas”, a number of articles in the media and books were written, as well as programs and documentaries filmed on the “Culture” and “ NTV ” television channels.
Articles by Oleg Shishkin about Nicholas Roerich and his book “The Battle of the Himalayas” were criticized by representatives and supporters of various Roerich organizations who do not consider his version of Roerich’s connection with the OGPU [14] [15] [16] [17] to be incorrect. So, the head of the Roerichs Heritage Department of the Museum of the East, Vladimir Rosov, in his doctoral dissertation, referred Shishkin’s book to “historical-mystical” novels and short stories that distort the notions of N.K. Roerich’s expeditions, and argued that this version is not only not confirmed by scientific studies, but also denied by official representatives of the Foreign Intelligence Service [14] [18] . However, critics of Rosov noted the proximity of certain provisions in the publications of Shishkin and Rosov, in particular, the involvement of N. K. Roerich in the political processes of Central Asia and the contacts of Roerich and his entourage with representatives of the OGPU [19] .
Doctor of Historical Sciences V. S. Brachev widely refers to “The Battle of the Himalayas” as a source in his books and believes that in some cases the version of Oleg Shishkin about Roerich’s activity during the Central Asian expedition is more plausible than the version expressed by modern followers Nicholas Roerich [20] , while the indologist A.N. Senkevich considers Shishkin proved the version that Nicholas Roerich was a scout [21] .
Oleg Shishkin himself, regarding his study of Roerich’s cooperation with the special services, said that he was primarily interested in the moral aspect, where “it was far from a bright image”, and Roerich appeared as “ Philip Kirkorov of esoterics ” [22] .
Books about Rasputin
In the books of Oleg Shishkin “Kill Rasputin” (2000) and “Rasputin. Crime History ”(2004) he presented a special look at“ Grishka ”, which is represented by an instrument of foreign intelligence services, which sought to bring about a coup in Russia [23] . As an application, the book “Kill Rasputin” contained unique archival documents, memoirs of the former director of the Police Department, S. P. Beletsky , written by him in the prison cell of the Peter and Paul Fortress , and notes by the former hieromonk Iliodor [24] . The book "Rasputin. Crime History ”is cited in scientific journals [25] .
Researchers A.P. Kotsyubinsky And D.A. Kotsyubinsky , who critically evaluate almost all memoirs and works about Rasputin, are also critical of the conspiracy theological concept of the murder of Rasputin proposed by Oleg Shishkin [26] . The author of articles on Rasputin, A. Potapov, believes that the autopsy report of G. Rasputin, which Shishkin cites in the book “Rasputin. The history of the crime ” , referring to a foreign author [27] , is, in his opinion,“ fake ” [28] .
The review of the book “Kill Rasputin” , published in Literaturnaya Gazeta , describes the method of Oleg Shishkin’s work, as a combination of “serious archival research, wild imagination and absolute certainty (or knowledge of that?) That the course of human history is controlled or even would be corrected by the actions of all kinds of secret forces ” [24] .
Bibliography
- Six tales of extinction and death. M., 1987.
- Battle of the Himalayas. NKVD: Magic and espionage. M., 1999.
- Kill Rasputin. M., 2000.
- The play "Anna Karenina II" , 2001.
- Red Frankenstein. M., 2003.
- Battle of the Himalayas. NKVD: Magic and espionage. M., 2003 (reprint extended and supplemented).
- Rasputin. The history of the crime. M., 2004.
- B / W. M., 2005.
- Twilight magicians. George Gurdjieff and others. M., 2005.
- The misery of young disco dancers, or the mystery of the Faberge family. Play. / Contemporary Drama, 2006, N 2. S. 61-75.
- The beginning of the occult and paranormal project of the OGPU: December 1924 - August 1925 and its echo // Report at the scientific conference “The Occult in 20th Century Russia / Occultism in Russia: Metaphysical Roots of Soviet Civilization” at 2007 Harriman Institute
- Witch. M., 2009
- Moscow. City history guide / Dmitry Petrov, Oleg Shishkin. M.: Publishing house of Dmitry Petrov, 2017.-560 p.
- Secrets of ancient civilizations. M.: Publisher Eksmo, 2018 - 240p .- (Mysteries of humanity with Oleg Shishkin)
- The Last Secret of Rasputin. / M.: Publishing House AST, 2019-448s .- (Mysteries of the story with Oleg Shishkin)
- The death of the great. M.: Publisher Eksmo, 2019 - 272 pp .- (Mysteries of humanity with Oleg Shishkin)
Notes
- ↑ Biography on the Harriman Institute website
- ↑ The public organization “ International Center of the Roerichs ” tried to accuse Shishkin of falsifying history and causing “moral harm” to the ICR [1] . On October 18, 1996, the Segodnya newspaper (No. 192) published an extract from the “Decision of the Tver Inter-Municipal (District) People's Court of the Central Administrative District of Moscow dated 01/18/96” on the suit of the International Center of the Roerichs, where a number of information contained in the publications of O. A. Shishkin in the newspaper "Today" No. 208 of 10/29/94 and No. 222 of 11/19/94, recognized as untrue [2] .
- ↑ “The Occult in 20th Century Russia / Occultism in Russia: Metaphysical Roots of Soviet Civilization” [3] , [4]
- ↑ Shishkin O. A. "The beginning of the occult and paranormal project of the OGPU: December 1924 - August 1925 and its echo"
- ↑ Okhlobystin, Muratova, Khotinenko ... // Russian newspaper
- ↑ Mysteries of humanity with Oleg Shishkin . REN TV. - About the project. Date of appeal September 30, 2017.
- ↑ Lyusy A. Buddhism in Russian // October , 1999, No. 11
- ↑ Schmidt J. Review of books by A. Velidov, “The Adventures of a Terrorist” and O. Shishkin, “The Battle of the Himalayas” // T he journal of intelligence history . LIT Verlag Münster, Summer, 2001. ISSN 1616-1262. S.95-96
- ↑ Moroz E. Communism and Jewish Magic // Neva, 2005, No. 6
- ↑ Grekova T. I. Tibetan medicine in Russia: a story in fates and faces. - St. Petersburg: Aton, 1998.
- ↑ Brachev V.S. Secret societies in the USSR. - St. Petersburg: Stomma, 2006 .-- S. 184-204. - 390 s.
- ↑ Alex McKay. The History of Tibet: The medieval period, c. 850-1895: the development of Buddhist paramountcy. - Routledge , 2003 .-- S. 449 . - ISBN 0415308445 .
- ↑ Helmut Krasser. Tibetan studies. - Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1997 .-- S. 13 . - 1120 s. - ISBN 3700126573 .
- ↑ 1 2 Rosov V. A. “Russian-American expeditions of N. K. Roerich to Central Asia (1920s and 1930s)”. Abstract of dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Historical Sciences.
- ↑ Mialo K. “Star of the Magi or Christ in the Himalayas”
- ↑ Gindilis L.M., Frolov V.V. Philosophy of Living Ethics and its interpreters. The Roerich Movement in Russia // “ Questions of Philosophy ”, No. 3, 2001.
- ↑ Stetsenko A. V. Slander, slander, let something remain / Collection “Protecting the Name and Heritage of the Roerichs”, Volume 1, ICR , 2001
- ↑ In his dissertation, Rosov refers to an article by A. Shalnev published in the Izvestia newspaper on 10/22/1993 “Nikolai Roerich was not an agent of the OGPU, documents from secret intelligence archives testify”
- ↑ See for example:
A shorthand record of the meeting of the Bureau of the Branch of the Institute of Physical Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences on October 17, 2007 Date of treatment July 24, 2011. Archived on May 4, 2012. - ↑ Brachev V.S. Secret societies in the USSR. - St. Petersburg: Stomma, 2006 .-- S. 193. - 390 p.
- ↑ “The Secret of the Roerich Family” // “ Arguments and Facts ”, No. 45, 1994
- ↑ Oleg Shishkin: “My credo is art” // “ Zavtra ” newspaper, No. 12 (696) dated March 21, 2007
- ↑ Heinrich Joffe . A. Bokhanov. Rasputin. Anatomy of a myth // "New Journal". - 2002, No. 227
- ↑ 1 2 Igor Kuznetsov . Friends and Killers // Literary Newspaper . - No. 36 (5802) September 6-12, 2000
- ↑ Nedelko N. F. The end of the “Holy Elder” (forensic aspects of the death of G. Rasputin) // Siberian Medical Journal . - 2006, No. 8. P. 99-106.
- ↑ Book review: Kotsyubinsky A. P., D. A. Kotsyubinsky “Gregory Rasputin: Secret and Explicit.” - St. Petersburg: “Limbus-Press”, 2003. - 408 p.
- ↑ Nedelko N. F. The end of the “Holy Elder” (forensic aspects of the death of G. Rasputin) // Siberian Medical Journal . - 2006, No. 8. P. 103.
- ↑ Alexander Potapov . Passion around the murder of Grigory Rasputin // "Neva" . - 2005, No. 8
Literature
- Oleg Shishkin: For me, this story was a bit of an internal detective // Nezavisimaya Gazeta , September 2, 1999.
- Oleg Shishkin: “My credo is art” // Zavtra newspaper, No. 12 (696) of March 21, 2007
- Alexander Stetsenko: “Slander, slander, let something remain” “Protect the name and heritage of the Roerichs”. Volume 1. Documents. Publications in the press. Essays. M., ICR, 2001, p. 531-560.
- We protect the name and heritage of the Roerichs - Vol. 2, Ksenia Myalo. “Star of the Magi or Christ in the Himalayas”, Harbin trail.
Links
- - Oleg Shishkin in LiveJournal
- New literary map. Oleg Shishkin
- Oleg Shishkin revealed the secrets of UFOs and the Russian province in a new novel
- Black and white with Oleg Shishkin
- Oleg Shishkin - guest of Mayak
- The film "Red Frankenstein"
- Triangle. January 13, 2011 Guest of the program Oleg Shishkin - historian
- Oleg Shishkin visiting the Prevention on YouTube 09/28/2012
- “Meanwhile” with Alexander Arkhangelsky / Non-fiction / and Oleg Shishkin // TV Channel Culture
- Morning show “Rise Muscovite” on “Moscow FM” 02/20/2016 with Oleg Shishkin (1) , (2)