Skripkin, Mikhail Sergeevich

Mikhail Sergeevich Skripkin
Mikhail Sergeevich Skripkin
Date of Birth	March 21, 1968 (51 years old)
Place of Birth	Kem city, RSFSR , USSR
Citizenship	the USSR Russia
Occupation	photographer, book publisher, public figure
Awards and prizes	Multiple laureate and three-time winner of the contests “The Best Book of the Year of the Republic of Karelia”, laureate of the All-Russian contest “The Best Books of the Year”.

Mikhail Sergeyevich Skripkin - journalist, photographer, book publisher, public figure, organizer of events and projects in the field of culture. Head of the publishing department of the Solovetsky Monastery.

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Biography

Born March 21, 1968 in the city of Kem in a family of hydraulic engineers. Mother - Ninel Toivovna Hakkarainen. From 1974 to 1977 he was brought up in the family of his grandfather - Honored Worker of Culture of the KASSR and the RSFSR Toivo Alexandrovich Hakkarainen in the city of Sortavala . Since 1977, permanently resides in Petrozavodsk . He studied at the correspondence department of the Journalism Department of Leningrad State University . Over the years, Mikhail Skripkin worked as a cameraman on television in the Republic of Karelia , as a journalist and photojournalist in various Karelian media. He managed advertising services, worked with printing houses in Finland and St. Petersburg, published his own newspaper, and his own republican-level magazine. Since 1982, has been actively involved in photography . Since 1996 he has been working with color printing , publishes books and presentations of printed materials, and acts as the author of publishing projects. In 2000, he founded the Scandinavia publishing house , in 2002 he created his own printing house . He is currently the head of the Scandinavia publishing house, Forever Publishing House. Over the years of its existence, the Scandinavia Publishing House has published many books, photo albums and magazines about Karelia . Since 2012, M. Skripkin is the head of the publishing department of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Solovetsky Stauropegial Monastery . Member of the Union of Journalists of Russia since 1993. Member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia since 2007.

Photographs by Mikhail Skripkin illustrate many official publications about the Republic of Karelia , published articles and photographs in the central publications of Russia and the former USSR many times. Being a recognized expert in the field of publishing and printing, M. Skripkin for a long time collaborated with FSUE Russian Post , Russian Railways OJSC, and is currently actively cooperating with leading printing houses in St. Petersburg , Moscow , and Finland . Since 2005, he has held about 20 personal photo exhibitions in the Republic of Karelia and abroad - in St. Petersburg , Moscow , Finland . Including, in 2006 in the State Duma of the Russian Federation , in 2008 in the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of Russia , in the Moscow City Duma , in the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Helsinki . M. Skripkin - multiple laureate and three-time winner of the contests “The Best Book of the Year of the Republic of Karelia”, laureate of the All-Russian contest “Best Books of the Year” in the nomination “Best Gift, Illustrated Edition”.

Creative Projects

In the State Duma of the Russian Federation in 2006, the Kizhi Museum-Reserve presented the author's photo exhibition by M. Skripkin “Kizhi. Seasons ”, exhibited more than 70 works of authorship. The Scandinavia Publishing House was a partner of the Kizhi Museum and a sponsor of the Kizhi - Workshop of Childhood Republican Museum Festival and the first museum newspaper in the republic, Kizhi. In 2007, the Scandinavia publishing house published the book The Hakkarainen Constellation, prepared by N. T. Hakkarainen, M. S. Skripkin and A. A. Ragozina, combining the memories of Toivo Aleksandrovich Hakkarainen , his own letters and articles on various topics, first published letters sent to him by an American artist, prose writer and public figure Rockwell Kent . In the same year, with the participation of M. Skripkin, the Regional Museum and Tourism Center of the Northern Ladoga in the city of Sortavala was named after Toivo Hakkarainen.

Golden Kalevala

In 2006, the Scandinavia publishing house published Kalevala - an epic poem based on ancient Karelian and Finnish songs - the Karelian-Finnish poetic epic . The edition uses an abridged text of 1862, which was re-translated by Armas Mishin and Eino Kiuru ; the new translation of the canonical texts "Kalevala" edited by Elias Lönnrot won the competition of the Association of Book Publishers of Russia. The book is illustrated by the works of the famous Petrozavodsk artist Vladimir Fomin . The design was developed by Mikhail Skripkin and Vladimir Lobanov. The 2006 edition of the Karelian-Finnish epic Kalevala was widely recognized in Russia and Finland, becoming a laureate of the All-Russian Publishers Contest - one of the four best gift editions in Russia.

Kalevala Silver

In 2012, the Karelian-Finnish epic was again reprinted by the Forever publishing house with the text in Russian and Finnish in the children's gift version “Silver“ Kalevala “”. The poetic translation was done by Eino Kiuru and Armas Mishin. For children, an abridged version was prepared by Armas Mishin. The book was designed by Vladimir Lobanov. Illustrations were performed by a young and talented artist Anastasia Trifanova. The publication became the best in the field of printing performance and decoration - Kalevala and Pohjela: lines from Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot received the title of Best Book of 2011.

“Kizhi. Balaam. Solovki »

M. Skripkin - author of two personal photo albums: “Kizhi. Balaam. Solovki. The nature and treasures of the Russian North ”(2008) and“ The Tale of the Russian North ”(2012). The author began work on a photo album about the three shrines of Orthodoxy in 2004 with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia. The brothers and governors of the Valaam and Solovetsky monasteries , the rector of the Spaso-Kizhi Patriarchal Compound, as well as museum workers of these protected areas actively participated in the creation of the book. In 2006, due to the illness of the governor of the Solovetsky Monastery Joseph, work on the book was temporarily suspended. In 2008, selected photographs of this project were first combined into the Kizhi. Balaam. Solovki. The nature and treasures of the Russian North. " In 2012, Scandinavia Publishing House, with the assistance of Forever, published the personal photo album of Mikhail Skripkin “ Kizhi . Balaam . Solovki . Nature and Treasures of the Russian North ”is an illustrated travel book, illustrations of the book tell about the so-called“ holy triangle ”of this region, where in the middle of the water surface there are three Transfiguration churches of the Russian North, which at the same time became centers of history, culture and spirituality of these places. In 2012, the author released his own photo album “The Tale of the Russian North”, dedicated to the spiritual and natural beauty of three famous Orthodox shrines, the album includes more than 170 photographs from different years. They talk about the Orthodox shrines of Valaam and Solovki , about the famous temples of the island of Kizhi , about the nature and attractions of the northern region. Pictures are published accompanied by copyright signatures in Russian and English.

Awards and titles

In January 2006, M. S. Skripkin was awarded the title “ Laureate of the Republic of Karelia 2005” for the preparation and publication of photo albums, booklets and books dedicated to significant dates in the history of the Republic of Karelia . Books designed, designed and published by Mikhail Skripkin are laureates of competitions in Karelia and the Russian Federation. Over the years, in the annual contests “Book of the Year of Karelia” to M. Skripkin’s publications, which have won the largest number of awards in nominations, the titles “Best Book of the Year” have been awarded:

The title “The Best Book of the Year of the Republic of Karelia-2004” was awarded the book “ Kizhi . Seasons ”of the publishing house“ Scandinavia ”, which won in two categories:“ The best printing performance of the publication ”,“ The best decoration of the publication ”
The title “The Best Book of the Year of the Republic of Karelia-2006” was awarded the book “ E. Lönnrot . Kalevala = Kalevala, 1862 ”by the Scandinavia publishing house, which won in two categories:“ The best printing performance of the publication ”,“ The best decoration of the publication ”
The title “The Best Book of the Year of the Republic of Karelia-2011” was awarded the book “ Kalevala . Kalevala and Pohjela ”(“ Kalevala = Kalevala: Kalevala and Pohjela: lines from “Kalevala“ Elias Lönnrot ”) of Forever Publishing House, who won in two categories:“ The best printing performance of the publication ”,“ The best decoration of the publication ”