Kohricht, Felix Davidovich

Born in Odessa on November 28, 1939 . He graduated from the Odessa Medical School No. 3 (the former Naval Medical School), Odessa National University named after I. I. Mechnikov (Faculty of Philology, correspondence department). He worked in medical institutions and research institutes, in the same years began to collaborate as a journalist with Odessa publications. Since the late 50s, he wrote articles about Odessa nonconformist artists, organized exhibitions of their works in the editorial offices. He acted as one of the founders of the Association of Odessa Artists (TOX), the TIRS Center for Contemporary Art and the Soros-Odessa Center for Contemporary Art, where he was president and chairman of the council, a member of the UNESCO Jazz Federation, and a member of the jury of the Odessa International Master Jam Festival Fest . "
Member of the Union of Journalists of Ukraine (since 1966), the Union of Theater Workers of Ukraine. In different years, including at present, he is the author and presenter of programs on Odessa television channels.
He actively participated in the creation of the monument to Isaac Babel in Odessa ^[1] . He took part in the First Gogolev Open Literary Festival in Odessa ^[2] (September 2009) ^[3] .
Currently, Felix Kohriht continues his active public work and fruitful work in the field of journalism: editor of the almanac Deribasovskaya-Rishelievskaya, editor of the Odessa Library project (a joint project of the Odessa World Club and JSC PLASKE), author and host of the online dialogue Dialogues on Nezhinskaya ”, editor, author and compiler of books and collections, including volumes of the Odessa Library series, the Black Square over the Black Sea collection, and the Oykumena Odessa collection.

Since 1959, he worked in the newspapers Pivdenna Zorya, The Banner of Communism (South), Ah, Odessa!, Glasnost, Slovo, where he held positions from issuing and correspondent to executive secretary and deputy chief editor .
Head of the non-staff department of the Student News newspaper (SV) in the Komsomolskoye tribe newspaper, later the Komsomolskaya Spark (from 1960 to 1963) ^[4]
Deputy Executive Secretary of the Banner of Communism ("SOUTH")
Member of the Council of Odessa Jazz Club (since 1980)
Member of the Central Council of the Soviet Jazz Federation (since 1988)
Deputy Editor (1992-1997) of the weekly Word
One of the founders and editor-in-chief (until 1996) of the journal Odessa
One of the founders and editor (since 2000) of the anthology "Deribasovskaya - Rishelievskaya"
Member of the television cycle of conversations of the rector of Odessa State Medical University Valery Zaporozhana "Medical Meridian" ^[5] (2005).
Chairman of the Board of the Center for Contemporary Art Odessa Charitable Foundation
Author and presenter of the TV program “Dialogues” (TRK “ART”, Odessa)
Leading and head of the author's television program "Interlocutor" (TRC "RIAK", Odessa) ^[6]
Radio correspondent "RTN" (USA) ^[7]
Chairman of the Conversation Club of the World Odessa Club.
Editor of the Odessa Library Publishing Project ^[8]
Editor of the book of Joseph Reichelgauz "Odessa Book" ^[9]
Leading author of the project “Dialogues on Nezhinskaya” ^[10]

The Golden Feather of Odessa
Gold medal "Independence", established by the Kiev regional journalistic organization.
The Golden Cross Order from the Association of Workers of Culture and Art of Ukraine - for a significant contribution to the development of culture and art and the strengthening of friendship between peoples.
"Badge of Honor" of the Odessa mayor.
The honorary distinction of the Odessa mayor "For Merit to the City" ^[11]

At the age of 20, Felix Kokhrikht graduated from the Odessa Naval Medical School. He graduated as a civilian physician and worked for some time in a psychiatric hospital. ^[four]
Father, David Kokhrikht, a participant in the First World War, the Chevalier of two Georgians, who has several medals, until the mid-1930s served in the Odessa Red Police of the Boulevard District.
Great-grandfather, Isaac Yakovlevich Kokhrikht, was a merchant of the first guild, the owner of jewelry stores in Odessa, a philanthropist, an elder in the synagogue. ^[12]

• Felix Kochricht's personal page on Facebook
• Dialogues on Nezhinskaya: the history of Odessa opens in an unexpected format, Odessa-Media, 2014
• "Family portrait against the background of Odessa", Migdal Times №31
• "Fence Exhibition", Evgeny Golubovsky, Internet portal "Red Book of Culture"
• Again on the air of Katsov radio
• Hotel "Passage", history
• News of the Union of South Russian Writers
• "NT-Art Gallery of Modern Art - Odessa", Internet portal odessa24.net
• "Minor things", the newspaper "Evening Odessa", 2014 №6 (9924)
• "Improvisers are competing! A new jazz festival has begun in Odessa", Internet portal timer.od.ua, June 6, 2013
• Jury of the Master-Jam Jazz Fest 2013
• "Odessa is adequately presented in Yerevan", Odessa City Portal, 2013
• "Intake exhibitions: from Omsk to Odessa", Literary and Art Magazine "Minstrel", 2013 No. 2
• "A new publishing project" Odessa Library "was born," Internet portal timer.od.ua, December 24, 2011
• "Sound track 50 years long", the magazine "Favorite of Fortune", 2008 ı7 (22)
• Article about Felix Kokhrikht, “Ukrainian Encyclopedia of Jazz”, Kiev 2004, p.65
• "Contemporary Art as Gymnastics for the Mind", "Mirror of the Week Ukraine", 2000