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Nikolay Kononov

Nikolay Kononov (Russian: Никола́й Ви́кторович Ко́нонов, 24 August 1980 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian writer and journalist. He was editor-in-chief of The Firm's Secret from 2014 to 2017, then editorial director until 2018. The author of four books: Deux Sine Machina: Stories of 20 crazy people who made business in Russia from scratch (2011), Code of Durov. The real story of the social network "VKontakte" and its creator (2012), Author, scissors, paper. How to write impressive texts quickly. 14 lessons (2017), The Uprising (2019), and The Night We Fled (2022).

Nikolay Kononov
Kononov in 2019
Born (1980-08-24) August 24, 1980 (age 44)
Moscow, USSR
NationalityRussian
Alma materMoscow State University
Occupation(s)writer, journalist
WebsiteThe Firm's Secret

Biography

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Media

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In 2002 Kononov graduated from the Department of Literary and Art Criticism and Publicism of the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University. In 2003-2004 he worked as a reporter for the newspapers Izvestia and Stolichnaya Vechernaya, was focused on social issues, covering e.g. problems of the refugees in Ingush field camps and local elections in Chechnya.[1] In 2004-2005 he was a special correspondent in the Expert. From 2005 to 2010 he worked as a columnist and editor in Russian edition of Forbes. In 2010-2011 he worked as one of the four senior editors of Slon.ru. In 2011 he returned to Forbes and took part in launching the website Forbes.ru,[2] worked on profiles of outstanding entrepreneurs and conducted investigations about oligarchs' tights with Kremlin,[3][4] explosions on coal mines in Kuzbass, future of oil industry in Siberia,[5] etc.

From 2012 to 2015, he was the editor-in-chief of Hopes & Fears – the daily online newspaper about the new generation of entrepreneurs. After the latter had been merged with The Village, Kononov became the editorial director of Look At Media.[6]

In January 2015, Kononov moved to The Firm's Secret as an editor-in-chief. Four key employees of the editorial staff followed him,[7] and then almost the entire team of Hopes & Fears left. According to Kononov, a series of decisions by the holding management prompted him to quit: first – the merge of H&F with The Village, which meant closing the business online newspaper that raised a monthly audience of about 800 thousand people in a year and a half, and then – using a successful name for a new English-languagelifestyle newspaper.[7][8][9]

Literature

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In 2003 Kononov wrote first short story, "Specificus and Dieffenbach", it was published in Russian literary magazine Vavilon under pseudonyme Grigorii Mikhailov.[10] In 2009 second story "Islands, Dreams" opened March issue of literary magazine Text Only.[11]

In 2011 he published the book Deux Sine Machina: The Stories of 20 Crazy People who Made Business from Scratch in Russia (in 2012 the book was included in the short list of the literary award NOS[12]). In 2012, the second book came out — Code of Durov. The Real Story of the Social Network "VKThe Firm's Secret ontakte" and Its Creator. The adaptation rights for it were obtained by AR Films, a company of Alexander Rodnyansky, but the film's release (first planned for 2014) was postponed until an indefinite period.[13] In March 2014, The New York Times published a column of Nikolay Kononov, in which he summarized the further history of Pavel Durov and his social network.[14]

In 2013 was published in "Seans" magazine a short story "The Shiver" about Moscow opposition anti-Putin rally.[15] In the spring of 2017 came out the third book by Nikolay Kononov Author, scissors, paper. How to write impressive texts quickly. 14 lessons dedicated to practical writing techniques for journalists.[16]

The fourth book The Uprising came out in 2019. It is a fiction novel based on ego-documents and archival documents. The book tells about Sergei Solovyov, one of the leaders of the uprising of prisoners in the Norilsk camp in 1953.[17] The Uprising will be translated to French and published by Noir sur Blanc. In 2019 the book was included in the short list of the literary award NOS.[18]

The fifth book was released by the publishing house Individuum Book in the fall of 2022. The novel The Night We Fled tells about Russian stateless people after the First World War and displaced persons after the Second World War.[19]

Books

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  • Kononov, Nikolay V. (2011). Бог без машины: Истории 20 сумасшедших, сделавших в России бизнес с нуля [Deux Sine Machina: The Stories of 20 Crazy People Who Made Business in Russia From Scratch] (in Russian). Moscow: Alpina Business Books. p. 231. ISBN 978-5-904522-96-4. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16.
  • Kononov, Nikolay V. (2012). Код Дурова. Реальная история соцсети "ВКонтакте" и её создателя [Code of Durov. The Real Story of the Social Network "VKontakte" and its Creator] (in Russian). Moscow: Mann, Ivanov and Ferber. pp. 208. ISBN 978-5-91657-546-0.
  • Kononov, Nikolay V. (2017). Автор, ножницы, бумага. Как быстро писать впечатляющие тексты. 14 уроков [Author, scissors, paper. How to write impressive texts quickly. 14 lessons] (in Russian). Moscow: Mann, Ivanov and Ferber. p. 272. ISBN 978-5-00100-651-0.
  • Kononov, Nikolay V. (2019). Восстание. Документальный роман [The Uprising. Documentary novel] (in Russian). Moscow: New Publishing House. p. 310. ISBN 978-5-98379-233-3.
  • Kononov, Nikolay V. (2022). Ночь, когда мы исчезли [The Night We Fled] (in Russian). Moscow: Individuum Books. p. 432. ISBN 978-5-6048006-4-5.

Awards and honors

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Journalism awards
  • 2017 — independent journalist award Redkollegiya for a best story in Russian for multimedia longread "Archipelago FSIN: How does Russian prison system works"[20]
  • 2015 — was nominated for the title of journalist of the year by GQ Man of the Year 2015 Award[21]
  • 2015 — entered the top of media rating Pricewaterhouse in the nomination "Media on the Internet"[22]
Literary awards
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References

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  1. ^ Kononov, Nikolay (2003-10-05). "Чеченский выбор" [Chechen choice]. Izvestia.
  2. ^ "Аналитическая программа "Рунетология": Николай Кононов, главный редактор делового издания "Секрет фирмы"" [Analytical program 'Runetology': Nikolay Kononov, editor-in-chief of the business edition of The Firm's Secret] (in Russian). Runetologia. 2015-05-13. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  3. ^ Nikolay Kononov, Timofey Dzyadko, Ilya Zhegulev (2012-03-04). "Михаил Прохоров. Политика, ложь и миллиарды" [Mikhail Prokhorov. Politics, lies and billions] (in Russian). Kommersant. Retrieved 2020-07-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Nikolay Kon; Maya Kucherskayaonov (2011-10-21). "Олег Дерипаска — заложник амбиций" [Oleg Deripaska is a hostage of ambitions] (in Russian). Kommersant. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  5. ^ Nikolay Kononov (2010-02-13). "Авария — дочь метана" [The accident is the daughter of methane]. Forbes (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  6. ^ Николай Кононов (2014-07-08). "FAQ: Как и почему объединяются Hopes & Fears и The Village" [FAQ: How and why Hopes & Fears and The Village unite] (in Russian). The Village. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  7. ^ a b Екатерина БрызгаловаVedomosti, Елена Морозова (2015-01-15). ""Секрет фирмы" пополнит список изданий, отказавшихся от бумажной версии" [The Firm's Secret will add to the list of publications that have refused the paper version] (in Russian). Vedomosti. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  8. ^ Никита Лихачёв (2015-02-20). "Гость TJ: Николай Кононов" [Guest TJ: Nikolay Kononov] (in Russian). TJournal. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  9. ^ ""Секрет фирмы" перезапустился. Николай Кононов рассказал о новом курсе СФ — остаёмся рисковать" [The Firm's Secret restarted. Nikolay Kononov spoke about the new course of this media - to risk] (in Russian). Roem.ru. 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  10. ^ Kononov, Nikolay (2003). Специфилиус и дифенбахий [Specificus and Dieffenbach] (in Russian). М.: Вавилон: Вестник молодой литературы. p. 284. ISBN 5-94128-081-5.5-94128-081-5
  11. ^ Nikolay Kononov (2009-03-30). "Острова и сны" [Islands and dreams] (in Russian). Text Only. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  12. ^ The literary award "NOS"
  13. ^ Елизавета Макарова (2015-06-01). ""Код Дурова" не поддался продюсерам" ['Code of Durov' did not succumb to producers] (in Russian). Kommersant. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  14. ^ Nikolay Kononov (2014-03-11). "The Kremlin's Social Media Takeover". New York Times. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  15. ^ Nikolay Kononov (2013-05-06). "Дрожь" [The Shiver] (in Russian). Seans. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  16. ^ Екатерина Брызгалова, Елена Морозова (2017-04-13). "Книга Николая Кононова "Автор, ножницы, бумага" – полезный учебник для начинающих журналистов" [Nikolai Kononov's book "Author, scissors, paper" is a useful textbook for novice journalists] (in Russian). Ведомости. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  17. ^ Галина Юзефович (2019-01-31). "Журналист Николай Кононов написал биографию одного из лидеров Норильского восстания. Получился отличный документальный роман" [Journalist Nikolai Kononov wrote a biography of one of the leaders of the Norilsk uprising. It turned out a great documentary novel] (in Russian). Meduza. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  18. ^ Лев Оборин (2019-11-10). "Нобелевская премия в московском метро" [Nobel Prize in the Moscow Metro] (in Russian). Горький. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  19. ^ Андрей Мягков (2022-10-04). "«Ночь, когда мы исчезли»: роман о прошлом, который многое говорит о настоящем" [The Night We Fled: a novel about the past that says a lot about the present] (in Russian). AfishaDaily. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  20. ^ "Архипелаг ФСИН. Как устроена экономика тюремной системы России" [Archipelago FSIN: How does Russian prison system works] (in Russian). Redkollegiya. 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  21. ^ "Все победители премии "GQ Человек года 2015"" [All winners of the "GQ Person of the Year 2015"] (in Russian). GQ. 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  22. ^ "Рейтинг молодых медиаменеджеров России — 2015" [Rating of young media managers in Russia - 2015] (in Russian). Секрет фирмы. 2015. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
  23. ^ "Кто вошел в лонг-лист литературной премии "НОС"" [Who entered the long list of the literary prize NOS] (in Russian). TheCity. 2019. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  24. ^ "Литературная премия "Нацбест-2019" опубликовала лонг-лист номинантов" [Literary Award "National Bestseller-2019" published a long list of nominees] (in Russian). Sobaka. 2019-01-28. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  25. ^ "Какая-то "неЯсная поляна": крупнейшая литературная премия объявила очень странный лонг-лист" [Some kind of "unclear"*: the largest literary award Yasnaya Polyana announced a very strange long list (*ясная=yasnaya can mean 'clear')] (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. 2019-05-26. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  26. ^ "Опубликован "длинный список" премии "Большая книга"" [Big Book Prize Long List Announced] (in Russian). Vesti.ru. 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  27. ^ ""НОС" объявил лонг-лист" [NOS announced a long list] (in Russian). Colta. 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  28. ^ Igor Karev, Alexey Krizhevsky (2013-04-14). "Шорт-лист с форс-мажором" [Force majeure shortlist] (in Russian). Gazeta.ru. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  29. ^ Maya Kucherskaya (2012-11-02). "Литературная премия "Нос": в шорт-лист вышло девять авторов" [NOS Literary Prize: Nine Authors Shortlisted] (in Russian). Vedomosti. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
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