Konstantin Anatolyevich Krylov (, 1967–2020) was a Russian

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writer, journalist and philosopher.

Biography

Konstantin Krylov was born in Moscow in 1967. He graduated from the Faculty of Cybernetics of the

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and the Faculty of Philosophy of

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. His mother, Valentina Krylova, worked at the Research Institute of Information Systems at the

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of the

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, as the head of the laboratory. In the 1990s, Krylov worked at NITKON, an analytical firm created by former employees of the Research Institute of Information Systems. From 2003 to 2009 he was editor-in-chief of the ''Russian Spetsnaz'' newspaper. Since 2005, he has been one of the main organizers of the Russian marches in Moscow. In 2006 he became member of the Central Committee of the

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. Since 2007 — editor-in-chief of the ''Russian March'' newspaper. According to the poll conducted in 2009 by ''Openspace'' (now Colta.ru), in which more than 40 thousand votes were cast, Krylov took the 5th place among the most influential intellectuals in Russia. In 2011, he was sentenced to 120 hours of correctional labor under Article 282 of the

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after his speech at the rally "Stop feeding the

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", which took place on

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in Moscow. Krylov was the creator of the unregistered National Democratic Party in 2012. Due to a criminal record, he could not legally lead the party, nevertheless, he was perceived as the informal head of the NDP. In October 2012, he was elected to the

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from the nationalists. On 20 April 2020, Krylov suffered a

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and he was admitted to the Botkin hospital, then he was transferred to a rehabilitation center in

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. He died on 12 May 2020. The cremation took place on May 15, 2020, the ashes were buried at the

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on 20 June.

Works

From 2013 to 2019 Krylov was working on his main novel, ''The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino'' (the name itself is a reference to 1936 book by A.N. Tolstoy), which was nominated for the New Horizons 2018 award. Some of Krylov's works self-described as “conspiracy-leaning ironic fantasy” were published under pseudonym ''Mikhail Kharitonov''.

Views

Krylov advocated gun rights and the introduction of a visa regime with the countries of

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and

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. He was a supporter of "national democracy", meaning conjugation of Russian nationalist ideas with representative democracy and free market. In 1992 he converted to

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Works

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References

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