Vladimir Valerianovich Pribylovsky (russian: Влади́мир Валериа́нович Прибыло́вский, 6 March 195613 January 2016) was a Soviet and Russian
political scientist
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, historian, journalist, human rights activist, and author of internet database Anticompromat.org on biographies of Russian politicians. He also authored more than 40 books.
Biography
Pribylovsky graduated from the Department of Medieval History of
Moscow State University
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...
in 1981 specializing in
Byzantine
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...
studies, and published several articles on early Byzantine history. In the 1980s he was persecuted by Soviet authorities for spreading
banned literature.
Since 1993 he was the president of the ''Panorama'' Information and Research Center think tank. From November 2005 he operated the Russian-language websit
Anticompromat.org which is essentially a collection of biographies of Russian politicians compiled and partially written by Pribylovsky from a variety of published sources. The site was included in the
Federal List of Extremist Materials. On 31 March, after being shortly closed, the website moved to a Californian hosting.
Together with
Yury Felshtinsky, Pribylovsky co-authored ''The Operation Successor'', a book about
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
's rise to power. Later versions were published as ''The Age of Assassins'' and ''Corporation''. According to reviews, the book describes
KGB's system of
corporate rule in Russia.
His latest project was providing Russian language documents about
corruption in Russia
Corruption is perceived as a significant problem in Russia, impacting various aspects of life, including the economy, business, public administration, law enforcement, healthcare, and education. The phenomenon of corruption is strongly establish ...
for international project
Kleptocracy Initiative, including documents on registration of cooperative
Ozero.
On 13 January 2016, Pribylovsky was found dead in his Moscow apartment. His last book was "Around Putin". It was published after his death. The body of Pribylovsky, according to his will, was cremated. He was buried at the Khovansky cemetery in Moscow.
Прощание с публицистом Владимиром Прибыловским пройдёт сегодня в Москве
// Эхо Москвы
Books
*Guide to New Russian Political Parties and Organizations; Dec 1992 ;
*National-patriots, Church and Putin. Parliamentary and Presidential Campaigns 1999–2000. By E.Mikhailovskya, V.Pribylovsky, A.Verkhovsky. 2001.
*, 2004
*
* Yuri Felshtinsky, Vladimir Pribylovsky, ''The Corporation. Russia and the KGB in the Age of President Putin'', , Encounter Books; February 25, 2009
description
*Vladimir Pribylovsky ''The Purge by Vladimir Putin. Who has been eliminated, and who remains''? (Russian), 2013, ,
Google books
an
review
*''Around Putin. A biographical directory'' (Russian), Panorama, 2016, .
Online version of the book
*''Animal Farm 2'', an unofficial sequel to Animal Farm
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Online version on Orwell's Site
References
External links
Anticompromat.org
Panorama.ru
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1956 births
2016 deaths
Writers from Moscow
Moscow State University alumni
Russian journalists
Soviet journalists
Soviet Byzantinists
20th-century Russian historians
Russian Byzantinists
Russian political scientists
Russian political writers
Russian political activists
Soviet dissidents
Russian human rights activists
Soviet historians
Scholars of Byzantine history
21st-century Russian historians