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Family
Prokhanov's ancestors, the Molokans, were exiled to Transcaucasia during the time of Catherine II. His grandfather, brother of Ivan Stepanovich Prokhanov, leader of the Russian Baptist movement, founder and leader of the All-Russian Union of Evangelical Christians (1908-1928) and vice-president of the Baptist World Alliance (1911). A. A. Prokhanov's uncle, a scientist botanist, remained in the USSR after I. S. Prokhanov emigrated, was repressed, but then released due to the refusal of a significant fortune inherited after the death of I. S. Prokhanov in Berlin in favor of the state.
Married, has two sons and a daughter. One of the sons is a publicist Andrey Fefelov.
Biography
Alexander Prokhanov was born on February 26, 1938 in Tbilisi. In 1960 he graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute and worked as a research institute engineer. In my last year at university I began writing poetry and prose.
In 1962-1964 he worked as a forester in Karelia, took tourists to the Khibiny Mountains, and took part in a geological party in Tuva. During these years, Prokhanov discovered A.P. Platonov and became interested in V.V. Nabokov.
In 1968 he began working in "Literary newspaper".
Since 1970, he worked as a correspondent for Literaturnaya Gazeta in Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Cambodia, Angola and other places. He was one of the first in 1969 to describe in his report the events on Damansky Island during the Soviet-Chinese border conflict.
In 1972, Alexander Prokhanov became a member of the USSR Writers' Union.
Since 1986, he has been actively publishing in the magazines “Young Guard”, “Our Contemporary”, as well as in the “Literary Gazette”.
From 1989 to 1991, Prokhanov worked as editor-in-chief of the magazine "Soviet Literature".
I was never a member of the CPSU.
In 1990 he signed the “Letter of the 74”.
In December 1990 he created his own newspaper "Day", where he also becomes editor-in-chief.
On July 15, 1991, the newspaper published an “anti-perestroika” appeal, “A Word to the People.” The newspaper became one of the most radical opposition publications in Russia in the early 1990s and was published regularly until the October events of 1993, after which it was closed by the authorities.
In 1991, during the presidential elections of the RSFSR, Prokhanov was a confidant of the candidate general Alberta Makashova. During the August putsch he supported State Emergency Committee.
In September 1993, he spoke out in his newspaper against what he considered unconstitutional actions Yeltsin, calling them a coup d'etat and supported by the RF Armed Forces. After the shooting of parliament, the newspaper Den was banned by the Ministry of Justice. The newspaper's editorial office was destroyed by riot police, its employees were beaten, its property and archives were destroyed. Two issues of the newspaper, already banned by that time, were clandestinely published in Minsk as special issues of the communist newspaper “We and Time.”
On November 5, 1993, the writer’s son-in-law A. A. Khudorozhkov founded and registered the newspaper "Tomorrow", of which Prokhanov became the editor-in-chief. Some organizations accuse the newspaper of publishing anti-Semitic materials.
During the presidential elections in 1996, Alexander Prokhanov does not hide his preference - he strongly supports the candidate, the leader. Subsequently, he was attacked several times, and the identity of the attackers was never established, nor was the reason for the attacks themselves.
In 1997 he became a co-founder Patriotic Information Agencies.
In 1999, after a series of explosions of residential buildings, Prokhanov describes his version of what happened in an artistic style, blaming the Russian special services for what happened. His thoughts are set out in a literary work "Mr. Hexogen", for which Prokhanov received the National Bestseller Award in 2002.
From 2007 to January 2014 - a regular guest of the radio program "Minority Opinion" on the radio station "Echo of Moscow". He explained his termination of cooperation with the radio station as follows: " I work here as a journalist... I'm not a journalist. I want to talk to the world, to my friends, as an artist, as a writer, as a philosopher, as a preacher and confessor, because I have lived a gigantic life and I would like to tell my listeners about this life".
Since September 2009, on the radio station "Russian News Service" on Mondays at 21:05 he takes part in the program "Soldier of the Empire", and since January 2014 on Mondays at 20:05 he takes part in the program "No Questions".
2003-2009 - one of the regular participants in Vladimir Solovyov’s television talk show “To the Barrier!”
Since 2010, he has been one of the regular participants in Vladimir Solovyov’s television talk show “The Duel.”
2013-2014 - one of the presenters of the “Replica” column on the TV channel “Russia 24”.
November 2014 - The court ordered Prokhanov to pay 500 thousand rubles for lying in a publication in the Izvestia newspaper, which stated that Makarevich gave a concert in Slavyansk, " and this music was heard by captive militias languishing in the basements, whose hands were crushed with bats and their eyes gouged out with knives". Makarevich assured (and was able to prove in court) that the case was not in Slavyansk, but in Svyatogorsk, and he sang not in front of the “punishers,” but in front of refugees. Prokhanov claims that, representing the musician in the process, put pressure on the court.
Prokhanov is an extremely prolific writer: almost every year his novel is published. Many critics consider Prokhanov’s style to be original, colorful, and emphatically individual. " Prokhanov’s language is replete with vivid metaphors, original, flowery epithets, the characters are written out concisely, clearly, with an abundance of details, the description itself has a pronounced emotional and even passionate coloring, the author’s attitude towards this or that character is clearly visible". At the same time, there is another point of view among literary critics who find his style "banal," " manner of writing - sugary, based on shameless lies and oversaturated with cheap decorative epithets".
Prokhanov is fond of drawing in the style of primitivism. Collects butterflies (there are more than 3 thousand copies in the collection).
Scandals, rumors
Prokhanov is credited with very close contacts with Berezovsky, during his London exile. In particular, BAB’s interview with the editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Zavtra” became the reason for the expulsion of Boris Abramovich from the party "Liberal Russia".
During the tragedy in Nord-Ost, Boris Berezovsky, State Duma deputy Victor Alksnis and the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Zavtra" Alexander Prokhanov criticized the actions of the Russian authorities to free the hostages.
They outlined their position on this issue in a joint statement adopted following meetings held in London on October 25 and 26, 2002. In their opinion" the terrorist attack would have been impossible without the blatant connivance and, possibly, complicity of individual government officials". “Russian President Vladimir Putin, from the very first hours of the tragedy, withdrew from participating in the resolution of the crisis. Neither he himself nor his representatives proposed a single solution to the problem and did not take any part in the fate of the hostages"- note Berezovsky, Prokhanov and Alksnis." The most dramatic episode in V. Putin’s less than three years in power showed that today there is no leader in the Kremlin capable of protecting Russian citizens" - emphasized in the statement of Berezovsky, Prokhanov and Alksnis.
They say that Alexander Prokhanov received $300,000 from Berezovsky in 2002 “for the development of his publication,” seducing the exile with vague promises of becoming an opposition presidential candidate. No “development of the publication” happened: “develop” A.A. Prokhanov decided to have his own dacha.
In 2003, the editors of Lenta.Ru received a statement from entrepreneur Boris Berezovsky and Alexander Prokhanov, dedicated to the murder of a State Duma deputy Sergei Yushenkov. The authors of the letter claim that responsibility for the murder of Yushenkov lies with the Russian authorities, and also promise that the opposition will win the elections and “prevent the death of the country coming from the Kremlin.”
“Russians are already, thanks to the size of their country, cosmopolitans, or at least one-sixth cosmopolitan, since Russia occupies almost a sixth of the entire populated world.” -Heinrich Heine
On October 5, 2018, Alexander Prokhanov’s work, “Singer of War Chariots: Tales,” appeared on store shelves. There are two stories presented there: The Singer of War Chariots and The Sacred Grove. At first glance, the plots of the stories tell us about completely different characters, in different situations, but after a while you begin to understand that in fact they are imbued with one theme, which, like a thread, stretches through these two works.
“The Singer of War Chariots” tells us about Beloseltsev’s adventure in the Kingdom of Heaven. At the beginning, we don’t really know anything about him, neither where he came from nor how he got here. We only know that he is looking for the Lord and wants to tell him something. Along the way, he meets famous Russian writers, leaders and other personalities who have played an important role in the world. And thanks to this, we learn more about the place where Beloseltsev ended up, about its orders, customs and traditions.
“The Sacred Grove” begins with a conversation about the importance and role of Russia in the world between the President of Russia, Konstantin Yaroslavovich Vyazov and Bishop Epiphanius. At the same time, we are introduced to the writer Sergei Kirillovich Podkopaev, who is looking for a source of inspiration for his new novel. And now the famous former general Filippov wants to tell the writer the story of his life, that is, almost a century of world history in which he had the opportunity to participate, so that Podkopaev would write a book about him and release a bestseller. But before the story begins, the general suddenly dies and takes the solution to the mystery with him. And we meet new characters who believe in the magical power of trees and are planning something that is not yet known to us. And the hero Podkopaev takes on the solution, hoping for an excellent plot for his book.
The works are permeated with religious themes and this will not be to everyone’s taste, so if you are categorically against stories where faith and religion play a major role, you will not like this book. It is very patriotic, theological, metaphysical, and everything seems to be beautiful in it, as in books of its genre, but, as for me, it is underdeveloped. The ideas in the middle of the story are much more powerful than the ending. They are colorful, exciting, well-written, but the ending is quite ordinary, unremarkable, and it won’t be difficult to guess. Perhaps the author did this on purpose, but I was left with a sad aftertaste after reading it because of this, and I think I’m not the only one. Conversations with the Lord, the killing of a bull, conversations between Epiphanius and the President of Russia - these are very powerful moments in the book, they are the ones that left impressions and make you think, they are filled with thoughts that you want to speculate on and debate. The call “Russia borders on the Kingdom of Heaven,” “Russia is the vine of peace,” “Russia is the country of unquenchable light and never-drying tears” greatly cherishes the heart, delights the soul of the Russian person and raises the spirit of patriotism. But it seems to me that the time has come for “cosmopolitans”, people who are supporters of the idea of world citizenship, because of this the book seemed a little outdated to me. You must love your Motherland, the place where you were born and raised, but you must strive to see the whole world, learn its entire history and find your own corner that will be dear to your heart, even if it is completely different from the place where you are grew up.
I definitely want to read something else from the work of Alexander Prokhanov in order to accurately determine whether I am his fan or whether I am still inclined to be his opponents. But one cannot fail to recognize his mastery of style, and how skillfully he writes dialogues between the characters. I have rather mixed impressions of this book; I can’t say with certainty whether I like it or not, but I will definitely say that it made me interested in other works by this author.
Date of birth: 26.02.1938
Soviet, Russian prose writer, publicist, public figure. His works devoted to the author’s interpretation of current events in the socio-political life of Russia gained fame. The Afghan theme occupies a significant place in the writer’s work.
Grandson of I. S. Prokhanov (leader of the All-Russian Union of Evangelical Christians in 1908-1928). Prokhanov's ancestors, the Molokans, were exiled to Transcaucasia during the time of Catherine II. Born in Tbilisi. His father died at Stalingrad and Alexander grew up with his mother and grandmother. After school, Prokhanov entered the Moscow Aviation Institute, after which in 1960 he got a job in a design bureau. However, without working even a year, he gave up everything and went first to the Moscow region, and then to Karelia to work as a forester. The writer’s literary activity began around this time. In 1964, Prokhanov returned to Moscow and got a job at the magazine “Life of the Blind.” In the late 60s, his stories began to be published and attracted attention. Since 1970, he worked as a correspondent for the newspapers Pravda and Literaturnaya Gazeta, specializing in covering military conflicts. As a war correspondent, Prokhanov visited all the “hot spots” of the planet: Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Cambodia, Angola, Kampuchea, Vietnam, etc. In 1971, Prokhanov’s first book was published: “I’m on my way,” in 1972 Prokhanov became a member of the Union writers of the USSR (on the recommendation of Yu. Trifonov). Since 1986, he has been actively writing articles for the magazines “Young Guard”, “Our Contemporary” and “Literary Gazette”. Since that time, the writer has energetically declared his political position in works about events in Afghanistan and other “hot spots” on the planet. From 1989 to 1991, Prokhanov worked as editor-in-chief of the magazine “Soviet Literature.” In December 1990 he created the newspaper Den. In 1991, during the presidential elections of the RSFSR, Prokhanov was a confidant of the candidate General Albert Makashov. During the August putsch, Prokhanov supported the State Emergency Committee, was the author of the address “A Word to the People” (July 1991), which was regarded as a manifesto of the State Emergency Committee. In September 1993, he spoke out in his newspaper against Yeltsin’s actions, calling them a coup d’etat, and supported the Supreme Council. After a series of political publications, the newspaper Den was banned by the Ministry of Justice. In November 1993, Prokhanov organized a new newspaper - “Zavtra”, of which he is the editor-in-chief to this day (2009). In the 1996 presidential elections, Prokhanov supported the candidacy of the Communist Party candidate Gennady Zyuganov. Twice - in 1997 and 1999, Prokhanov was attacked by unknown persons, in the first attack he received a concussion. Prokhanov is considered one of the leaders of the “left” opposition, supports the ideas of the National Bolshevik Party, but at the same time is a supporter of V. V. Putin. Prokhanov's anti-Israeli statements, as well as his calls for support for such movements as Hezbollah (Israel) and the Taliban (Afghanistan), received wide resonance. He enjoys drawing in the style of primitivism. Collects butterflies. Married, has two sons and a daughter. One of the sons works as a photojournalist for the newspaper Zavtra.
Prokhanov’s journalistic style is as metaphorical as his prose: “The National Bolshevik Party is an order professing a religion of rebellion, sacrifice, devotion to the leftist idea, from which respectable clerks, tired of the color red, abandoned the green watermelon of collaboration. the hemoglobin of revolution gave way to the chlorophyll of compromise - the lemon had to turn red."
Writer's Awards
Prize named after K. Fedina (1980)
Lenin Komsomol Prize (1983)
Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1984)
Order "Badge of Honor"
Order of the Red Banner of Battle
Order of the Red Star
Awards from the magazines “Znamya” (1984), “Our Contemporary” (1990, 1998)
Gold medal named after. A. Fadeeva (1987)
Prize of the USSR Ministry of Defense (1988)
International Sholokhov Prize (1998)
Medal “Defender of Transnistria””, (2001)
Award “I have the honor” (2001).
Prize "" for the novel Mr. Hexogen (2002)
(2009)
Bibliography
Letters about a Village (1971)
Burning Blossom (1972)
The Grass Turns Yellow (1974)
In Your Name (1975)
Glimpses of Mangazeya (1975)
Nomadic Rose (1976)
It's Noon (1977)
Eternal City (1981)
Tree in the center of Kabul (1982)
In the Islands the Hunter (1984)
Burning Gardens (1984)
Nuclear Shield (1984)
And Here Comes the Wind (1985)
On the Far Frontier (1985)
Lighter than Azure (1985)
Notes on armor (1989)
600 years after the battle (1989)
Angel Flew (1994)
Palace (1995)
The Word Carried Through Hell (a collection of editorials by Prokhanov, drawings by G. Zhivotov and poems by E. Nefedov) (1999)
Cruising Sonata (2004)
A. A. Prokhanov born February 26, 1938 in Tbilisi. Prokhanov's ancestors, the Molokans, were exiled to Transcaucasia during the time of Catherine II. In 1960, Prokhanov graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute and worked as an engineer at a research institute. In my last year at university I began writing poetry and prose. In 1962-1964. worked as a forester in Karelia, took tourists to the Khibiny Mountains, and took part in a geological party in Tuva. During these years, Prokhanov discovered A.P. Platonov and became interested in V.V. Nabokov. Since 1970, he worked as a correspondent for Literaturnaya Gazeta in Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Cambodia, Angola and other places. Prokhanov was the first to describe in his report in 1969 the events on Damansky Island during the Soviet-Chinese border conflict. In 1972, Prokhanov became a member of the USSR Joint Venture. Since 1986, he has been actively publishing in the magazines “Young Guard”, “Our Contemporary”, as well as in the “Literary Gazette”. From 1989 to 1991 Prokhanov works as editor-in-chief of the magazine "Soviet Literature". In December 1990, he created his own newspaper, Den, where he also became editor-in-chief. In 1991, during the presidential elections of the RSFSR, Prokhanov was a confidant of the candidate General Albert Makashov.
During the August putsch Prokhanov supports the State Emergency Committee. In September 1993, he spoke out in his newspaper against Yeltsin’s unconstitutional actions, calling them a coup d’etat, and supported the RF Armed Forces. After the tank shooting of parliament, the newspaper Den was banned by the Ministry of Justice. The newspaper's editorial office was destroyed by riot police, its employees were beaten, its property and archives were destroyed. Two issues of the newspaper, already banned by that time, were clandestinely published in Minsk as special issues of the communist newspaper “We and Time.” In November 1993, Prokhanov registered a new newspaper, “Zavtra,” and became its editor-in-chief. In the 1996 presidential elections, Prokhanov supported the candidacy of the Communist Party candidate Gennady Zyuganov, and in 1997 he became a co-founder of the Patriotic Information Agency. Twice - in 1997 and 1999, he was attacked by unknown persons.
He is interested in drawing in the style of primitivism. Collects butterflies (there are more than 3 thousand copies in the collection). Married, has two sons and a daughter. Awarded state awards of the USSR.
Since the late 1960s Prokhanov as a special correspondent for Literaturnaya Gazeta, he visited various “hot” spots in Latin America, Angola, Mozambique, Kampuchea, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, etc. In his numerous essays and reports, Prokhanov described the events he witnessed.
In December 1990, Prokhanov founded and became editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper Den, which had the subtitle “Newspaper of the Spiritual Opposition.” On July 15, 1991, the newspaper published an “anti-perestroika” appeal, “A Word to the People.” The newspaper became one of the most radical opposition publications in Russia in the early 1990s and was published regularly until the October events of 1993, after which it was closed by the authorities. However, on November 5, 1993, the writer’s son-in-law A. A. Khudorozhkov founded and registered the newspaper “Zavtra”, of which Prokhanov became editor-in-chief. A number of organizations accuse the newspaper of publishing anti-Semitic materials.
The first stories and essays were published in Literary Russia, Krugozor, Olen, Family and School, and Rural Youth. The story “The Wedding” (1967) became particularly successful. In the second half of the 1960s, Prokhanov's essays and reports attracted the attention of readers in the USSR.
Prokhanov’s first book, “I’m Going on My Way” (1971), was published with a foreword by Yuri Trifonov: “The theme of Russia, the Russian people, for Prokhanov is not a tribute to fashion or a profitable enterprise, but part of the soul. The young writer’s prose is characterized by great sincerity.” The collection “I’m Going on My Way” depicts the Russian village with its rituals, old-fashioned ethics, original characters and landscapes. In 1972, Prokhanov published an essay book, “Burning Flower,” about the problems of the Soviet village. In the same year, with the assistance of Yu. V. Trifonov, Prokhanov was accepted into the Union of Writers of the USSR. Since 1985, Prokhanov has been secretary of the Writers' Union of the RSFSR.
In the early 1970s Prokhanov published a number of stories: “The Tin Bird”, “Red Juice in the Snow”, “Two”, “Stan 1220”, “Trans-Siberian Machinist” (all - 1974), “Fire Font” (1975), etc. In 1974, the second collection was published stories and short stories “The grass is turning yellow.”
The basis of the first novel “The Nomadic Rose” (1975), which is semi-essay in nature, was the writer’s impressions from trips to Siberia, the Far East and Central Asia. In this and three subsequent novels - “Time is Noon” (1977), “The Place of Action” (1979) and “The Eternal City” (1981) Prokhanov addresses current problems of Soviet society.
"Burning Gardens"
Since the early 1980s, the writer began working in the genre of military-political novels; his numerous business trips served as material for new works. The travel novels “A Tree in the Center of Kabul”, “In the Islands of a Hunter...”, “The Africanist”, “And Here Comes the Wind” form the tetralogy “Burning Gardens”, created in the wake of events and characterized by intense plot development.
Later, Prokhanov again turns to the Afghan topic. The main character of the novel “Drawings of a Battle Artist” (1986) is the artist Veretenov, who, on instructions from the editors, goes to Afghanistan in order to make a series of drawings of Soviet soldiers, and who wants to see his son, a soldier. The novel Six Hundred Years After the Battle (1988) tells the story of demobilized soldiers who served in Afghanistan.
In the 1970-90s, he created several notable stories and short stories: “Polina” (1976), “Invisible Wheat”, “On the Moonbeam”, “Snow and Coal” (all - 1977), “The Gray Soldier” (1985) , “The Gunsmith” (1986), “Caravan”, “Dearest”, “Muslim Wedding”, “Kandahar Outpost” (all - 1989) and stories: “Admiral” (1983), “Lighter Azure” (1986), “Sign Virgins" (1990), etc. For the story "Muslim Wedding" (as the best story of the year), Prokhanov received the. A.P. Chekhov. In 1989-1990, Prokhanov was the editor-in-chief of the Soviet Literature magazine, published in 9 languages and distributed in more than 100 countries.
In 2002, the novel Prokhanov“”, where he artistically portrays the version of the guilt of Russian special services in the bombings of residential buildings in Russia in 1999, receives the “National Bestseller” award. "Mr. Hexogen" attracted the attention of critics and the public. The novel tells about a conspiracy between intelligence services, oligarchs and politicians of different directions. The purpose of the conspiracy is to change power in the country by transferring it from the decrepit Idol to the young Chosen One. The conspirators use murders, Kremlin intrigues, house explosions, provocations, etc.
Prokhanov's style is often considered original, colorful, and emphatically individual. Prokhanov’s language, as many critics believe, is replete with vivid metaphors, original, flowery epithets, the characters are written out clearly, clearly, with an abundance of details, the description itself has a pronounced emotional and even passionate coloring, the author’s attitude towards this or that character is clearly visible. However, according to the German Slavist Wolfgang Kazak, Prokhanov’s works are characterized by “a banal, sugary style of writing, based on shameless lies and oversaturated with cheap decorative epithets.” Definitely realistic actions and events coexist with things of a completely fantastic nature (in the novel “Mr. Hexogene”, one of the oligarchs (possibly similar to Berezovsky), having fallen under an IV in a hospital, melts and disappears into thin air; the Chosen One (possibly similar to Putin), having asked to fly the plane alone in the cockpit, he disappears, turning into a rainbow).
Sympathy for Christianity, Russia and everything Russian, and disapproval of capitalism are clearly visible.
Sergei Prokhanov is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, as well as a theater director, artistic director of the Moscow “Theater of the Moon” and acting teacher.
Sergei Prokhanov could have joined the ranks of actors of one role, but did not want such a creative destiny and risked changing it. However, even today, 40 years later, passers-by, meeting Sergei Prokhanov, call him “The Mustache Nanny.”
Sergei Prokhanov was born on December 29, 1952 in Moscow, as he himself says, into a proletarian family. True, nature did not deprive her of talents. The grandfather sang beautifully and passed on a beautiful voice to his grandson, the father was the leader in any company, the mother and her relatives drew well.
As a child, the guy was predicted to have a musical career, but the first competition was a serious disappointment for him. Prokhanov lost it - this became a serious trauma for the teenager’s psyche. In addition, during this period the boy’s voice began to break.
Sergei switched to exact sciences - he studied at a school with a physics and mathematics focus. In parallel with his studies, he went to a theater studio. On stage, he felt free from conventions and decided that he would enter drama school.
Sergei Prokhanov submitted documents to the Shchukin School, and after successfully passing exams and a creative competition, he became a student. The artist remembers his student years as the most wonderful, because he and his fellow students often appeared on television, hosted entertainment programs, and acted in films.
Theater
In 1974, Sergei Prokhanov graduated from theater school and began working at the Mossovet Theater. He played on the same stage with the masters of the theater, and it was a great experience.
In the first few years, the aspiring actor was not offered any serious roles. The situation changed dramatically after the play “Sasha”, in which Prokhanov played the main role. Directors and colleagues saw him as a serious actor. His career took off, but other talented directors also left the Mossovet Theater. With their departure, Sergei Borisovich's theatrical career began to stagnate.
In 1990, the actor organized the Masquerade cooperative. When the Mossovet Theater decided to stage the musical “Superstar,” Prokhanov’s cooperative financed the corps de ballet, and he himself co-directed the production. The musical premiered in 1992 and was a great success. It must be said that even today the musical is performed on the theater stage.
Inspired by the success, Sergei Prokhanov began working on the play “Byzantium”. He hoped that the audience of his native theater would soon see his new directorial work. But it turned out to be difficult to get through - the theater administration bluntly explained to Prokhanov that the play would not be included in the repertoire soon. Then he decided to create his own theater, fortunately, he earned money for this in a cooperative. “Theater of the Moon” was located in the basement on the Patriarch’s Ponds, and then moved to the center of the capital.
Since its opening, the Luni Theater team, under the leadership of Prokhanov, has staged a new play every year, expanding its repertoire. In 1994, the play “Little Dreams” based on the play by O. Mikhailova appeared, and a year later a play was released hinting at the continuation of the plot - “Dreams of an Adult Robinson”. In 1996, the premiere of the play “Fanta Infanta” took place at the Luna Theater. The following year, the premieres of two productions took place: the performances “Tender is the Night” and “Faust”. A year later, “Thais the Shining” appeared, and a year later, “The Journey of Amateurs.”
The theater welcomed the new millennium with two productions at once: “Charlie Cha...” and “Old New Faust.” From that moment on, premieres in the theater ceased to take place annually. The team presented the next two productions to the audience in 2002 - “Lips” and “I... am hiding.” In 2004, the “Moon Theater” staged “Diagnosis:”, a year later - “Lyromania”.
2007 brought the premiere of the production “Natural Extreme”, then new performances again became annual: “Bullfight, or A Romance with a Sleepless Night”, “Next”, “Prosecutor’s Parable”. Then a year-long break followed, and the performances “Chauntecleer”, “Dali and the Spanish Queen from Kazan” were staged one after another.
Over the 20 years of its existence, many famous actors have played in the performances of the “Theater of the Moon”. Director Prokhanov's productions are distinguished by their dreaminess and sensuality; the director strives to show the viewer a different world, in which there is no place for poverty and a philistine view of life. The peculiarity of Sergei Prokhanov's creative approach to the production is its romantic elation and emphasis on theatrical mystery.
The performances staged by Sergei Prokhanov are distinguished by a cosmic worldview, where the characters exist between heaven and earth. This style of performances, as well as the lyrical musical design, create an attractive and mysterious atmosphere, which has become the trademark of the “Theater of the Moon”. And the names of the performances are sublime, for example, “Tender is the Night,” “Lyromania,” “Thais the Shining” and others.
Movies
Sergei Prokhanov began acting in films during his student years. That period was the most active in his television career. He made his debut with a small role in the film “Family as a Family”, then starred in “Yulka”, “Oh, that Nastya”.
The moment of glory came in 1977, when the film “Mustache Nanny” was released, in which Prokhanov played the main role. Soviet viewers fell in love with the cheerful and active hero-nanny, and directors began inviting the actor to play similar roles. He played a pioneer leader in the film “Breakfast on the Grass.”
Sergei Prokhanov on the set of the film "Mustachioed Nanny" Since 1981, Sergei Borisovich's popularity began to fade, he was invited to episodes or supporting roles. This went on for 10 years, until the release of the film “Genius”, in which he played the speculator Kostya. His partner on the set was.
Then there was a small role in the detective story “Wanderers' Rest.” Then, as Sergei Prokhanov admits, he realized that cinema was dead, it was no longer the same as before. The actor decided to finally part with cinema and focus on the theater.
Personal life
Sergei Prokhanov is divorced and lives alone. He lived with his wife Tatyana for 25 years. They met at a friends dacha, he was then 20 years old, she was 16. Tatyana was the granddaughter of marshals and A. Vasilevsky, so the actor was afraid that her family would not accept him. Indeed, Tatyana’s parents were wary of the guy; they wanted their daughter to marry a man who could provide for the family. Gradually, the attitude of the future mother-in-law and father-in-law towards Prokhanov changed, they accepted him as their own. Two years after they met, Tatyana and Sergei got married.
The young wife studied at the university, she is an international lawyer. But her studies did not prevent her from being a good housewife and caring wife. In this marriage two children were born - a daughter and a son.
Tatyana Prokhanova needed female wisdom and a reserve of patience to accompany her husband on tour and wait for her husband’s return, and not react to young fans. A lot of rumors were published about the actor’s affairs with various women, which were quite far from the artist’s real biography, so the wife preferred not to believe it. But Sergei Prokhanov also had real romances.
The woman jokingly pointed out to Sergei the shortcomings of his new passion, and over time began to turn a blind eye to his many hobbies. Prokhanov had many hobbies, mostly romances with actresses of the “Theater of the Moon”.
The marriage of Tatyana and Sergei has cracked. The artist plunged headlong into his work, not noticing anyone around. One day, the actor’s wife went to visit a friend and stayed overnight with her. The actor decided that Tatyana had cheated on him, got ready and left home. Soon the couple officially filed for divorce. The actor still considers divorce a mistake; he says that if he had enough patience and endurance, the family would have survived.
Sergey Prokhanov now
In 2017, Sergei Prokhanov will celebrate his 65th birthday. Today, the artist no longer acts in films, but is engaged in teaching and directing activities. Sergei Prokhanov continues to direct his own “Theater of the Moon”. Also, since 1999, Prokhanov has been leading the course at RATI. In addition, at the Prokhanov Theater there is a children's theater center called “Little Moon”. Students of the center, under the guidance of a number of teachers, learn the basics of acting and participate in theater performances along with professional actors.
In 2016, the director presented a new play from the Theater of the Moon - Casanova, or Journey to Ikosameron.
Filmography
- 1976 – “Just One Night”
- 1977 – “Mustachioed Nanny”
- 1979 – “Do you remember”
- 1981 – “Three times about love”
- 1982 – “Leave a Trace”
- 1985 – “We’ll wait and see”
- 1985 – “The investigation is being conducted by the Experts. Midday Thief"
- 1986 – “The Secret of the Snow Queen”
- 1986 – “Wingspan”
- 1987 – “Leapfrog”
- 1987 – “Miss Millionaire”
- 1990 – “Corruption”
- 1991 – “Wanderers’ Rest”
- 1991 – “Genius”
- 2007 - “Theater of the Moon, or Space Fool 13.28”
