Julian Semenov, a brief biography of whichpresented below, is one of the pioneers of the genre of "journalistic investigations" in our country. Possessing remarkable writer's talent, he was able to go beyond writing propaganda articles to uncover the secrets of history and reveal the dark sides of Soviet society. In addition, he became known to the general public thanks to the film adaptation of his novels, such as Seventeen Moments of Spring and Petrovka, 38.
Julian Semenovich Lands, and it sounds like thatreal name of the writer, was born in 1931 in Moscow. His mother, Galina Nozdrina, was a history teacher and instilled in her son a love for solving the mysteries of the past. As for his father, Semyon Aleksandrovich Landres was a major expert in the field of publishing and an editor. In 1952, he was unreasonably repressed on the charge of complicity with Bukharin. The son, as he could, stood up for his father, which could lead him to jail. However, the era of Stalinism and repression ended, and Semyon Lenders not only returned to Moscow ahead of schedule, but also took the leading position in Gostlitizdat.
В 1948 году Юлиан Ляндрес поступил в Московский Institute of Oriental Studies, where he met and became friends with a very young then Yevgeny Primakov, who still had to take top positions in the USSR and the Russian Federation. After graduating from the alma mater in 1953, Yu.Landers taught Pashto at Moscow State University and at the same time he studied at its historical faculty.
Since 1955, J.Landers began working as a journalist.His articles and essays were published in such famous Soviet periodicals as Ogonyok, Pravda, Literaturnaya Gazeta, Komsomolskaya Pravda, and Smena. However, he traveled a lot around the USSR and traveled to hot spots. Around this period, he had to take a pseudonym by the name of his father, because the editors found his real last name incongruous and recommended changing it.
In 1959, working in Afghanistan, JulianSemenov, whose biography contains many unknown pages, wrote his first major literary work, which was a political detective story about the activities of the first Russian diplomatic envoy, Ivan Vitkevich, in Kabul.
In 1960, quite early for his age,Semenov became a member of the Union of Writers of the USSR. Among his most interesting debut works are the novels “My heart is in the mountains”, “Rain in drainpipes”, “Farewell to the woman he loves”, etc.
From 1962 to 1967, Julian Semenov (biography inyouth presented above) was a member of the editorial board of the journal "Moscow". At the same time, he worked a lot abroad: in France, Spain, GDR, in Cuba, in Japan, the USA and in the countries of Latin America.
По роду своей журналистской деятельности он visited the taiga, where he met with tigers, the construction of BAM, the polar station, the opening of the diamond tube, as well as many hot spots and in the thick of the political events unfolding in Afghanistan, Spain, Chile, Cuba and Paraguay. In particular, in Latin America, Julian Semenov, whose biography still contains many secrets, was engaged in the search for the Nazis, who escaped trial as war criminals, and emigrated to Latin America.
For many years, Julian Semenov (writer's biography inthe years of perestroika are presented below) engaged in the search for and return of cultural property exported from the USSR by the Nazis during the Second World War. To this end, he created the International Committee, which included Georges Simenon, Georg Stein, James Aldridge and other famous politicians, writers and public figures. One of the most important activities of this organization was the search for the Amber Room, in which Baron E. von Falz-Fein actively assisted him. Although the search for this masterpiece of arts and crafts had no success, they later wrote the book Face to Face. In addition, as a result of the work of the International Committee, the ashes of F.I. Chaliapin, a large part of the collection of Dygilev-Lifar books, as well as a tapestry depicting the family of the last Russian tsar, taken from the Livadia Palace and other cultural values, were returned to their homeland.
Perestroika was greeted by Julian Semenov with delight. He longed for change, however, in the opinion of his relatives, he definitely did not foresee and did not want the collapse of the USSR.
In 1988, the writer, along with V. Livanov and V.Solomin founded the theater "Detective". It was located in the building of the Central House of Officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. In it were staged modern action plays and performances for children. Unfortunately, this brainchild of a journalist did not have a happy fate, and in 1992, when Julian Semenov, whose biography, you already know, was bedridden, it was closed due to a conflict with the landlord.
В 1989 году писателем было учреждено первое в USSR private publication - the newsletter "Top Secret". For the development of his concept and pilot issue, he drew A.N. Pleshkov, a journalist with the APS, and E. Dodolev, a leading television program at Vzglyad.
Julian Semenov, whose biography youalready known, wrote many action novels, of which the most famous are works dedicated to Isaev-Stirlitz. On their creation he was prompted by a note found in the archives, in which a certain agent Dzerzhinsky was mentioned. There are 14 novels in the series of works about the elusive intelligence officer. Some of them, including the famous “17 Moments of Spring” were filmed.
The hero of another well-known cycle of works by Semenov is the journalist Dmitry Stepanov. The author gave the features of himself to this hero, and the novels themselves are partially autobiographical in nature.
In the literary heritage of Semenov, there are also several plays, two collections of short stories, 5 novel versions concerning the death of famous people, as well as many journalistic works.
In 1990, the journalist unexpectedly happenedstroke and he was bedridden. Attempts to restore health did not give any result, and the writer Julian Semenov, whose biography, especially on his cooperation with the KGB of the USSR, is still not fully investigated, died in the capital in 1993.
His sudden illness caused manyrumors, and even the closest people did not believe in its natural origin. In particular, the daughter of Julian Semenov in a dedicated documentary film said that they had “removed their father”. The same version was announced by many of his former colleagues.
Подозрения были косвенно подкреплены тем фактом, that shortly before Semenov’s stroke in Paris, his colleague and deputy Alexander Pleshakov was poisoned. It was with him that Yulian Semenovich was investigating where the so-called “party gold” had disappeared. In addition, by a strange "accident" the writer had a stroke an hour before his meeting with John Evans - a representative of media magnate R. Murdoch. It was planned to finally decide on the creation of an international holding under the same brand “Top Secret”.
Молодой журналист всегда был предметом обсуждения envious, who claimed that the lion's share of his success is the result of a successful marriage to the adopted daughter of S. V. Mikhalkov and N. P. Konchalovskaya from her first marriage. However, according to Semenov himself, he never tried to use the name and influence of the famous father-in-law for his own benefit. Officially, Ekaterina Sergeevna and Julian Semenovich were spouses for about 30 years. However, their union was difficult to call happy. After 17 years of marriage, having two teenage daughters, Semenov left the family, and for about 13 years only his marriage certificate linked him to his wife, since he was not officially terminated. However, when the writer's health deteriorated greatly, Ekaterina Sergeevna, despite a 13-year break in relations, returned to the seriously ill husband and cared for him until the last days of her life.
Теперь вы знаете некоторые интересные факты, related to the public and journalistic activities of the literary father of the famous Stirlitz. Julian Semenov, whose biography, personal life and mysterious circumstances of the disease are already known to you, left behind a rich literary heritage that people of any age would be interested to meet.
