Zakhar Prilepin

Zakhar Prilepin
Захар Прилепин
Prilepin in 2020
Co-chairman of A Just Russia – For Truth
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 February 2021
President of the For Truth
In office
1 February 2020 – 22 February 2021
Personal details
Born
Yevgeny Nikolayevich Prilepin

(1975-07-07) 7 July 1975 (age 49)
Ilyinka, Ryazan Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Political party
Alma materNizhny Novgorod State University
OccupationWriter, Rosgvardiya officer, journalist, politician
AwardsOrder of Courage
Military service
Allegiance
Branch/service
Years of service
  • 1994–1999
  • 2016–2018
  • 2023
RankPodpolkovnik[2]
Battles/wars
Writing career
Pen nameZakhar Prilepin
LanguageRussian
PeriodContemporary
Genres
Literary movementRealism
Years active2003–present

Yevgeny Nikolayevich Prilepin (Russian: Евге́ний Никола́евич Приле́пин;[3][4][5][6] born 7 July 1975), writing as Zakhar Prilepin (Russian: Захар Прилепин), and sometimes using another pseudonym, Yevgeny Lavlinsky (Russian: Евгений Лавлинский), is a Russian writer, politician and paramilitary leader.

He was a member of Russia's National Bolshevik Party from 1996 to 2019 and the leader of the national-conservative political party For Truth from 1 February 2020 until it merged into A Just Russia in February 2021.[7]

  1. ^ "Захар Прилепин – Биография". Zaharprilepin.ru. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Прилепину присвоили звание подполковника Росгвардии". TASS. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Захар Прилепин | Новая литературная карта России". Litkarta.ru. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Прилепин, Захар". Lenta.ru. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Биография Захара Прилепина | Анонимная Правда". Sta-sta.ru. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  6. ^ Medved magazine, No 3 (138), 2010
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).