”, “Labor”, “Capital newspaper”, “Night rendezvous”, magazines “Postscriptum”, “Spark”, “Capital”. He actively advocates the legalization of prostitution, soft drugs, handguns and the euthanasia of newborns with genetic abnormalities at the request of parents. Adheres to right-liberal, transhumanist and libertarian beliefs.

Credo

Known as an adherent and popularizer of scientific skepticism, in some of his books he also promotes liberalism in economics and public life and sharply criticizes "political correctness". Cosmopolitan. Chairman of the Atheistic Society of Moscow (ATOM).

Awards

Laureate of the prizes of the Union of Journalists of Moscow for 2002 and the Union of Journalists of Russia for 2001, twice laureate of the Ogonyok magazine award. For his contribution to national culture he was awarded a state award - the Pushkin medal (1999). In 2005, he received the Belyaev Prize for the book "Monkey Upgrade". Laureate of the "Nonconformism-2010" award for the novel "Anna Karenina, female".

Scandals

Known for his scandalous statements.

Project "Mother"

He actively promoted profanity in the 1990s. Together with Dmitry Bykov, on April 1, 1995, he published an appendix to the weekly "Interlocutor" - the "obscene newspaper" "Mother", led the corresponding column in the newspaper "New Look", was a defendant (together with Bykov) in a criminal case for using obscene language in the press. The chapters of his first book were published in the Novy Vzglyad newspaper and the Secret&Mystery magazine.

book ban

Publication on euthanasia

Politics

He was the chairman of the Federal Political Council of the party Russia without obscurantism registered in 2012 from June 2013 to May 2015.

A family

Wife - Galina. Raising a son.

Bibliography

• Shitty book. - M.: Vasanta, 1994. - 159 p. - 20000 copies.
• Dialogues about the future
• Cream. Portraits of prominent contemporaries by A. Nikonov. - M.: Globulus, 2004. - 160 p. - 10000 copies. - ISBN 5-94851-092-1, ISBN 5-93196-317-0. 2nd ed. - Cream. A mirror for the heroes of our time. - St. Petersburg: "Peter", NC ENAS, 2009. - 288 p. - 2500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-498-07543-3
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Links

• - portal edited by A. Nikonov
• (unavailable link from 06-01-2014 (2125 days))- website of the publishing house that published most of the author's books
• Channel on youtube.com

An excerpt characterizing Nikonov, Alexander Petrovich

For Prince Andrei, seven days have passed since he woke up at the dressing station in the Borodino field. All this time he was almost in constant unconsciousness. The fever and inflammation of the intestines, which were damaged, in the opinion of the doctor who was traveling with the wounded, must have carried him away. But on the seventh day he ate with pleasure a piece of bread with tea, and the doctor noticed that the general fever had decreased. Prince Andrei regained consciousness in the morning. The first night after leaving Moscow was quite warm, and Prince Andrei was left to sleep in a carriage; but in Mytishchi the wounded man himself demanded to be carried out and to be given tea. The pain inflicted on him by being carried to the hut made Prince Andrei moan loudly and lose consciousness again. When they laid him down on a camp bed, he lay for a long time with eyes closed motionless. Then he opened them and whispered softly: “What about tea?” This memory for the small details of life struck the doctor. He felt his pulse and, to his surprise and displeasure, noticed that the pulse was better. To his displeasure, the doctor noticed this because, from his experience, he was convinced that Prince Andrei could not live, and that if he did not die now, he would only die with great suffering some time later. With Prince Andrei they carried the major of his regiment Timokhin, who had joined them in Moscow, with a red nose, wounded in the leg in the same Battle of Borodino. They were accompanied by a doctor, the prince's valet, his coachman and two batmen.
Prince Andrei was given tea. He drank greedily, looking ahead at the door with feverish eyes, as if trying to understand and remember something.
- I don't want any more. Timokhin here? - he asked. Timokhin crawled up to him along the bench.
“I'm here, Your Excellency.
- How is the wound?
– My then with? Nothing. Here you are? - Prince Andrei again thought, as if remembering something.
- Could you get a book? - he said.
- Which book?
– Gospel! I have no.
The doctor promised to get it and began to question the prince about how he felt. Prince Andrei reluctantly but reasonably answered all the doctor's questions and then said that he should have put a roller on him, otherwise it would be awkward and very painful. The doctor and the valet raised the overcoat with which he was covered, and, wincing at the heavy smell of rotten meat spreading from the wound, began to examine this terrible place. The doctor was very dissatisfied with something, altered something differently, turned the wounded man over so that he again groaned and, from pain during the turning, again lost consciousness and began to rave. He kept talking about getting this book as soon as possible and putting it there.
- And what does it cost you! he said. “I don’t have it, please take it out, put it in for a minute,” he said in a pitiful voice.
The doctor went out into the hallway to wash his hands.
“Ah, shameless, really,” said the doctor to the valet, who was pouring water on his hands. I just didn't watch it for a minute. After all, you put it right on the wound. It's such a pain that I wonder how he endures.
“We seem to have planted, Lord Jesus Christ,” said the valet.
For the first time, Prince Andrei understood where he was and what had happened to him, and remembered that he had been wounded and that at the moment when the carriage stopped in Mytishchi, he asked to go to the hut. Confused again from pain, he came to his senses another time in the hut, when he was drinking tea, and here again, repeating in his recollection everything that had happened to him, he most vividly imagined that moment at the dressing station when, at the sight of the suffering of a man he did not love , these new thoughts that promised him happiness came to him. And these thoughts, although vague and indefinite, now again took possession of his soul. He remembered that he now had a new happiness and that this happiness had something in common with the Gospel. That's why he asked for the gospel. But the bad position that had been given to his wound, the new turning over again confused his thoughts, and for the third time he woke up to life in the perfect stillness of the night. Everyone was sleeping around him. The cricket was shouting across the entryway, someone was shouting and singing in the street, cockroaches rustled on the table and icons, in autumn a thick fly beat on his headboard and near a tallow candle that was burning with a large mushroom and stood beside him.
His soul was not in a normal state. A healthy person usually thinks, feels and remembers at the same time about an innumerable number of objects, but he has the power and strength, having chosen one series of thoughts or phenomena, to stop all his attention on this series of phenomena. A healthy person, in a moment of deepest reflection, breaks away to say a courteous word to the person who has entered, and again returns to his thoughts. The soul of Prince Andrei was not in a normal state in this regard. All the forces of his soul were more active, clearer than ever, but they acted outside of his will. The most diverse thoughts and ideas simultaneously owned him. Sometimes his thought suddenly began to work, and with such force, clarity and depth, with which it had never been able to act in a healthy state; but suddenly, in the middle of her work, she broke off, was replaced by some unexpected performance, and there was no strength to return to her.
“Yes, a new happiness has opened up to me, inalienable from a person,” he thought, lying in a half-dark, quiet hut and looking ahead with feverishly open, stopped eyes. Happiness that is outside the material forces, outside the material external influences on a person, the happiness of one soul, the happiness of love! Any person can understand it, but only God alone can recognize and prescribe its motif. But how did God ordain this law? Why a son? .. And suddenly the train of these thoughts was interrupted, and Prince Andrei heard (not knowing whether he was delirious or really hears this), heard some kind of quiet, whispering voice, incessantly repeating to the beat: “And drink, drink, drink,” then “and ti ti” again “and drink ti ti” again “and ti ti”. At the same time, to the sound of this whispering music, Prince Andrey felt that some strange airy building of thin needles or splinter was erected above his face, above the very middle. He felt (although it was hard for him) that he had to diligently keep his balance so that the building that was being erected would not collapse; but it still collapsed and again slowly rose to the sounds of evenly whispering music. "It's pulling! stretches! stretches and everything stretches, ”Prince Andrei said to himself. Together with listening to the whisper and with the feeling of this stretching and rising building of needles, Prince Andrei saw in fits and starts the red light of a candle surrounded by a circle and heard the rustling of cockroaches and the rustling of a fly beating on the pillow and on his face. And every time a fly touched his face, it produced a burning sensation; but at the same time he was surprised that, striking in the very region of the building erected on the face of his face, the fly did not destroy it. But besides that, there was one more important thing. It was white at the door, it was a statue of a sphinx that crushed him too.
“But maybe this is my shirt on the table,” thought Prince Andrei, “and these are my legs, and this is the door; but why is everything stretching and moving forward and drink, drink, drink, and drink—and drink, drink, drink…” “That’s enough, stop it, please leave it,” Prince Andrei begged someone heavily. And suddenly the thought and feeling came up again with unusual clarity and force.
“Yes, love,” he thought again with perfect clarity), but not the love that loves for something, for something or for some reason, but the love that I experienced for the first time when, dying, I saw my enemy and still loved him. I experienced that feeling of love, which is the very essence of the soul and for which no object is needed. I still have that blissful feeling. Love your neighbors, love your enemies. To love everything is to love God in all manifestations. You can love a dear person with human love; but only the enemy can be loved with divine love. And from this I experienced such joy when I felt that I love that person. What about him? Is he alive... Loving with human love, one can move from love to hatred; but divine love cannot change. Nothing, not death, nothing can destroy it. She is the essence of the soul. And how many people I hated in my life. And of all people, I did not love or hate anyone else like her. And he vividly imagined Natasha, not in the way he had imagined her before, with only her charm, joyful for himself; but for the first time imagined her soul. And he understood her feeling, her suffering, shame, repentance. He now for the first time understood the cruelty of his refusal, saw the cruelty of his break with her. “If only it were possible for me to see her one more time. Once, looking into those eyes, say ... "
And drink, drink, drink, and drink, and drink, drink - boom, a fly hit ... And his attention was suddenly transferred to another world of reality and delirium, in which something special was happening. Everything in this world was still being erected, without collapsing, the building, something was still stretching, the same candle was burning with a red circle, the same Sphinx shirt was lying at the door; but besides all this, something creaked, smelled of fresh wind, and a new white sphinx, standing, appeared before the door. And in the head of this sphinx there was a pale face and shining eyes of that same Natasha, of whom he was now thinking.

Alexander Petrovich Nikonov (August 13, 1964, Moscow) is a Russian journalist and publicist.

In 1986 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISIS). Published in the newspapers Moskovsky Komsomolets, Trud, Stolichnaya Gazeta, Postscriptum, Ogonyok, Stolitsa magazines.

Known as an adherent and popularizer of atheism and scientism, in some of his books he also promotes liberalism in the economy and public life and sharply criticizes "political correctness". Chairman of the Atheistic Society of Moscow (ATOM). Collaborated with Academician Eduard Kruglyakov in exposing pseudoscience.

Laureate of the prizes of the Union of Journalists of Moscow for 2002 and the Union of Journalists of Russia for 2001, twice laureate of the Ogonyok magazine award. For his contribution to national culture, he was awarded the state award - the Pushkin medal (1999). In 2005, he received the Belyaev Prize for his book Upgrade the Monkey.

Married, has a son.

Books (23)

Russian X-files. Sessions of black and white magic with exposure

The book is an experience of writer's investigation. The author gives explanations for the stories given - convincingly, intelligibly, fascinatingly and accessible even for a not very prepared reader, although he uses the most complex apparatus in his explanations: modern psychology, quantum physics and even space geology. True, most often the most mysterious cases have the simplest explanations ...

Hit first. The main mystery of World War II

Famous writer Alexander Nikonov analyzes the roles Soviet Union and Germany, Stalin and Hitler in World War II and in the history of the 20th century as a whole. Following the author of The Icebreaker, Viktor Suvorov, Nikonov cites numerous documentary facts and convincing logical conclusions that make it possible to draw up an objective picture of the pre-war world, big war and its consequences.

The topic is extremely acute and still extremely painful for most of our compatriots who lived in Soviet time and for young citizens of modern Russia.

No one questions the grandiose feat of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War; we are talking about a deadly confrontation between two despotic regimes, two bloody dictators.

The main theme of A. Nikonov's creativity is Civilization. As in his other books, he helps the reader to go beyond the usual stereotypes and persistent myths (on which, unfortunately, what is usually called national self-consciousness is based to a large extent) and learn to form their own view of historical processes.

The crown of creation in the interior of the universe

Origin of the Universe, education solar system, the formation of planets, the origin of life on Earth ... The evolution of living organisms, the emergence of man, the emergence of civilization ... The most important philosophical questions, great scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs... Problems, crises and processes in modern society; past, present and prospects of Man and mankind...

Such topics are discussed in this unusual, bright, intelligent and ironic book.

Riding a bomb The fate of the planet Earth and its inhabitants

In a popular and entertaining way, the book presents modern, revolutionary scientific ideas about the origin, structure and future of planet Earth.

The theory to which the book is devoted is based on known empirical facts; she allowed some absolutely brilliant sensational predictions to be made, thereby confirming her truth.

But the conclusions that follow from this theory are so unusual, so stunning, that not all specialists are ready to accept it today. Captivating stories about outstanding scientists and their ideas complement the narrative brilliantly.

Beyond reality. Explanation of the inexplicable

This book is not just a collection of stories about unusual, inexplicable, mystical phenomena - about mysterious creatures, ghosts, poltergeists, UFOs, telepathy, teleportation, etc. (experts and connoisseurs of this subject will find a lot of interesting things here!), And stories residually reliable, told by trustworthy sources, most of which are named by name.

This book is an experience of writer's investigation. The author gives explanations to the stories given - convincingly, intelligibly, fascinatingly and accessible even for a not too prepared reader, although he uses the most complex apparatus in his explanations: modern psychology, quantum physics and even space geology.

True, most often the most mysterious cases have the simplest explanations ...

Behind the facade of the empire. A short course in Russian mythology

Why don't Russians smile?

Alexander Nikonov finds the answer to this question in national history, which in our country "does not just repeat itself, but walks in circles like a blind mare ..."

Hello weapons! Presumption of common sense

The book "grew" from the chapter of the same name in the famous "Monkey Upgrade" by Alexander Nikonov and develops its main ideas: the legalization of firearms is the most effective way to combat armed crime, which is becoming ever larger.

This book is not only and not so much about weapons and crime. The book is about stupidity, because of which the civilized world loses thousands of human lives every year. Actually, the opposition to stupidity from the standpoint of common sense is the central theme and the main goal of the writer's work, which he strictly follows in all his works.

The author's argument in the polemic with the "prohibitors" of weapons, based on extensive factual material, is so convincing that it leaves no doubt: citizens should not be deprived of the opportunity to protect their own lives and the lives of their loved ones.

Between Scylla and Charybdis. Civilization's Last Choice

Alexander Nikonov indicates the only possible way for our Civilization in the conditions of a permanent economic crisis and the coming demographic collapse. This is an extremely narrow and dangerous passage between the narrow-minded Scylla of reactionary conservatism and obscurantism and the soft-bodied left-liberal Charybdis, brought to the point of absurdity of political correctness.

The main factors that determine our future are intelligence, common sense and a sense of humor. The author returns to his idea of ​​a "transparent" world of the future, formulated ten years ago in the famous "Monkey Upgrade". By the way, we did not have time to look back, as a good half of his predictions have already become a reality ...

Opium for the people. Religion as a global business project

Alexander Nikonov - a convinced atheist and a well-known specialist in debunking various myths - analyzes the texts of Holy Scripture.

With unchanging irony, as always logical and convincing, the author shows that Old Testament- nothing more than a collection of legends of ancient pastoral tribes, which absorbed the epics of more developed civilizations, that the Gospel is basically a rehash of the myths of ancient cultures and that the church, in its essence, is a global commercial project.

The name "Kurochka Ryaba" will be understood and appreciated by anyone who reads to the 21st page. The book will undoubtedly "hurt the religious feelings" of certain segments of the population. Nevertheless, it is useful for everyone to read it - both believers and non-believers, and the unsure.

This book is not about faith. Faith is a personal, inner, intimate affair of every person. Religion and church are different...

Predictions of the past

Alexander Nikonov has a rare and amazing ability to show various phenomena (physical, biological, social - any, one way or another related to Civilization) from an unexpected side, making the reader shudder from the scale of the worlds opening before him and think ...

Analyzing and comparing both widely known and completely new facts for readers from different fields of knowledge (mythology, ancient maps, pyramids, geology, natural disasters), the author, as always logically and convincingly, paints a stunning picture: 12 thousand years ago on Earth there was an advanced civilization with 18th century technology.

And disappeared - due to a global catastrophe. Knowledge was lost, only random "embers from the torch of reason" remained.

And mankind has learned everything anew ...

And, of course, Nikonov cannot but destroy a number of established historical myths along the way.

So, reader, welcome to the antediluvian ...

Freedom from equality and brotherhood

Common sense, responsibility and freedom. Free will, freedom from prejudice, freedom from stupidity - these are the simple principles of the new morality of the modern civilized world.

Alexander Nikonov continues to fulfill his educational mission, helping the reader to comprehend the patterns of development of Civilization, get rid of false illusions and find their place in a rapidly changing world.

Cream

Cream. Portraits of prominent contemporaries by A. Nikonov.

Satirical portraits of famous politicians, public figures, artists and artists in an interview with journalist and writer Alexander Nikonov.

Formula of immortality. On the way to the inevitable

Is it possible to overcome the finiteness of a person's physical existence, to preserve his knowledge, spiritual and intellectual world?

How does Professor Dowell's head feel?

What is our consciousness and does it affect "objective reality"?

Alexander Nikonov, a firm and consistent materialist, atheist and pragmatist, explores the eternal dream of mankind about immortality. Relying, as usual, on the most extensive factual material, the author plays with the problem of the transience of our earthly life the classic chess four-move. The grandmaster is assisted by great physicists, well-known physicians, psychologists, sociologists, participants and witnesses of various incredible events and phenomena, as well as such an authority as Carlos Castaneda.

The outcome of the game is, of course, a foregone conclusion.

But what a fun game!

Monkey upgrade. The Big Story of the Little Singularity

The origin of the Universe, the formation of the solar system, the formation of planets, the origin of life on Earth, the evolution of living organisms, the emergence of man, the emergence of civilization ...

The most important philosophical questions, great scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs… Problems, crises and processes in modern society, past, present and prospects of Man and mankind…

The story of the frostbitten in the context of global warming

How does climate create and kill civilizations? For what "strings" nature pulls people? Are we living in an era of global warming or cooling? What awaits Russia in connection with climate fluctuations? About this, as well as about Vladimir Klimenko, Boris Godunov, Egyptian pharaohs and other wonderful people A new book Alexandra Nikonov.

After reading this book, you will be able to have endless conversations about the weather as well as any Englishman and about the future as well as any futurist. For a wide range of readers.

End of feminism. How is a woman different from a man

This is one of the most unusual books written in the last decade. It's not just about feminism. It, like most of Alexander Nikonov's books, is about our civilization. Even before it was born, the book caused fierce controversy and violent attacks on the author.

However, many readers (and female readers!) admitted that the book helped them reconsider their views on life in general and on the essence of feminism in particular.

Napoleon. Second try

The first attempt to unite and civilize Europe by the Romans ended in failure one and a half thousand years ago. The third attempt succeeded: in our lifetime, Europe finally united, erasing the borders and introducing a single currency standard.

But there was a second attempt. After which a unified system of measures and weights reigned throughout Europe, and public life, political map and the state of mind of the Europeans underwent such a change, after which there was no return to the past. And all this - thanks to the genius of Napoleon.

Alexander Nikonov’s Napoleon is not a “usurper”, not a “Corsican monster”, not an “antichrist” and an “adversary”, but the most effective manager of all times and peoples, main goal which was the development of the national business. Peace is all that Napoleon needed. That's why he fought all the time...

An exciting book based on reliable documentary evidence, written, one might say, passionately - so main character close and dear to the author: after all, Napoleon's contribution to world civilization (and this main topic Nikonov!) is invaluable.

Herzen wrote about the victors of Napoleon at Waterloo: “They turned history off the main road right down to the hub into the mud, and into such mud from which it cannot be pulled out in half a century ...” If Napoleon’s victors dragged Europe into the mud, then where did Napoleon lead her? Alexander Nikonov continues to destroy myths...

The untold history of World War II

Alexander Nikonov, a well-known journalist and publicist, lifts the veil of the secrets of the Second World War for us, analyzing the roles of two leaders and two states in the history of the 20th century. Unique facts and convincing logical conclusions provide the most objective picture of the pre-war world, the "Great War" and its consequences.

As in his other books, Alexander Nikonov, speaking about the deadly confrontation between two despotic regimes, goes beyond the usual stereotypes and helps to form his own view of historical processes.

Nikonov's conclusions are very far from official version throughout the history of World War II and may seem very unexpected and even frightening ...

The fate of the civilizer

In his new book, Nikonov A.P., in his usual style, analyzes by example ancient rome socio-economic and political-psychological conditions for the formation, flourishing, decline and death of great empires, the author in a large-scale historical perspective shows the reader a stunning picture of the eternal struggle of Reason and savagery, Enlightenment and ignorance, Civilization and barbarism, talks about the thorny paths of civilizers.

Easily moving to the present, A. Nikonov comments on his point of view on the “current historical moment” and offers his own, original, witty, and, as always, controversial model of the development of Human Civilization.

I found out that I am an enemy of the female people quite by accident - I came across an article on the Internet by an indignant feminist. This lady (Ph.D. in Philology, by the way) wrote a long treatise about the terrible verbal oppression by us damned men of their tender, fragile aunts. We oppress them, among other things, also through the media ...

“Nikonov speaks hate speech to women. Inflames... Is a typical example... Calls names... Ridicules... Demonizes women... Accuses feminism of "encroaching on an almost subconscious, prototypical value system..."

Yes, that's how scary I am! Here I am such a terrible enemy of feminism on Earth!

Aleksandr Petrovich Nikonov graduated from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISIS) in 1986. Published in the newspapers Moskovsky Komsomolets, Trud, Stolichnaya Gazeta, Postscriptum, Ogonyok, Stolitsa magazines.

Known as an adherent and popularizer of atheism and scientism, in some of his books he also promotes liberalism in the economy and public life and sharply criticizes "political correctness". Chairman of the Atheistic Society of Moscow (ATOM). Collaborated with Academician Eduard Kruglyakov in exposing pseudoscience.

Laureate of the prizes of the Union of Journalists of Moscow for 2002 and the Union of Journalists of Russia for 2001, twice laureate of the Ogonyok magazine award. For his contribution to national culture he was awarded the Pushkin medal (1999). In 2005 he received the Belyaev Prize for the book.

Known for his scandalous statements and books such as:, and many others. He actively promoted profanity in the 90s. Together with for two years he published an appendix to the weekly "Interlocutor" - the "obscene newspaper" "Mother" led the corresponding column in the newspaper "New Look", was a defendant (together with Bykov) in a criminal case for using obscene language in the press. The chapters of his first book were published in the Novy Vzglyad newspaper and the Secret&Mystery magazine.

In September 2009, the St. Petersburg prosecutor's office ordered Nikonov's book "Monkey Upgrade" to be withdrawn from sale (according to the prosecutor's office, the book contains a call for the legalization of drugs). A year later, a reissue of "Upgrade" was released under the title "The Crown of Creation in the Interior of the Universe", supplemented and improved compared to the original book and without the scandalous chapter on drugs.

In February 2010, the Public Chamber Russian Federation and UJR (Union of Journalists of Russia) discussed Nikonov’s article titled “Kill him so that he doesn’t suffer”, published in December 2009 by the AIDS-Info newspaper, in which the journalist proposed giving parents the right to use euthanasia for the birth of children with certain incurable brain pathologies ( not allowing the formation of a full-fledged personality in a child), calling such children “blanks for a future personality” and “defective floppy disks”. The publication caused a wide public outcry. The press started criticizing Nikonov. As a result of the meeting of the public board on complaints against the press, the Union of Journalists of Russia ruled that the article "is on the verge of extremism" and was also written "unprofessionally." Some colleagues (Aleksey Venediktov, Evgeny Dodolev, Viktor Loshak, Pavel Sheremet) defended the journalist, as they considered that freedom of speech was being violated

Newborns with genetic abnormalities at the request of the parents. Adheres to right-liberal, transhumanist and libertarian beliefs.

Alexander Nikonov
Date of Birth	August 13(1964-08-13 ) (55 years)
Place of Birth	Moscow, USSR
Citizenship (citizenship)
Occupation	Writer, publicist, TV presenter
Genre	Popular science literature, Publicism
Language of works	Russian
Awards	Belyaev Prize
a-nikonov.livejournal.com
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In the autumn of 1996, he was a defendant in a criminal case and was brought to trial because of his professional activity: on the fact of the publication by him (together with Dmitry Bykov) of the "obscene" newspaper "Mother".

Biography

Chairman of the Atheistic Society of Moscow (ATOM).

From June 2013 to May 2015, he was the chairman of the Federal Political Council of the party "Russia without obscurantism" registered in 2012.

From December 3, 2018 to February 14, 2019 - one of the hosts of the program " Polite people" on the NTV channel. He also takes part in the talk show of the same TV channel "Meeting Place" with Andrey Norkin.

Scandals

Project "Mother"

Publication on euthanasia

Awards and prizes

Bibliography

• Shitty book. - M. : Vasanta, 1994. - 159 p. - 20,000 copies.
• Dialogues about the future
• Cream. Portraits of prominent contemporaries by A. Nikonov. - M. : Globulus, 2004. - 160 p. - 10,000 copies. - ISBN 5-94851-092-1, ISBN 5-93196-317-0. 2nd ed. - Cream. A mirror for the heroes of our time. - St. Petersburg: "Peter", NC ENAS, 2009. - 288 p. - 2500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-498-07543-3
• Monkey upgrade. The Big Story of the Little Singularity. - M. : ENAS, 2005. - 352 p. - 5000 copies. 2nd ed. - Monkey upgrade. The Big Story of the Little Singularity. - M. : ENAS, 2008. - 496 p. - 5000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-388-00054-5 , ISBN 978-5-93196-758-5
• Russian X Files. Sessions of black and white magic with exposure. - M. : ENAS, 2005. - 216 p. - 5000 copies. - ISBN 5-93196-563-7. 2nd ed. - Beyond reality. Explanation of the inexplicable. - St. Petersburg. : "Peter", 2008. - 304 p. - 3000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-388-00456-7
• End of feminism. How is a woman different from a man. - M. : ENAS, 2005. - 256 p. - 5000 copies. 2nd ed. - The end of feminism. How is a woman different from a man. - M. : ENAS, 2008. - 368 p. - 5000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-388-00053-8, ISBN 978-5-93196-823-0
• The fate of the civilizer Theory and practice of the death of empires. - M. : ENAS, 2006. - 256 p. - 5000 copies. 2nd ed. - The fate of the civilizer. Theory and practice of the death of empires. - M. : ENAS, 2008. - 360 p. - 5000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-388-00052-1, ISBN 978-5-93196-821-6
• The history of the frostbitten in the context of global warming. - M. : ENAS, 2007. - 296 p. - 5000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-93196-709-7. 2nd ed. - The history of the frostbitten in the context of global warming. - M. : ENAS, 2009.
• Freedom from equality and brotherhood. The moral code of the builder of capitalism. - M. : ENAS, 2007. - 360 p. - 10,000 copies. 2nd ed. - Freedom from equality and fraternity. The moral code of the builder of capitalism. - M. : ENAS, 2008. - 480 p. - 5000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-93196-870-4, ISBN 978-5-388-00149-8
• Choice management. The art of cutting the masses. - M. : ENAS, 2008. - 304 p. - 5000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-93196-809-4, ISBN 978-5-91180-893-8
• Riding a bomb The fate of the planet Earth and its inhabitants. - M. : ENAS, 2008. - 320 p. - 5000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-388-00361-4
• Be first! The main mystery of the Second World War. - St. Petersburg. : "Peter", 2008. - 448 p. - 4000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-93196-916-9, ISBN 978-5-388-00475-8
• Napoleon: Attempt No. 2. - St. Petersburg. : "Peter", NTs ENAS, 2008. - 376 p. - 4000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-93196-913-8, ISBN 978-5-388-00734-6
• Opium for the people. Religion as a global business project. - St. Petersburg. : "Peter", NTs ENAS, 2009. - 344 p. - 4000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-93196-954-1, ISBN 978-5-498-07473-3
• Prediction of the past. Rise and fall of antediluvian civilization. - St. Petersburg. : "Peter", NTs ENAS, 2009. - 368 p. - 4000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-498-07458-0 , ISBN 978-5-93196-962-6
• Hello weapons! presumption of common sense. - 2010. - ISBN 978-5-93196-978-7
• Anna Karenina, female - M. : AST, 2013. - 320 p. - 2000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-17-077320-6
• Between Scylla and Charybdis. - St. Petersburg. : "Peter", NC ENAS, 2014. - ISBN 978-5-4248-0091-7
• Spiritual bonds from Chicken Ryaba. - M. : AST, 2014. - 352 p. - ISBN 978-5-17-085874-3
• Formula of immortality. On the way to the inevitable. - "Piter", NC ENAS, 2012. - 720 p. - ISBN 978-5-4216-0018-3
• Physics at your fingertips. - M. : AST, 2017. - 352 p. - ISBN 978-5-17-092649-7
• Astronomy at your fingertips. - 2017. - ISBN 978-5-17-101645-6

Notes

1. Newspaper "Moscow Komsomolskaya Pravda".
2. New Look Publishing House CAIN, WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER ABEL?
3. Political Views of the Writer.
4. Boyko M. Capitalism has not exhausted itself: Alexander Nikonov on the global crisis, the renaissance of leftism and the legalization of weapons (unavailable link)// Nezavisimaya Gazeta, 06/03/2010.

In 1986 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISIS).

In the autumn of 1996, he was a defendant in a criminal case and was brought to trial because of his professional activities: on the fact of publishing the "obscene" newspaper "Mother" by him.

Credo

Known as an adherent and popularizer of atheism and scientism, in some of his books he also promotes liberalism in the economy and public life and sharply criticizes "political correctness". Cosmopolitan. Chairman of the Atheistic Society of Moscow (ATOM).

He claims that he never gets offended.

Awards

Laureate of the prizes of the Union of Journalists of Moscow for 2002 and the Union of Journalists of Russia for 2001, twice laureate of the Ogonyok magazine award. For his contribution to national culture he was awarded a state award - the Pushkin medal (1999). In 2005, he received the Belyaev Prize for his book Upgrade the Monkey. Laureate of the "Nonconformism-2010" award for the novel "Anna Karenina, female".

Scandals

Known for his scandalous and outrageous statements.

Project "Mother"

He actively promoted profanity in the 90s. Together with Dmitry Bykov, for two years he published an appendix to the weekly "Interlocutor" - the "obscene newspaper" "Mother" led the corresponding column in the newspaper "Novy Vzglyad", was a defendant (together with Bykov) in a criminal case for using obscene language in the press. The chapters of his first book were published in the Novy Vzglyad newspaper and the Secret & Mystery magazine.

book ban

In September 2009, the St. Petersburg prosecutor's office ordered that A. Nikonov's book "Monkey Upgrade" be withdrawn from sale (according to the prosecutor's office, the book contains a call for the legalization of drugs).

Publication on euthanasia

In February 2010, the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation and the Union of Journalists of Russia discussed Nikonov's article titled "Kill him so that he does not suffer," published in December 2009 by the AIDS-Info newspaper, in which the journalist proposed giving mothers the opportunity to use euthanasia when the birth of children with disabilities (not all, but only certain diseases), calling them blanks and defective floppy disks. The publication caused a wide public outcry. The press started criticizing Nikonov. As a result of the meeting of the public board on complaints against the press, the Union of Journalists of Russia ruled that the article was on the verge of extremism and was also written unprofessionally. However, some colleagues - Alexei Venediktov, Evgeny Dodolev, Viktor Loshak, Pavel Sheremet - defended the journalist, as they considered that freedom of speech was being violated.

A family

Has a wife, Galina, who is raising a son.

Bibliography

He published his first book in 1994. Since 2005 he has been publishing books regularly, sometimes several a year (including reprints).