Alexander Zvyagintsev is a famous writer who, in practice, perfectly studied what he writes about in his books. His works are notable for the accurate transmission of the details of investigations, a deep study of the psychological motives of the heroes' actions, and unexpected plot twists. The author does not disclose personal information, in order to get to know him better, you need to carefully read the detective stories in which he shares his worldview and knowledge of life.
Alexander Grigorievich Zvyagintsev is a lawyer, writer, screenwriter who served for many years in the prosecutor's office. His works are modern "notes of an investigator", a continuation of the traditions of Lev Sheinin and an example of serious documentary-detective literature. Alexander Grigorievich is a man of the old school, he leads a closed lifestyle, he does not have a personal blog and he does not share memories of his childhood and youth with the public and journalists. Family, wife, children are not a reason for discussion on the Internet. Therefore, almost nothing is known about the childhood and relatives of the writer.
Childhood and education
Since Alexander Grigorievich does not give an interview about himself and has not yet written his memoirs, it is only known that he was born on July 8, 1948 in Ukraine. The writer spent his childhood and youth in Zhitomir, a small town 100 km from Kiev. Honestly served 2 years in the ranks of the Soviet Army. Then he moved to Kiev, where he began work in the prosecutor's office.
The choice of profession determined the whole future life of Alexander. To continue working, it became necessary to obtain a higher education and, in parallel with the work of a secretary in the prosecutor's office of the Ukrainian SSR in the capital, he entered the Kharkov Law Institute. By the time he received his degree in jurisprudence in 1976, he had already started moving up the career ladder.
Work and career
Alexander Zvyagintsev devoted 17 years to the Ukrainian prosecutor's office, having worked there until 1987. Starting with the duties of a secretary, he rose to the position of head of the statistics department, became a senior assistant to the prosecutor of the Ukrainian SSR. Since 1986, he served as deputy head of the department for propaganda and systematization of Soviet legislation. Then, until 1992, he held positions in the organizational and control department.
During these years, when the country was undergoing rapid and rapid changes, he headed the center of information and public relations of the USSR Prosecutor's Office. Later he became a senior assistant to the Prosecutor General of the USSR. From 2000 to 2003, he held leading positions in the prosecutor's office of the Volga Federal District. Since 2003, he took up the post of Deputy Prosecutor General of not the USSR, but of a new country - the Russian Federation.
The achievements of this period cannot be underestimated. Zvyagintsev achieved the revision and cancellation of a number of articles in the legislation of Bashkiria and Tatarstan, having achieved their compliance with the Constitution of the federal law of the Russian Federation. He dealt with issues of extradition to the homeland of Zakayev, Berezovsky, Nevzlin. In 2007, under his leadership, an investigation was conducted into the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in London.
During the period of rampant crime and the formation of large capital, he was engaged in the supervision of the rule of law in the field of civil courts. Alexander Grigorievich remained the Deputy Prosecutor General of the country until 2015. At different times, he was responsible for monitoring and managing simultaneously in several areas.
Alexander Grigorievich Zvyagintsev retired due to his seniority, having filed a letter of resignation in 2016.
Literature and cinema
During his work in the prosecutor's office, Alexander G. Zvyagintsev became interested in literary work. He began writing back in the 80s, and the first published work was the story "Clan". Already in the mid-eighties, when such things were not mentioned anywhere, he spoke with documentary accuracy about the laws of the criminal world.
Then, in 1994, he published his work on the top officials of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Empire, the USSR and his successor, the Russian Federation. The series includes 6 books dedicated to different periods of Russian history and jurisdiction. Around the same time, he wrote his probably the most widely known and popular series "Sarmat". A series was later filmed based on these books.
Another series of detective and political action films - "Skif". Then came the books "Swiss Roller Coaster", "Russian Prosecutors", a series of detective stories about Valentin Lednikov, "Natural Selection" in Russian and French, a film was made according to the script "The Nuremberg Trials". Some of the books were published by the author under the pseudonym Alexander Holgin. By 2018, the author has written and published about 40 books in the genre of documentary, detective and thrillers.
Awards and prizes
During his work in the prosecutor's office, Alexander Grigorievich Zvyagintsev was many times awarded by the President and the Government of the Russian Federation. For his work in the prosecutor's office, he was awarded the "Certificate of Honor of the President of the Russian Federation", has seven highest state awards. Among them - the Order of the III degree "For Services to the Fatherland". His list of awards includes medals and orders not only of legal departments, but also of scientific organizations and public associations.
Alexander Grigorievich also has awards from the governments of other countries of the world. He is Vice President of the International Association of Prosecutors. IAP was established in the UNP office located in Vienna in 1995 and is represented by representatives of 150 countries. The Association deals with issues of suppression of transnational crime around the world.
Alexander Zvyagintsev was recognized as an honorary worker of the prosecutor's office not only in Russia, but also in Ukraine. For his educational activities and work for the benefit of society, he was awarded the orders of the Russian Orthodox Church. He holds the title of Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation.
The writer is not going to stop his literary work.
