According to the qualifications of the international expert community, journalism is considered one of the most dangerous areas of activity. Journalists are killed and injured in the performance of their professional duties. The biography of Oleg Kashin is a vivid example of this.
Starting conditions
By acting in films or leading a political party, you can easily become a popular person. Another way to achieve publicity is to cover political events in the press and on TV. Journalists today, though not the fourth estate, are very influential persons. A prominent representative of this workshop is Oleg Vladimirovich Kashin. The future journalist was born on July 17, 1980 in an ordinary Soviet family. Parents lived in the city of Kaliningrad. My father worked as a mechanic on ships of the fishing fleet. Mother taught literature in college.
Oleg grew up as a calm and balanced child. I studied well at school. Like many boys in a seaside town, he dreamed of becoming a sailor. In high school, he wrote poetry, and studied in the studio of young journalists. After school, Kashin entered the Baltic State Academy of the Fishing Fleet. During the training period, he twice went on long trips on the famous sailing ship "Kruzenshtern". In 2003 he graduated from his studies and received a diploma of specialized higher education. By this time, he had already collaborated with the editorial board of the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper for several years.
Professional activity
The graduate refused to go to sea, and came to grips with journalism. In 2005 he moved to Moscow, where he was offered the position of a correspondent for the Kommersant newspaper. By this time, an opposition movement had formed in the capital, whose leaders periodically took disgruntled people out onto the street. Kashin specialized in covering events of this kind. He watched how the participants of rallies and single pickets live and act. Articles and reviews under his signature caused not only admiration, but also a sharp displeasure of the reading audience.
Kashin's journalistic career developed quite successfully until the tragic day of November 6, 2010. On that day in the evening he was severely beaten at the entrance of his own house. According to the calculations of the attackers, Oleg should have died from his injuries. However, the fearless journalist survived. It took over a year to fully recover. Operational-search measures did not bring any results. Numerous appeals to law enforcement and supervisory authorities did not add clarity to the investigation, although the President of the Russian Federation personally gave an oral order to find the criminals.
Creativity and personal life
After recovering from severe injuries, Oleg Kashin returned to journalistic activities. He wrote for various publications. I went on business trips. He lived with Switzerland for two years. He stayed in London for a year and returned to his native shores in 2017.
Everything is known about Kashin's personal life. The family union was formed on the second attempt. His wife was Tatiana Suvorova, a colleague in the workshop. The husband and wife are raising a son, who was born in 2015. The family currently lives in Moscow.
