M Lyubimov biography

Mikhail Lyubimov Mikhail Lyubimov. Born on May 27 in the city of Dnepropetrovsk. He was arrested in the year, then released, fired from the organs and sent to Kyiv. During the Great Patriotic War, he served on various fronts, then worked in senior positions in military counterintelligence in the Carpathian and Volga military districts. Mother is Lyudmila Veniaminovna Lyudimova, daughter of a professor of medicine.

Married a third marriage. Wife - Lyubimova Tatyana Sergeevna. The son - Lyubimov Alexander Mikhailovich G. graduated from a school in Kuibyshev with a gold medal, Lyubimov in the year without much difficulty entered the Moscow Institute of International Relations, which he graduated from the year, and was sent to work at the consular department of the embassy of the USSR in Finland. For a year, he worked in the Soviet residency in London as the second secretary of the embassy.

With the beauty, who was an actress, he was successful in society, supported contacts with such large politicians as the leaders of the Labor Party D. Crossman and D. Hili, with many members of the conservative party and officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was a regular in London salons, which he used for operational purposes, knew the writers S. Snow, A. Sillitow, D.

The leader of the young Tori member of the Parliament Nick Scott was firmly convinced that Mikhail Lyubimov or a “smiling Mike”, as some English friends called him, was a Soviet diplomat. In fact, this friendly Russian Russian was one of the talented and purposeful young KGB employees, and later headed the entire anti -British espionage on Lubyanka. "So the Daily Express British newspaper later wrote.

The activity of the young Soviet diplomat could not remain unnoticed by the British special services, and he was sent in the year. From England, in the years, M. Lyubimov was in Denmark as a deputy resident and first secretary of the embassy. In the year he went to Denmark as a resident of the KGB and an adviser to the embassy. In the year, upon returning to his homeland, M.

Lyubimov headed the department in the central apparatus of the KGB, and then resigned and completely devoted himself to literary and journalistic activities, the tendency to which he experienced all his life. In the year, Mikhail Lyubimov managed to put his play “Export Murder” in the Moscow Regional Drama Theater. In the year, on the stage of theaters of Dushanbe and Astrakhan, his other play was staged - "The Legend of Legend." Since the year, he was regularly published in the newspaper "Top Secret" and the magazine Detective and Politics Juliana Semenov, his articles in support of perestroika were published on the pages of the Moscow News weekly, the magazine "Spark" and other publications.

At the end of the year, an event took place that brought M. Lyubimov widely fame: then the most popular “light” printed his novel and Hell followed him ”, which truthfully told about the life and work of the KGB illegal in London. The absolute classification in our country of any materials on intelligence activities involuntarily imposed a ban on works about it. In this regard, in the genre of fiction and essays about our scouts of Lyubim, he was a pioneer.

Despite the patriotic essence of the novel, M. Lyubimov was stiffly criticized by the KGB leadership, but this only increased its popularity as an author. In years, he advocated in support of the depolitization of the KGB, the liquidation of the "ideological line" in the security authorities and for the external intelligence separation from the rest of the services. If until August M.

Lyubimov actively supported perestroika, then he did not accept the "Reform Course". This was reflected in his publications in the press, performances on radio and television. He always considered himself a democrat-patriot and therefore considered the then division in society artificial. In the year, M. Lyubimov’s memoir novel came out: “Notes of a non -impedic resident, or wandering light”, a kind of life confession.

In the same year, the author worked there as a member of the editorial board of the Golgotha, who made a lot of noise in Russia and abroad, the author of the editorial board, which seemed to be the “memoirs” close to Andropov, who, at his direction, developed a perestroika plan under the code name of Golgotha, appeared there. The essence of the plan was to lead Russia through "wild capitalism", and, using the indignation of the masses, to return the country to the communist path led by the KGB.

Many perceived this not as a satire, but as a true recognition, refutations, support expressions appeared in the press, it came to the point that the Duma Committee sent a request to the special services about the presence of such a plan.The famous historian Vadim Kozhinov gave this evaluation of this small work: “Yes, the heroes of the“ exemption of prices ”,“ privatization ”and other things will ultimately understand that, despite all the drama or direct tragedy of our time, they were, like the English and French“ restorers ”, primarily comic figures, completely ready to become prototypes of the heroes of this ulcerative satire.

The Golgotha ​​depicted them with such today. "The book of Novels about intelligence appeared -" Spies I love and hate ", the collection of" KGB guide to the cities of the world "in it" Lyubimov's intelligence cut "London, Paris and Copenhagen. The satirical novel" Decameron of the Spiers "came out and a large circulation, in which the author was at the background.

The sarcastic criticism of the course of "Reforms" spoke about the spies that fell into the network of love. In September, the book “Walking with the Cheshire Cat” appeared, dedicated to the study of the English soul and customs, similarities and differences in the national characters of the British and Russians. Many works by M. Lyubimov were translated into foreign languages ​​Bulgarian, Serbian, English, German, Czech and others.

All Spy Stories Lyubimov have a life basis. For example, recruitment in Moscow with the help of the “cream of domestic homosexuality” of the Clerk of the English Embassy was built on the history of the Soviet agent vassal, set forth by the special commission of the British parliament, on the memoirs of the vassal itself, arrested and in prison. In front of Lyubimov’s eyes, the case of the English military minister Profumo, related to the prostitute, who had contacts with the Soviet military intelligence officer, was unfolding.

Based on the materials published in the West, a story about the killer of the Ukrainian nationalist Bandera S. Stashinsky and his love for the German, the story of an employee of a foreign embassy, ​​collecting branded ashtrays, stolen in restaurants with her, worked himself. He knew the large intelligence officer Kim Filby and agents who worked on an ideological basis, wrote a lot of good about them.

It is characteristic that the heroes of Lyubimov are by no means similar to the "hard -stone Stirlians", on the contrary, they are often served in a humorous or ironic vein. Lyubimov is not at all inclined to idealize intelligence activity, he is alien to pathos and kvass patriotism. Now M. Lyubimov continues to be published in various Russian and foreign publications, regularly performs on radio and on television, gives lectures in the country and abroad.

Lyubimov’s favorite activities in their free time are reading, theater and visiting art galleries. He is a adherent of Nabokov, Solzhenitsyn, E. Zamyatin, Brodsky and many others. From sports prefers swimming, loves tourism and walks. Spends free time with a family or with friends. Mikhail Petrovich helps to remove negative emotions in the moments of rest - his favorite - a huge black cat, the hero of his last book and a lover of Scottish whiskey.

Lives and works in Moscow.

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