Alexander Nevzorov
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Alexander Glebovich Nevzorov ' onMouseout='HidePop("30647")' href="/topics/Leningrad">Leningrad
, Soviet Union
) is a former Russian
and Soviet TV journalist, a film director
and a former member of the Russian parliament
. He is the founder of the horsemanship school, Nevzorov Haute Ecole.
, stunt man, and literary secretary.
He started his work for the Leningrad television in 1985 and had been an editor-in-chief in Leningrad
(and later Saint-Petersburg) television for 10 years. In December 1987 - 1993 he hosted the enormously popular daily political program 600 Seconds
on the Leningrad TV channel, aired then all over the Soviet Union
. On December 12, 1990, Nevzorov was shot and slightly wounded in Leningrad
under obscure circumstances in a headline-making attempt. He was militantly in favor of preserving the Soviet Union
integrity. On January 15, 1991, in his program he approved brutal actions of the Soviet authorities in Vilnius
during the Vilnius massacre. In late 1991 his program was taken off the air two times and later gradually lost its popularity. In October 1991, Nevzorov formed the Nashi movement
. The broadcast was finally closed down in the aftermath of Yeltsin's victory in his confrontation with the Russian Supreme Soviet
(Nevzorov had supported the anti-Yeltsin side).
Nevzorov worked as a reporter, collecting news from Yugoslav wars
and the War of Transnistria
in 1992-1993. In 1994 he was a vocal supporter of the initiation of the First Chechen War
. In 1997 he wrote and directed the TV film Chistilishche ("Purgatory") about the Chechen war, co-produced with Boris Berezovsky and released in March 1998.
In the 1993 campaign
he was elected deputy in the State Duma
of the Russian Federation for the first time, and since then has been reelected as an independent deputy three times, serving until the 2007 elections
when the single constituency seats were abolished.
He served as an adviser on film, TV and radio to Vladimir Yakovlev
during the latter's tenure as the Governor
(mayor) of St Petersburg.
In 1999 Nevzorov collaborated with the ORT
TV channel and often appeared as an political commentator on Sergey Dorenko
's Saturday night news show.
Later he abandoned political journalism
and devoted himself to horses. He wrote the book The Horse: Crucified and Risen, directed two documentaries, and produced several journal articles and publications.
, Italy
, Australia
and the USA.
For the last couple of years, according to Nevzorov, he has been studying the effects of equestrian sports on a horse's body.
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
) is a former Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
and Soviet TV journalist, a film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and a former member of the Russian parliament
State Duma
The State Duma , common abbreviation: Госду́ма ) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. The Duma headquarters is located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to...
. He is the founder of the horsemanship school, Nevzorov Haute Ecole.
Biography
Alexander Nevzorov studied briefly at the Department of Philology of Leningrad State University, but did not complete the course. He stayed as a novice at a monastery, sang bass in the church choir, worked as a museum night watchman, stevedoreStevedore
Stevedore, dockworker, docker, dock labourer, wharfie and longshoreman can have various waterfront-related meanings concerning loading and unloading ships, according to place and country....
, stunt man, and literary secretary.
He started his work for the Leningrad television in 1985 and had been an editor-in-chief in Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
(and later Saint-Petersburg) television for 10 years. In December 1987 - 1993 he hosted the enormously popular daily political program 600 Seconds
600 Seconds
600 Seconds was an immensely popular TV news program that aired in the Soviet Union and briefly in the post-Soviet Russia. It was a nightly broadcast from Leningrad TV with anchor Alexander Nevzorov....
on the Leningrad TV channel, aired then all over the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. On December 12, 1990, Nevzorov was shot and slightly wounded in Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
under obscure circumstances in a headline-making attempt. He was militantly in favor of preserving the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
integrity. On January 15, 1991, in his program he approved brutal actions of the Soviet authorities in Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
during the Vilnius massacre. In late 1991 his program was taken off the air two times and later gradually lost its popularity. In October 1991, Nevzorov formed the Nashi movement
Nashi (1991)
Nashi was a political movement initiated by well-known Russian journalist Alexander Nevzorov. The movement has been described as "statist-chauvinist"....
. The broadcast was finally closed down in the aftermath of Yeltsin's victory in his confrontation with the Russian Supreme Soviet
Supreme Soviet of Russia
The Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR , later Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation was the supreme government institution of the Russian SFSR in 1938–1990; in 1990–1993 it was a permanent parliament, elected by the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation.The Supreme Soviet of...
(Nevzorov had supported the anti-Yeltsin side).
Nevzorov worked as a reporter, collecting news from Yugoslav wars
Yugoslav wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...
and the War of Transnistria
War of Transnistria
The War of Transnistria was a limited conflict that broke out in November 1990 at Dubăsari between pro-Transnistria forces, including the Transnistrian Republican Guard, militia and Cossack units, and supported by elements of the Russian 14th army, and pro-Moldovan forces, including Moldovan...
in 1992-1993. In 1994 he was a vocal supporter of the initiation of the First Chechen War
First Chechen War
The First Chechen War, also known as the War in Chechnya, was a conflict between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, fought from December 1994 to August 1996...
. In 1997 he wrote and directed the TV film Chistilishche ("Purgatory") about the Chechen war, co-produced with Boris Berezovsky and released in March 1998.
In the 1993 campaign
Russian legislative election, 1993
Legislative elections were held in the Russian Federation on 12 December 1993. At stake were the 450 seats in the State Duma , the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia .-Rules:...
he was elected deputy in the State Duma
State Duma
The State Duma , common abbreviation: Госду́ма ) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. The Duma headquarters is located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to...
of the Russian Federation for the first time, and since then has been reelected as an independent deputy three times, serving until the 2007 elections
Russian legislative election, 2007
Legislative elections were held in the Russian Federation on 2 December 2007. At stake were the 450 seats in the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia . Eleven parties were included in the ballot, including Russia's largest party, United Russia, which was supported by...
when the single constituency seats were abolished.
He served as an adviser on film, TV and radio to Vladimir Yakovlev
Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev
Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev is a Russian politician, currently retired.In 1996–2003, he was the Governor of Saint Petersburg. In 2003-2004, prior to the Beslan school hostage crisis, he was Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District...
during the latter's tenure as the Governor
Governor
A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
(mayor) of St Petersburg.
In 1999 Nevzorov collaborated with the ORT
Channel One (Russia)
Channel One is the first television channel to broadcast in the Soviet Union. The channel was renamed Ostankino Channel 1 in 1991, after the Soviet Union broke up and the Russian SFSR became the Russian Federation. According to a recent government publication, the Russian government controls 51%...
TV channel and often appeared as an political commentator on Sergey Dorenko
Sergey Dorenko
Sergey Leonidovich Dorenko is a Russian TV and radio journalist, famous for hosting a controversial weekly news commentary program in 1999-2000....
's Saturday night news show.
Later he abandoned political journalism
Political journalism
Political journalism is a broad branch of journalism that includes coverage of all aspects of politics and political science, although the term usually refers specifically to coverage of civil governments and political power....
and devoted himself to horses. He wrote the book The Horse: Crucified and Risen, directed two documentaries, and produced several journal articles and publications.
Nevzorov Haute Ecole
As a founder and owner of Nevzorov Haute Ecole, a school of horse training and riding, he claimed to have developed methods for training horses without the use of traditional means of control (bits). Nevzorov's methods have not been widely publicized, due to the lack of interest on the part of international equestrian community. However, Nevzorov appears to have a small following in Russia. He claimed to have developed the training methodology himself with the assistance of his wife, while working with Nevzorov horse Perst. The school is represented outside of Russia by some of Nevzorov's students in CanadaCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and the USA.
For the last couple of years, according to Nevzorov, he has been studying the effects of equestrian sports on a horse's body.
See also
- Artyom BorovikArtyom BorovikArtyom Genrikhovich Borovik was a prominent Russian journalist and media magnate. He was the son of a Soviet journalist, Genrikh Borovik, who worked for many years as a foreign correspondent in the U.S.-Journalism:...
- Evgeny DodolevEvgeny DodolevYevgeniy Yuriyevich Dodolyev , is a Soviet and Russian journalist and publisher.-TV Years:...
- Sergey DorenkoSergey DorenkoSergey Leonidovich Dorenko is a Russian TV and radio journalist, famous for hosting a controversial weekly news commentary program in 1999-2000....
- Marina LeskoMarina LeskoMarina Lesko , also known as M.Lesko is a Russian journalist, author, and cultural commentator.-Career:Lesko started her career at the Novy Vzglyad in 1992. She later left and started working at the Travel + Leisure . She ran that magazine for a while...
- Vladislav ListyevVladislav Listyev-External links:* - IFEX*...
External links
- Haute Ecole biography
- Aleksandr Nevzorov @ IMDB
- Popular Soviet TV Journalist Reported Shot, ReutersReutersReuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
, December 14, 1990. - Two Steps Forward, One Step Back by Linda B. Jensen, March 1992.
- Notes of an idler. Kremlin Strikes Back in St. Petersburg by Fyodor Gavrilov, The St. Petersburg TimesSt. Petersburg Times (Russia)The St. Petersburg Times is a weekly, English-language newspaper based in St. Petersburg, Russia. It serves the expatriate community, tourists, and Russians interested in an international perspective on local and world affairs...
, September 3, 1999. - The Struggle for Control over Soviet Television by Elena Androunas, Journal of Communication 41.2, 185-200 (June 1991).
- Biography (in Russian)
- Александр Невзоров: Лошади учат людей терпению by Galina Romanova, Rossiyskaya GazetaRossiyskaya GazetaRossiyskaya Gazeta is a Russian government daily newspaper of record which publishes the official decrees, statements and documents of state bodies...
, May 28, 2004. - Official page of the State Duma (in Russian)