The Pyramid. The Soviet Mafia
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The Pyramid ' onMouseout='HidePop("25180")' href="/topics/Romanization_of_Russian">Romanized
: Piramida) is a thriller novel
by famous Soviet special investigator, deputy of Soviet Parliament Telman Gdlyan and professional writer Evgeny Dodolev
, about Soviet Mafia. The very first Soviet book about corruption . The book allegedly exposed ties between Leonid Brezhnev
's family, Sharof Rashidov and the Soviet Mafia
. With their decidedly critical viewpoint of governmental corruption, it comes as little surprise that co-authors would eventually end up a government targets. According to Edward Topol
the already printed book was banned (1989) and released a year and half later , , just one year before the dissolution of the Soviet Union
.
The 260 pages of the book are divided in 27 chapters.
The first part describes the motives for the Soviet corruption.
The second part shows how Soviet Intelligence finds out about so called Uzbek Affair.
To the common Russians some names in this book became synonymous with corruption, nepotism and the Great Cotton Scandal of the late Brezhnev period.
At last few episodes from life of Brezhnev's family (Galina Brezhneva
and others).
Romanization of Russian
Romanization of the Russian alphabet is the process of transliterating the Russian language from the Cyrillic alphabet into the Latin alphabet...
: Piramida) is a thriller novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by famous Soviet special investigator, deputy of Soviet Parliament Telman Gdlyan and professional writer Evgeny Dodolev
Evgeny Dodolev
Yevgeniy Yuriyevich Dodolyev , is a Soviet and Russian journalist and publisher.-TV Years:...
, about Soviet Mafia. The very first Soviet book about corruption . The book allegedly exposed ties between Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev – 10 November 1982) was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union , presiding over the country from 1964 until his death in 1982. His eighteen-year term as General Secretary was second only to that of Joseph Stalin in...
's family, Sharof Rashidov and the Soviet Mafia
Mafia
The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
. With their decidedly critical viewpoint of governmental corruption, it comes as little surprise that co-authors would eventually end up a government targets. According to Edward Topol
Edward Topol
Edward Vladimirovich Topol , real name Topelberg is a Russian novelist.-Biography:Born in Baku, Topol spent his teenage years finishing local school in Baku and graduated from Azerbaijan State Economic University. He also did his military service in Estonia...
the already printed book was banned (1989) and released a year and half later , , just one year before the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the disintegration of the federal political structures and central government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , resulting in the independence of all fifteen republics of the Soviet Union between March 11, 1990 and December 25, 1991...
.
Plot summary
The first part describes the motives for the Soviet corruption.
The second part shows how Soviet Intelligence finds out about so called Uzbek Affair.
To the common Russians some names in this book became synonymous with corruption, nepotism and the Great Cotton Scandal of the late Brezhnev period.
At last few episodes from life of Brezhnev's family (Galina Brezhneva
Galina Brezhneva
Galina Leonidovna Brezhneva was the daughter of Soviet politician and longtime General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and Viktoria Brezhneva.-Life and death:...
and others).