Viktor Dotsenko is a Russian author. The author of a series of action

Action genre

The word action has more than one meaning in fiction. Action is one of the fiction-writing modes authors use to present fiction. The term is also used to describe an exiting event or circumstance.-Action as a fiction-writing mode:...

/adventure

Adventure

An adventure is defined as an exciting or unusual experience; it may also be a bold, usually risky undertaking, with an uncertain outcome. The term is often used to refer to activities with some potential for physical danger, such as skydiving, mountain climbing and or participating in extreme sports...

 novels featuring Savely Govorkov, Dotsenko has often appeared on best-seller lists and was one of the best-selling authors in Russia in the 1990s.
According to 2007's Literature, History and Identity in Post-Soviet Russia, Dotsenko's thrillers of the 1990s bore patriotic and anti-Western themes. 2007's Literary Russia: A Guide credits him, alongside Alexandra Marinina

Alexandra Marinina

Alexandra Marinina is a best-selling Russian writer of detective stories.-Biography:...

, with pioneering the thriller genre in Russia.