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'{{short description|Russian science fiction writer (born 1960)|bot = PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Fyodor Berezin | image = Fyodor_Berezin.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|2|7|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Donetsk]], [[Ukrainian SSR]] | death_date = | nationality = [[Russia]]n | occupation = [[Novelist]] | genre = [[Science fiction]] | movement = | notableworks = | influences = | influenced = | module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes | allegiance = {{flag|Soviet Union}}<br>{{flag|Donetsk People's Republic}} | branch = [[Soviet Army]]<br>[[Donbass People's Militia]] | serviceyears = 1981-1991 <small>(Soviet Army)</small>, 2014- | rank = [[File:CCCP army Rank kapitan infobox.svg|30px]] [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] | commands = | battles = [[Russo-Ukrainian War]] }} | website = {{URL|http://strannik.org.ua/}} }} '''Fyodor Dmitrievich Berezin''' ({{lang-ru|Фёдор Дмитриевич Березин}}; born February 7, 1960) is a [[Russians|Russian]] [[science fiction]] writer, collaborator of Putin's Russia and pro-Russian separatist, member of the [[Terrorism|terrorist]] organization "[[Donetsk People's Republic]]". Figure on sanctions lists in EU countries, Ukraine, etc. <ref>{{Citation |title=List of people and organizations sanctioned during the Russo-Ukrainian War |date=2022-07-16 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=List_of_people_and_organizations_sanctioned_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War&oldid=1098620488 |work=Wikipedia |language=en |access-date=2022-07-21}}</ref> Born in [[Donetsk]], he attended the Engels anti-aircraft training school until his graduation in 1981. In 1991, Berezin departed the military at the [[Captain]] rank. Prior to his approach into science fiction, Berezin worked in numerous other career fields, such as a mining engineer. Berezin published 3 novel series, and 2 separate works, scoring him awards at the International Science Fiction Festival. Since 2014 he has been an active supporter of the [[Donetsk People's Republic]]. ==Biography== Fyodor Berezin was born in [[Donetsk]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150118150634/http://samlib.ru/b/berezin_f_d/ Fyodor Berezin] at the [[Samizdat]] magazine</ref> He lived there until 1977 when he entered the [[Engels (city)|Engels]] [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] training school. He graduated in 1981 and served as an AA officer first in [[Kazakhstan]] and then in the [[Far East]]. In 1991, Berezin left the military at the rank of [[Captain (land and air)|captain]] and currently lives in his hometown of Donetsk. He has worked as an entrepreneur and tried a multitude of different career fields such as mine construction. Married, he has a son and a daughter. Berezin has been a professional writer since 1998. He is also the founder and chairman of "Strannik" ({{lang-en|Wanderer}}), the Donetsk science fiction club. Berezin's novels work within the boundaries of [[hard science fiction]] and are labelled by some critics as "turborealist". He calls his style of writing "science-fictional/philosophical [[technothriller]]". Berezin published his first novel, the science-fictional ''[[Ash (Russian novel)|Ash]]'' ({{lang-ru|Пепел}}), in 2001. He recognizes the influence of [[H. G. Wells]], [[Kurt Vonnegut]], [[Stanislaw Lem]] and [[Arkady and Boris Strugatsky]] in his work.<ref>[http://fantlab.ru/article70 Фантастика спасёт мир от катастрофы, 2003] [[FantLab]] (''Donetsk News''), 13 February 2003 {{in lang|ru}}</ref> ===Awards=== * 1st place – Golden Caduceus – International Science Fiction Festival "the Golden Bridge" in [[Kharkiv]]; nominated for the "Best Debut" award for the novel ''Ash'' (2001). * 2nd place – Silver Caduceus – nominated for the "Series and Novels with Sequels" award for the novels ''[[Incoming Cataclysm (Russian novel)|Incoming Cataclysm]]'' and ''[[Parallel Cataclysm (Russian novel)|Parallel Cataclysm]]'' (2002). * 3rd place – Bronze Caduceus – nominated for the "Series and Novels with Sequels" award for the novels ''[[War 2030: Red Dawn]]'' and ''[[War 2030: Metropolis on Fire]]'' (2005). * 3rd place – Bronze Caduceus – nominated for the "Series and Novels with Sequels" award for the novel ''[[War 2030: Attack on the Rocky Mountains]]''. ==Participation in War of Donbas== During the [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|War in Donbas]] he served as the Deputy Minister of Defense of the [[Terrorism|terrorist]] organization of the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] (DPR) for a period in 2014.<ref name="vz.ru">{{Cite journal |script-title=ru:Стрелков назначил писателя-фантаста Березина своим заместителем |journal=Взгляд |date=June 4, 2014 |url=http://www.vz.ru/news/2014/6/4/690070.html |language=ru}}</ref><ref name="Komsomolskaya Pravda">{{Cite journal |script-title=ru:Замкомандующего обороны ДНР: "У нас тут Испания перед Второй мировой" |author=Dmitry Steshin |journal=Komsomolskaya Pravda |date=June 4, 2014 |url=http://msk.kp.ru/daily/26239/3121442/ |language=ru}}</ref> In November 2014, he led an armed seizure of the Donetsk branch of the [[Writer's Union of Ukraine]], declaring the establishment of a new union of writers of the DPR.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://podrobnosti.ua/1002367-pisatel-terrorist-berezin-otzhal-zdanie-sojuza-pisatelej-v-donetske.html|title=Писатель-террорист Березин "отжал" здание Союза писателей в Донецке|date=11 November 2014|access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref> ==Novels== {{multiple issues|section=yes| {{tone|section|date=February 2015}} {{BLP unsourced section|date=February 2015}} }} * '''Separate works''': ** ''Ash'' - War is the favorite hobby of generals; it is also very useful to politicians, especially when it does not take place on one's own territory but somewhere far away... say, in another star system. Those who start wars usually don't take part in them - there are soldiers for that. The soldiers themselves rarely think about the true goal of the war. This time, however, a bomber pilot decides to think about it... and to teach all of humanity a lesson. ** ''The Lunar Option'' ({{lang-ru|Лунный вариант}}) - When the first [[USSR|Soviet]] [[lunokhod]] discovers a mysterious artifact on the [[Moon]], this begins a race to between the two world [[superpower]]s to control it. At the time when the [[Cold War]] is taking place on [[Earth]], dramatic battles take place in space, of which nobody knows. Many famous [[cosmonaut]]s and [[astronaut]]s take part in them, including those who are officially already dead. * '''Series''': ** ''The Black Ship'' ({{lang-ru|Чёрный корабль}}) *** ''The Huge Black Ship'' ({{lang-ru|Огромный чёрный корабль}}) - This planet is doomed. It stood on the brink of total war and easily entered it. Armored armadas come together on land and at sea, and ominous thermonuclear mushrooms begin to bloom above the peaceful cities. Then becomes the time for soldiers. Only those who come out of the hell that is battle know the true value of human life. Only true soldiers can save the little that is left in this crippled world. *** ''The Crew of the Black Ship'' ({{lang-ru|Экипаж чёрного корабля}}) - "Life after a thermonuclear war is impossible." The inhabitants of planet Gaeia decide to prove that statement false. The bloody conflict between the Brashis and the Ararbacs leads to a global [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear war]], but not even the millions of casualties nor the [[nuclear winter]] are not enough to get the generals to stop the fighting. The million-ton megatanks continue to crush earth under their treads, the seas continue to be ruled by superbattleships, and the skies continue to light up with [[mushroom cloud]]s. The war continues. *** ''The Creator of the Black Ship'' ({{lang-ru|Создатель чёрного корабля}}) ** ''Red Stars'' ({{lang-ru|Красные звёзды}}) *** ''Incoming Cataclysm'' ({{lang-ru|Встречный катаклизм}}) - This happened in the Southwestern [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]]. Out of nowhere, an unidentified [[aircraft carrier]] battlegroup cripples the undefeated American fleet, erases from the face of the Earth an American military base, and... disappears in a white mist. Who dares to challenge the sole world superpower? The first to discover the answer to this question was pilot Richard Dane, who was shot down by the aggressive attackers. The wings of their aircraft bore the symbols of a nation that no longer exists. The [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]]. *** ''Parallel Cataclysm'' ({{lang-ru|Параллельный катаклизм}}) - The chance encounter between the [[US Navy]] and the beings from a parallel world had quite impressive consequences, including the loss of the newest aircraft carrier ''USS [[Ronald Reagan]]'' and about a dozen smaller ships. The role of these creatures was played not by [[little green men]] but by a normal Earth battlegroup, although bearing the hammer-and-sickle flag of a long-gone country - USSR. The attackers disappeared just as mysteriously as they appeared, leaving the American and Russian intelligence agencies with a new task - finding a way to cross into the strange parallel reality. The first person to do this is agent Roman Panin of the [[Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation|FSB]]. He finds himself in a world where the top of the [[Eiffel Tower]] features a red flag, world superpowers exchange thermonuclear fire without a second thought, and [[Operation Barbarossa|June 22, 1941]], was an uneventful Summer weekend... ** ''War 2030'' ({{lang-ru|Война 2030}}) *** ''Red Dawn'' ({{lang-ru|Красный рассвет}}) - Year 30 of the new millennium, but the old jokers are still in play. The superarmadas of the US. Flying and floating arsenals. Mile-long aircraft carriers. They wish to cut up the entire world, but are currently on their way to the unimportant [[Africa]]. Unimportant? It appears that a welcome is being prepared for them. This is being done by the people from a country to the far North named Russia, who does not appears to have anything to do with Africa. But these people were preparing for a long time... *** ''Metropolis on Fire'' ({{lang-ru|Пожар метрополии}}) - The battle is at its fiercest. A massive strike cripples the American superarmada. The indestructible aircraft carriers are at the bottom of the sea. It's not easy to cut up the world, when one is faced with soldiers in [[kevlar]] armor and Russian [[Hacker (computer security)|hackers]]. But they are people, and people can be captured. Then comes the standard package: torture, interrogation with the [[truth serum]], promises of mountains of gold and sweet life in the prospering America, all one has to do is betray the far Russia. However, this is when chance strikes again - a rebellion being in the overfed USA, as blacks fight whites, Hispanics fight whites, and whites fight both of the above. In general, US is going to hell, but the Russian soldiers still fight... *** ''Attack on the Rocky Mountains'' ({{lang-ru|Атака Скалистых гор}}) - The peripheral [[hegemony]] has collapsed. It's time to go for the "heart" - the command centers of the most powerful army in the world. Perhaps there lies the "death of [[Koschei]]". But one must hurry, for, if the tripped colossus rises again, everyone will be sorry. All that is required are a few "precise injections" to put the leviathan in a permanent catalepsy. Who is the most suited and trained for this task? Those who went through hell and back, of course - Russian commandos. Again their shoulders carry the heavy [[powered armor]], their hands hold plasma rifles, and their fingers hover over virtual tablets. Before them awaits a real enemy, and it must be faced up-close-and-personal in a good-old-fashioned Russian melée. ==External links== * [https://archive.today/20070929124939/http://project-ukraine.info/society/2005/10/31/berezin Interview in 2005](Russian) * [http://www.contrtv.ru/autor/15/ Letter from Fyodor Berezin to Maxim Kalashnikov] (Russian) * [http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-russian-tom-clancy-is-on-the-front-lines-for-real The Russian Tom Clancy Is on the Front Lines for Real] == References == {{Reflist}} {{War in Donbas}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Berezin, Fyodor}} [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Donetsk]] [[Category:Russian science fiction writers]] [[Category:Soviet Army officers]] [[Category:People of the Donetsk People's Republic]] [[Category:Pro-Russian people of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine]] [[Category:Pro-Russian people of the war in Donbas]] [[Category:Russian individuals subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions]] [[Category:Russian individuals subject to the European Union sanctions]]'