Irina Prokhorova: life, literary and social activities

Outstanding Russian literary critic, political figure and leader of the "Civil Platform" party, Irina Prokhorova, conducts tireless charity work and was Mikhail Prokhorov's confidant in the 2012 presidential elections.

Biography of Irina Prokhorova

My sister Mikhail Prokhorov was born on March 3, 1956 in Moscow. About the origin of her parents, she responds quite simply, saying that they were average. In fact, they occupied rather tempting posts. Irene's father, Dmitri Ionovich Prokhorov, was the head of the international relations department of the USSR, and her mother, Tamara Mikhailovna Kumaritova, was a member of the Department of Polymers of the Moscow Institute of Chemical Engineering.

Irina Prokhorova studied at Moscow State University. VL Lomonosov, at the Faculty of Philology. Later she graduated with a dissertation on the literature of English Modernism and became a candidate of philosophical sciences.

After graduating from the university in the 80's Irina worked on local television and was the editor of a magazine called "Literary Review."

In 1992, having gained experience in publishing, the current literary critic founded her own organization, The New Literary Review, where she took the place of the head.

Irina was married, in a marriage she gave birth and brought up a daughter, who was named in her honor by Irochka.

Family History

Irina's ancestors on the paternal line were a peasant family, people from the Smolensk region. As you know, his father's grandfather was a migrant to Siberia, where he lived for a certain time and led a decent farm. Subsequently, under the threat of dispossession, he fled.

On the line of the mother were doctors and scientists. Irene's grandfather served as a People's Commissar for Health in Dagestan. 1934 gave him the post of director of the local medical institute of the city of Dagestan. The grandmother of Irina Prokhorova, Anna Belkin, was taught by Professor Zilber himself, quite well-known in those days. Although she was a microbiologist, she did not have a further career in science. The war came, Anna sent her daughter to the evacuation, and she was engaged in the development of vaccines in Moscow.

Mother Irina, Tamara Kumaritova, in 1965 gave birth to the youngest son of Mikhail, who today is a famous Russian politician and entrepreneur.

Prokhorova Irina Dmitrievna as a politician and public figure

The life of the leader of the Civil Platform Party, in addition to publishing, is closely connected with political activity. In 2012, at the presidential elections, she became the confidant of her own brother, Mikhail Prokhorov. In the same period I got an attractive offer to become the head of the Public Council under the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, from which she later hesitated.

To date, Irina Dmitrievna Prokhorova is actively engaged in charity in the whole of Russia. In 2004, the Foundation was created by Mikhail Prokhorov, whose initiator was his sister. Besides the fact that the woman is one of the co-founders of the Foundation, she is also the organizer and coordinator of the Fair of the Krasnoyarsk Book Culture, the owner and editor of her own publishing house, The New Literary Review.

Versatile interests

Throughout her career, Irina Prokhorova has achieved the following:

• Founded Magazines "UFO" and "Inviolable stock". Today, the publishing house "UFO" publishes 18 book series, including children's literature, cultural studies, literary criticism, prose and poetry, history, memoirs, philosophy and much more.

• Released in 2006 the first in the Russian Federation specialized magazine called Theory of Fashion. The publication devoted its activities to the study of fashion as a phenomenon of culture.

• She founded the Annual International Scientific Conference "Bath Readings".

In addition, Irina Dmitrievna has established herself as a cheerful and active person, as evidenced by the following facts:

• When I received the State Prize, I read chastushki of my own composition.
• At the opening of the book fair in Frankfurt, the organization was represented in a pioneer suit.
• Being an actress by vocation, at one of the meetings of "UFO", without any doubts, she assumed the role of Nastasya Filippovna from Dostoevsky's "Idiot".

The main achievements of a woman politician of the Russian Federation

In addition to the above-mentioned achievements, in 2002 Irina received the State Prize of the Russian Federation and became a laureate of art and literature for the creation of her own magazine "Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie".

Later, the woman was repeatedly awarded for her activities, received awards. For example, in 2003 Irina became the owner of Liberty - the prize of Russian emigration. The reason was the development of Russian-American ties in the sphere of culture and the arts, the creation of the best educational project of Russia.

In 2006, he presented the figure with the award of Alexander Bely in honor of special merits before Russian literature.

Later, in France, Irina Prokhorova was awarded the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Literature.

Irina Prokhorova and her strategy in relation to the situation in Ukraine

The party leader has repeatedly stated that she is not going to send representatives of her party movement to Ukraine, as some other political forces of Russia did. In addition, Irina Prokhorova's Civic Platform is absolutely sure that the conflict will be resolved through peaceful diplomatic negotiations. Such a decision by the authorities of Ukraine can positively affect the economy and the stock markets of the country. Here is how Irina Prokhorova spoke about Ukraine: "I do not need a financial crisis, and I strongly hope for the common sense of the Ukrainian authorities in making key decisions on the resolution of the scale of this conflict."

Also, the leader of the movement urged not to give loans to Ukrainian politicians and freeze for a time all accounts on arrears to the Russian Federation.