Michael Zygar: biography and interesting facts from life

Mikhail Zygar ... This name is well known to those who are accustomed to "keep your hand on the pulse." For quite a short time he managed to prove himself as an unsurpassed journalist, a good writer and a responsible editor of one of the Russian TV channels. How did he achieve this, and how much effort did he put into his dream? So, let's get to know him better.

Michael Zygar: biography of early years

It all started with the fact that on January 31, 1981 in a young Moscow family a boy named Misha was born. Parents loved the capital, but for a number of reasons, Zygar spent his childhood away from his native city, in Angola. And only after many years Michael Zygar returned home to Moscow, where he finally settled.

Since he was attracted to journalism since his youth, the young man decides to enter MGIMO. Although Mikhail Zygar graduated in 2003, his articles began printing much earlier. In particular, the first political notes were published in the summer of 2000 in the newspaper Kommersant.

At the end of the university, a young specialist decides that he still lacks the necessary experience. Therefore, he goes to Cairo University, where he passes an annual internship in the direction of "international journalism." After that, he begins to actively build his professional career.

Fearless journalist

Mikhail Zygar made rapid take-off on his career ladder thanks to his genuine courage and dedication. Becoming a special correspondent for the newspaper Kommersant, he begins to report from the hottest points in the world.

In order to get the desired information, a man repeatedly risks his life. Take, for example, the case when, together with the rebels, he rushed to the blazing palace of the President of Kyrgyzstan, in order to see with his own eyes how history is being made. And most exciting, he was not at all afraid of what was happening.

According to Zygarya, he was so used to the taste of danger that on arrival in Moscow he began to feel sad. The usual life was not so interesting and exciting, and that's why he sometimes even counted the clock before a new trip.

Michael Zygar - the lead and the editor in one person

Significant was 2010, because it was at this time that Mikhail was offered the post of editor-in-chief on the television channel Dozhd. Here he was able to realize many of his ideas. In particular, he began to conduct a news program "Here and Now", in which he considered the most significant events in the world.

A little later on the same channel, he launched another weekly program called "Zygar". And although in late 2015, Michael left his post on the channel "Rain", yet he still remains the leading of his offspring.

The occasion for pride

Mikhail Zygar considers marriage with his counterpart from the newspaper Kommersant Maya Stravinskaya the greatest achievement. After all, it was this union that gave them a daughter in the autumn of 2010.

In addition, the hero of our narrative wrote three books:

• In 2007, the light was seen by his work "War and Myth", based on his own observations and experiences.
• In 2008, together with Valery Panyushkin, the book "Gazprom: New Russian Weapons" was published.
• And in 2015, his latest publication, "The whole Kremlin army: A Brief History of Modern Russia", is published at the moment.