Arkadyi J. Sosnov
Manager of the North-West Bureau of the Ogonyok magazine.
President of the Guild of Correspondents of St-Petersburg.
Born in 1948 in Leningrad (nowadays the city bears the name St-Petersburg). Higher education in the technical and engineering field.
Professional work in journalism activity since 1976.
1976-1989 - daily local newspaper Smena, Leningrad
1989-1994 - correspondent for the all-USSR newspaper Poisk for scientists and people serving in the post-graduate
schools in St-Petersburg
1994-1996 - correspondent for the Moscow News
newspaper in St-Petersburg
since 1996 - manager and correspondent for the North-West of
Russian Bureau of the Ogonyok magazine.
Areas of professional interests: politics, economy, science, ecology.
Books published:
- "One finds nature" (Lenisdat, 1982) - regarding the ecological problems and the protected nature reserves in the North-West of Russia.
- "Energy of Earth" (Lenisdat, 1986) - series of reports from the major oil and gas fields of the major USSR.
- Probation period at the Die Zeit (Hamburg) weekly newspaper - 1991
- Business trip to USA by the USIA programme (Washingtong D.C., Houston, New York) for studying of the death penalty issues.
- Award from the Union of Journalists of the USSR for 1986
- Christmas Award from the Department of Journalism of St-Petersburg State University - 1998
- member of the board of St-Petersburg Union of Journalists
- active member of the St-Petersburg Press Club
- founder and president of the Guild of Correspondents of St-Petersburg
