Sergei Alexandrovich Teplyakov is called a universal journalist because he works in many genres. In his environment and in his own region, he is a very authoritative person who has gone through a difficult life school. In his life there were ups and downs, and various moments that taught a lot.
Biography
Sergey Alexandrovich Teplyakov was born in 1966 in Novoaltaysk. His mother worked as a history teacher, his father was a geologist. From childhood, Sergey showed great interest in literature, in the humanities. Therefore, he decided to get an education at the Barnaul State Pedagogical Institute, at the Faculty of History, but did not finish it - he joined the army.
He served in Western Ukraine, in Chernivtsi and Ivanovo-Frankivsk, and also ended up in Chernobyl to clear up the accident. Two years later, he returned to Novoaltaysk and in 1987 began working as a journalist in the regional newspaper "Youth of Altai". Gradually rising up the career ladder, Sergey began to collaborate with the Altai Pravda newspaper and Altai television companies. And since 2005, he became his own correspondent for the Izvestia newspaper in the Altai Territory.
He interviewed famous people, conducted journalistic investigations, wrote theater reviews. He visited hot spots, wrote reports from there. And also revealed acute political and economic topics.
For example, when the events of 1991 happened in Vilnius, Sergey wrote reports from there directly from the scene. In 1994, Teplyakov traveled to Tajikistan during the civil war and there, with a risk to his life, he obtained information for the media.
When in 2000 five girls from Altai State University disappeared without a trace, he conducted an independent journalistic investigation. This pushed the investigating authorities to more active actions.
In 2005, Sergei Alexandrovich fell into serious binding. He interviewed Boris Berezovsky, who was wanted, and published an interview record on the Internet. In a conversation, Berezovsky uttered the phrase "power seizure of power in Russia." And then Teplyakov came to the attention of the FSB - they demanded explanations from him.
He also engaged in constantly writing about violations of human rights in the Altai Territory. He then already worked for Altai Pravda and wrote mainly about Barnaul’s problems: he raised the problems of targeted housing developments, illegal sale and purchase of land, defrauded real estate investors. From his pen came out a lot of sharp articles about squandering the budget with specific names, about violations in the resettlement of residents from dilapidated and dilapidated housing. Having gathered a lot of material about such violations, Teplyakov came to the conclusion that much in the region depended on the local authorities.
And the journalist began an investigation into the activities of the head of Barnaul Vladimir Kolganov. He wrote honest articles in local newspapers, posted his research on the Internet. As a result, in 2009 criminal proceedings were instituted against Kolganov. And in 2010 he was removed from the post of head.
Sharp materials Teplyakova spoiled a lot of blood officials of different ranks. When the governor of the Altai Territory Mikhail Evdokimov died in a car accident, he wrote about him. After the disaster at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric station, he wrote about the mismanagement of those who allowed this accident.
Many of the materials that he collected about the life of the Altai Territory, he later placed in his books. And in 2015, for his work, he received the Golden Pen of Russia award from the Union of Journalists.
In the same year, another event happened: he was fired from Altai Pravda. Apparently, someone did not like the high-ranking journalist. At that time, a new leadership came to the newspaper, and Teplyakov’s information did not suit him. The uncompromising and “uncomfortable” journalist was no longer needed.
Public career and writer
In 2004, Altai journalists opposed the persecution of Vladimir Ryzhkov, who was a State Duma deputy from Baranul. They united in the Union of Journalists of Altai, and Sergey Tepyalkov was elected chairman. Later, the UGA joined the Union of Journalists of Russia. He is also a member of the Council of the Union of Public Organizations of the Altai Territory.
Sergei Alexandrovich initiated the annual Literary Rodion Readings. They are dedicated to the memory of the Altai writer and historian Alexander Rodionov. Teplyakov is a member of the organizing committee of this event.
In 2011, the journalist began to gradually retrain as a writer. The materials collected in the archives and obtained from everyday life, he began to systematize and express in an artistic word. His first book, "The Age of Napoleon. Reconstruction of the Epoch, " shows the Napoleonic era from different sides of the life of a simple person. The study is so deep that the book is recommended for reading to students of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University.
The book "The Case of the Arkharovites" "describes a recent story - the 2009 poaching hunt, when senior officials killed four argali rams that are listed in the Red Book. The hunt ended tragically for the officials themselves: seven of them died as a result of a helicopter crash. Teplyakov collected a lot of material about this event, published a number of articles on the subject in the newspaper Izvestia, and then put it all in one book. For the investigation of this case, he received the title "Journalist of Siberia."
Sergei Alexandrovich has a number of fiction books written on the fate of real people, “hard” stories - descriptions of real events, biographical books and works in the genre of road movie. That is, he can be considered a universal writer who works in different genres.
In 2016, Sergey Alexandrovich became a member of the Union of Writers of Russia.
