Born 1974, Alexey Pivovarov is a Russian TV journalist, documentary maker and producer. In 2008 he became a managing editor and a prime time news anchor at NTV, the largest independent TV Network in Russia with an estimated viewing audience of over 100 million people.
In recent years Alexey has written, produced and presented five docudramas about World War II: Rzhev: General Zhukov’s Unknown Battle (2009); Moscow. Fall of 1941 (2010); The Captive Heroes of Brest (2010); Betrayal: The Story of Vlasov’s Second Shock Army (2011); and June 22, 1941: Fateful Decisions (2011). Based on thorough research, newly released historic documents and interviews with experts and surviving witnesses, each film sheds new light on events of the recent past, deviating significantly from the version imposed by official soviet historiography. Poignant and revealing, these films depict the tragedy of war through the eyes of ordinary people, while stressing the parallels between Stalin and Hitler. All five films generated a wide response among the general public. One of the films, Rzhev: General Zhukov’s Unknown Battle was awarded a special prize at the 2009 NIKA Ceremony (the Russian Oscar). In 2011 Alexey participated in a joint Russian-German documentary project about the events leading up to World War II, acting as producer and one of the on-screen presenters. In 2010 Alexey was the recipient of Russian GQ’s Media Personality of the Year Award.
In recent years Alexey has written, produced and presented five docudramas about World War II: Rzhev: General Zhukov’s Unknown Battle (2009); Moscow. Fall of 1941 (2010); The Captive Heroes of Brest (2010); Betrayal: The Story of Vlasov’s Second Shock Army (2011); and June 22, 1941: Fateful Decisions (2011). Based on thorough research, newly released historic documents and interviews with experts and surviving witnesses, each film sheds new light on events of the recent past, deviating significantly from the version imposed by official soviet historiography. Poignant and revealing, these films depict the tragedy of war through the eyes of ordinary people, while stressing the parallels between Stalin and Hitler. All five films generated a wide response among the general public. One of the films, Rzhev: General Zhukov’s Unknown Battle was awarded a special prize at the 2009 NIKA Ceremony (the Russian Oscar). In 2011 Alexey participated in a joint Russian-German documentary project about the events leading up to World War II, acting as producer and one of the on-screen presenters. In 2010 Alexey was the recipient of Russian GQ’s Media Personality of the Year Award.