The profession of a journalist is quite difficult, but at the same time interesting and unpredictable. Communication with people, reviewing significant events, trips to hitherto unknown places and many other features of this intermittent work attract inexperienced young people, intriguing and exciting the imagination. Military observers who make predictions about the outcome of certain events are a complex and responsible business. Not every person wants, and simply not everyone is able, to engage in this kind of activity. Molecular biology, genetic engineering and other scientific research that is understandable only to the elite and knowledgeable in the matter - this is generally from the realm of science fiction. Is it possible to combine these three things at once, if hobbies and hobbies in life are history? The answer is obvious: it is possible, and not just to combine, but to be among those who are good at it. Felgenhauer Pavel Evgenievich is the person who proved by deed that it is possible to be diversified in absolutely opposite areas, benefiting society.
Felgenhauer's parents
Felgenhauer Pavel Evgenievich, whose biography is quite interesting, with greatHe enjoys talking about his parents. His father is an American, who at the age of 17 (1937) was brought to Russia by his parents. Then everything changed for the young man in an instant: place of residence, citizenship, name and surname, but excellent knowledge of the English language remained unchanged. This made the choice of his future profession obvious. He became a translator and, in fact, devoted his whole life to this work. Although the mother was Russian, the Felgenhauer family (Pavel Evgenievich mentioned this more than once in interviews) was anti-Soviet. In this case, it means that there were American books and textbooks in the house, foreign radio was listened to, which was forbidden at that time by the government.
Childhood and memories of him
Pavel Evgenievich recalls the time of his childhood with great pleasure. In his interviews, he claims that he did not experience any special problems with Soviet bans on "foreigners": foreign radio stations were not jammed by the government, hoping that the population did not know English, and thanks to his father, he not only knew a foreign dialect, but also spoke it fluently. Felgenhauer's parents were friends with immigrants from the United States of America and other foreign citizens: this is a huge number of families with their children. Pavel Evgenievich himself jokingly calls them a "secret society".
Where to go to study? What to choose
Felgenhauer Pavel Evgenievich was born on December 6, 1951 in the capital of Russia,beautiful city of Moscow. He always studied excellently, was interested in a lot of things, was a rather versatile boy. After graduating from secondary school, the question arose of where to go to study further. The young man himself was seriously interested in history and even thought about going to the history department of Moscow State University. After consulting with adults, he changed his mind, because studying at the history department obliged him to be in the party, which Felgenhauer categorically did not want, and the competition for the place was very big. Then the young guy decided to connect his life with science and easily entered the Faculty of Biology at Moscow State University (MGU). After graduating in 1975, he worked in his speci alty for a long time, doing genetic research.
Hard Times
During the collapse of the Soviet Union, when there was devastation and chaos in our country, Felgenhauer Pavel Evgenievich changed his place of work. His choice was journalism: during the so-called perestroika, science was not in demand, a great need fell on the competent presentation of information and high-quality articles printed in newspapers. From 1993 to 1995, Pavel Evgenievich worked in Nezavisimaya Gazeta, and then until 1999 in the information publication Segodnya as a military observer. By the way, once, when Felgenhauer was asked why he chose the military path, he replied that it was his hobby from childhood - to be interested in the militaryactions, monitor situations and make predictions about the upcoming decisions of certain politicians. For example, he predicted heavy human losses in the five-day military operations of Georgia directed towards Ossetia on August 8, 2008, and also warned of casu alties in the Donbass.
Private life
Felgenhauer Pavel Evgenievich, whose personal life has developed a very long time, has been happily married for many years. His wife is a candidate of philosophical sciences Elena Felgenhauer, who was born and raised in the city of Tashkent. By the time the relationship of the spouses was just beginning to develop, Elena had already managed to be married and give birth to a daughter, Tatyana, from her first husband. However, when she legalized relations with Felgenhauer, the girl was adopted by him and recorded by his last name. At the moment, Tatyana Felgenhauer is an adult woman who followed in the footsteps of her adoptive father. She became a journalist and now works as a deputy editor-in-chief at the Ekho Moskvy radio station. By the way, Pavel Evgenievich himself prepares some episodes for the air.
Interesting facts about a journalist, biologist and military observer
Felgenhauer Pavel Evgenievich, whose photo can be seen in informational publications and on his personal page of the social network Facebook, where he has been blogging for a long time, managed to acquire some interesting achievements throughout his career:
- Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin (the first president of the Russian Federation) personally presented him with an award for his participation in the suppression of the Augustputsch that took place in Moscow in 1991. It was the medal "Defender of Free Russia".
- In 1987 he became a candidate of sciences, having defended his dissertation.
