The Pyramid. The Soviet Mafia

The Pyramid (1990) (Russian: Пирамида-1, Romanized: Piramida) is a thriller novel by Soviet special investigator and deputy of Soviet Parliament Telman Gdlyan and professional writer Evgeny Dodolev, about Soviet Mafia. It is the first Soviet book about corruption.[1] The book allegedly exposed ties between Leonid Brezhnev's family, Sharof Rashidov and the Soviet Mafia.

The Pyramid
First edition cover
AuthorTelman Gdlyan, Evgeny Dodolev
Country Soviet Union
LanguageRussian
GenreSpy, Thriller, Historical novel
PublisherAPS
Publication date
27 September 1990
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages260 pp (first edition, hardback)
Preceded byThe Processes ISBN 5-235-00980-0 
Followed byThe Mafia in Times of Lawlessness ISBN 978-5-8079-0222-1 

With their critical viewpoint of governmental corruption, co-authors were targeted by the government.

According to Edward Topol the already printed book was banned in 1989, then released a year and half later,[2][3] one year before the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Plot summary

The 260 pages of the book are divided into 27 chapters.

The first part describes the motives for the Soviet corruption.

The second part shows how Soviet Intelligence finds out about the so called Uzbek Affair.

To the common Russians, some names in this book became synonymous with corruption, nepotism and the Great Cotton Scandal of the late Brezhnev period.

Last, there are a few episodes from the life of Brezhnev's family (Galina Brezhneva and others).

Film adaptation

See also

References
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  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2009-09-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2009-09-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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