Historian, writer and public figure: what Dmytro Kapranov is remembered for
16 April 2024 16:11
On Tuesday, 16 April, Ukrainian historian, writer, publisher, publicist, public figure and blogger Dmytro Kapranov died, Komersant ukrainskyi 
reports.
DmytroKapranov was a Ukrainian writer, publisher, publicist, public figure and blogger. Dmitry is the brother of writer and publisher Vitaly Kapranov.
The brothers were born in Dubossary, now Moldova. They spent their childhood in Ochakiv, and received their higher education in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) and Moscow.
The brothers were involved in Greco-Roman wrestling and music. They completed their higher education in Moscow and Sverdlovsk, studying cybernetics. In 1988, they both married twins and moved to Moscow.
When the Kapranov brothers arrived in Kyiv in 1998, they found what they called a “book famine”. So their first book project was a catalogue of books by mail called Knigonosha.
in 1998, they gathered all the books in Ukrainian that were in stock from all the publishing houses, regardless of the year of publication, and collected 600 titles, all of which were included in the first catalogue.
And in 1999, together with the 1 1 TV channel and Korona chocolate, they organised the first competition for Ukrainian suspenseful literature, the Golden Babai. The winner was Vasyl Shklyar’s novel The Key. The final ceremony took place at the Golden Gate.
in 2000, the Green Dog Publishing House was launched. The first book was Leonid Kononovych’s novel I, Zombie.
In 2000, the Kapranovs founded the Green Dog Publishing House. The first book was the novel I, Zombie by Leonid Kononovych. “Zelenyi Pis publishes contemporary fiction, including for children.
on 4 February 2004, the Kapranov brothers burned a manuscript of their new novel near the Cabinet of Ministers building in protest against the new budget of Ukraine, which they believed would stop publishing books. The budget was later amended.
In 2011, Dmytro and his brother decided to join the Stepan Bandera nationalist organisation Tryzub in protest against the new budget. The brothers joined the Stepan Bandera nationalist organisation Tryzub in protest against the ruling regime.
In September 2019, the Kapranov brothers founded the Taras Shevchenko YouTube channel about the history of Ukraine. In the most popular video, the brothers tell the history of Ukraine in 10 minutes, and the video has received 3.2 million views.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Kapranov brothers have joined the fight against the Russian occupiers, joining the Azov Regiment and taking part in the defence of Kyiv with arms in hand.
