Olga I. Larkina
Olga I. Larkina – Russian journalist, publicist and writer.
Short biography
In 1971, she graduated from Sakmara Secondary School and in 1980 – Samara State Social and Pedagogical University with honors. She worked in district and large-circulation newspapers in Samara, including the editorial board of the regional newspaper Volzhskaya nov and the newspaper Zavodskaya zhizn of the Progress Rocket Space Centre and as a newscaster at the Center's Radio. Since 1996 she has been a journalist of the Samara Orthodox newspaper Blagovest, since 1998 – Deputy Editor of the Blagovest newspaper and the Lampada magazine. She is a member of the Union of Journalists of Russia.Creativity
She writes essays, short stories, and novels. She is the author of several publicistic and fiction books for children. The ideas of faith, goodness, and justice are embodied in them in an art form.Awards and honours
- Medal of St. Sergius of Radonezh II degree
- Silver badge of St. Alexis
- First prize of the 1st International Festival of Social Technologies in Defense of Family Values "FOR LIFE-2010", Moscow.
- Diploma of the Holy Great Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna for the love for the Bulgarian people and mercy
Family
- Five children, eight grandchildren
Main publications
- Когда ты была во мне точкой... дочка. Samara: Blagovest, 2000
- Кровавая книга. Грех аборта в России. Samara: Blagovest, 2001
- Удивительные приключения Димки Голубева, которые помогли ему стать человеком. Ryazan: Grains of the Word, 2011.
- Ящик Пандоры, или Пропавшие дети. Ryazan: Grains of the Word, 2014.
- Ящик Пандоры, или Пропавшие дети. Кольцо королевы Горделии. Ryazan: Grains of the Word, 2014.
- Желанная пристань. Непридуманные истории. M.: Novaya Misl, 2016.
- Ящик Пандоры, или Пропавшие дети. Дымка. M.: Siberian Blagozvonnitsa, 2017.
- Когда замкнется спираль.. M.: Siberian Blagozvonnitsa, 2020.