Draft:Kapkov Konstantin

Konstatin Gennadievich Kapkov  (Константин Геннадиевич Капков, born 22 August 1969) is a Russian historian, writer and publisher, theologian, and creator of the database of the military and naval clergy of the Russian Empire of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Biography
Kapkov was born in Moscow. In 1997 Konstantin Kapkov made a new Russian revision of the texts of the Gospels on the basis of Russian and European translations. In the introduction to the publication the author describes the principles of religious liberalism on which the work is based. In the appendix he explains certain terms of biblical studies, briefly enunciates the history of the New Testament canon, text and biblical translations, and provides a small bibliography of translations of the New Testament into Russian language. In 1999, Kapkov was baptized and entered Saint Tikhon's Orthodox University which he graduated from in 2004 with a degree in History of Religion. Kapkov has prepared and submitted materials about martyr Vasiliy (Koklin) to the database New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Orthodox Church] of the XX century. He is collecting testimonies about the prayerful help of the priest Vasily (Koklin) to seriously ill babies.

Kapkov has published the investigation file of Holy Martyr Vasiliy (Koklin), who served in the church of  Our Lady of the Sign (“Znamenie”) in Perovo, Moscow  in the 1930s. For the original author's design, the publication was accepted for storage in the Museum of the Book in the Russian State Library.

With the blessing of Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow since 2008 Konstantin Kapkov has been the head of the Church historical project "Letopis" to create a database and synodic (commemoration book) of the clergy of the Russian Empire. He collected about 40,000 names of the clergy of the Orthodox Church in various archives, about 1000 personalities were published in the "Commemorative Book of Military and Marine Clergy (chaplains)".

Kapkov cooperates with Archpriest Vladimir Sorokin ru:Сорокин, Владимир Устинович. Together with him in 2015 the “Synodik of the Order of Saint Prince Vladimir” was published where all the awards of clergymen from 1801 to 1917 were taken into account, namely, information about 9500 awards by the Imperial Order of St. Vladimir I-IV classes. Since 2009 Kapkov has been in charge of the Scientific and Historical Department of the St. Nicholas Solba Convent of the Diocese of Yaroslavl. In 2014, an exhibition «Ancient engraving of the Solovetsky Monastery» was organized in the Convent by K. Kapkov, the exhibits of which are included in the funds of the History of Monasticism Museum. Kapkov published three books on the history of St. Nicholas Solba Convent.

Kapkov K.G. is a nominee and winner of the Makariev Prize: "for significant scientific achievements" in 2009 and in the nomination "History of the Orthodox Church" for the work "Priests - Cavaliers  of the Imperial Military Order of St. George” in 2013 . In Kapkov’s research work a special attention is given to the spiritual world of  the last Emperor of the Russian Empire Nicholas II and his family. Thus, in 2016, Konstantin Kapkov published a book «Tsar’s Choice» in which for the first time the religious life of the Imperial family is deeply studied:  the relationship of the Sovereign with Grigori Rasputin, the abdication of the Emperor from the throne, the February Revolution; the book also tells about the clergymen who served the Tsar before the revolution as well as in captivity. His 2017 book “The Spiritual World of Nicholas II and His Family” received many positive reviews and since its first publication, it has been reprinted eight times. The book was translated into German in 2021

Konstantin Kapkov made an archival documentary "The Holy Tsar in Crimea, 1902–1914", about the life of the royal family in Livadiya, based on archival footage, which was presented to the Russian public at the Livadia Palace Museum.

Created in 2022 by Kapkov, an Archival Documentary “Brushstrokes for a Portrait of the Russian Royal Family" features some vintage footage of Russia’s last Emperor and Tsar made from 98 fragments of film from 1896-1916 shot in different cities of the Russian Empire . The film reveals the piety of Emperor Nicholas II and his family attending religious ceremonies, also it focuses on his Majesty’s vacationing and includes the interesting examination of the Royal family’s habits.

In 2023 An Archival Documentary Film “The Great Pilgrimage of Emperor Nicholas II May 15-28, 1913" dedicated to the tercentenary of the Imperial House of Romanov was released both in Russian and English languages. In 1913 the Royal family went on a provincial tour to visit 12 ancient Russian cities associated with the founding of the  Romanov dynasty in 1613. Using pre-revolutionary film footage of the Imperial Family Kapkov managed to reconstruct the plot of this tour, and the newsreel footage proves the Tsar’s popularity among Russian people . The premiere of this film took part in several cities of the provincial tour.

Kapkov’s works are included in the international scientific open access bibliography for theology and religious studies the Index Theologicus.

Kapkov’s books are kept in libraries in the USA (e.g. the Library of Congress), Great Britain, Germany

Filmography

 * An archival documentary “The Holy Tsar in Crimea, 1902–1914”, 2017.
 * An Archival Documentary “Brushstrokes for a Portrait of the Russian Royal Family”, 2022
 * An Archival Documentary Film “The Great Pilgrimage of Emperor Nicholas II May 15-28, 1913”, 2023

Selected books and publications

 * Canonical Gospels: new Russian edition edited by K.G. Kapkov. Moscow, 1997.
 * The memorial book of the Russian military and maritime clergy of the XIX - early XX century. Moscow, 2008.
 * Essays on the history of the military and maritime clergy of the Russian Empire XVIII - XX centuries: the results by 1917. Moscow, 2009.
 * Materials to biographies of holy martyrs Vasiliy (Koklin), Dmitriy (Glivenko), Alexey (Smirnov), Sergey (Lebedev), Sergey (Tsvetkov) and other clergymen suffered with them. Moscow, 2010.
 * Mysterious medal: the history of the medal of the Imperial Educational Home and the list of award winners. Moscow, Belgorod, 2011.
 * History of villages Zimovenka and Belyanka of the Belgorod region, XVII-XXI centuries. Church. Events. People.
 * Metropolitan Makarius (Bulgakov). Collection of materials for the science of canonical law of the Russian Orthodox Church described in a systematic manner. Edited by K.G. Kapkov. Belgorod, 2012.
 * Sinodik of the Order of Saint Prince Vladimir
 * Tsar’s choice. The spiritual world of the Emperor Nicholas II and his family. The latest priests under the Tsar. Voluntary sacrifice. Moscow; Tashkent; Vyatka, 2016.
 * The spiritual world of the Emperor Nicholas II and his family. Moscow, 2017.
 * For Service and Bravery. Priests – members of the Order of Saint George. Moscow, 2018
 * The Last Confessor of the Emperor Nicholas II and his Family: Tobolsk Archpriest Vladimir Khlynov. According to archival documents. Moscow, 2018.
 * The last priest of the Emperor Nicholas II and his family: Yekaterinburg Archpriest Ioann Storozhev. According to archival documents, 2018.
 * Darkness. Tragedy. Terror. The history of the destruction of the St. Nickolas - Solba Convent and the fate of 8 of its inhabitants, 1918–1938. Problems of reading investigation files. 2021.
 * Illuminated synodiks (commemoration books) of the St. Nickolas – Solba Convent. XVIII century. 2021.
 * Glaube und Spiritualität von Zar Nikolaus II. und seiner Familie deutsche Übersetzung: Dr. Thomas Willmann. 2021.
 * The Unity of Fates: The Last Tsar and Confessor. (The life path of Archpriest Vladimir Khlynov). 2022.