Ihor Volodymyrovych Kulakov (born October 7, 1974) is a Ukrainian journalist, writer, and member of the Independent Media Trade Union of Ukraine. He won the competition "Israel and Ukrainian-Israeli Relations through the Eyes of Journalists" in 2018[1] and achieved the 3rd place in the PRESSzvanie competition in the "IT and Telecom" category in 2018.[2]
The lineage of Igor Kulakov traces back to the Rabinovich's cheder in the village of Trilisy. The cheder was annihilated during the Civil War, and Sheyndl, the daughter of the cheder, along with her husband Mordechai Sova, were killed on September 29, 1941, in Kyiv and buried in an anti-tank ditch before reaching Babi Yar.[3][4]
From 1991 to 1997, he graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the Taras Shevchenko National University and obtained a degree in "Philologist, Language, and Literature Teacher."
He was a laureate of the "Young Wine" festival in 1997.[5] Following the results of the festival, his works were published in the book "Young Wine. Anthology of Poetry".[6]
In 2000, he took first place in the international prose competition "Stir Our Sluggish Blood".[7]
At the end of July 2024, Ihor Kulakov published his book *Radio Ukraine*. The book was released in English in two formats:
*Radio Ukraine* is my own translations into English of my Ukrainian texts written from 1994 to 2024. It is rhythmic prose, which, unfortunately, loses some of its rhythm in translation. Almost everything was written in Ukrainka. I dedicate the book to my grandmother, Nataliya Kulakova, who worked as a primary school teacher at the Obukhiv Secondary School named after Malysko since 1946, – said the author[8].
In 2018, Igor Kulakov's work "Donetsk Triptych" was nominated for the "Urban Legends" short story competition in the Ukrainian language, organized by the literary platform Litnet in collaboration with Summit-Knyha Publishing.[9]
Currently, he is working on the novel "Wave" in the fiction genre and recording the true story of a resident of Mariupol, Ukraine, who miraculously survived, went through Russian concentration camps, and ended up in Ireland.
1. Ihor Kulakov. Radio Ukraine (2024)[10][11]
From 1997 to 2000, he worked as a scriptwriter for the educational program "ABC" on the First Channel of Ukrainian Radio Ukrainian Radio Archived November 9, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.[12] The host of the program was People's Artist of Ukraine, Necheporenko Volodymyr Makarovych.
In 1998, he authored the publication "Mirror Weekly".[13]
From 2005 to 2006, he served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Business Trade".[14]
On August 3, 2006, he founded the first specialized online publication in Ukraine on retail trade, ProRetail.[15] Kulakov introduced an unusual format for Ukraine with specialized online discussions.[16]
On July 13, 2007, he was appointed as the chief editor of the "Mobіlnik" website, which he acquired for the Obozrevatel holding, owned by Mikhailo Brodsky.[17]
In 2008, he founded the author's online publication "Web-telecom," which preceded the emergence of "Journalism+" in Ukraine in the future.[18]
In 2016, he created the first Ukrainian-language Jewish web-site, which received awards.[1]
Since March 2017, he has been an author at K.Fund Media. For one of his articles in this publication, he secured the third place in the prestigious PRESSZVANIE competition.[19]