page_title: The Pyramid. The Soviet Mafia
hierarchical_section_title: The Pyramid. The Soviet Mafia
caption_attribution_description: Cover of the book "The Pyramid-1"
context_page_description: The Pyramid 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. The book allegedly exposed ties between Leonid Brezhnev's family, Sharof Rashidov and the Soviet Mafia.
  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, one year before the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
context_section_description: 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. The book allegedly exposed ties between Leonid Brezhnev's family, Sharof Rashidov and the Soviet Mafia.
  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, one year before the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
caption: First edition cover
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