Biography
Dmitry Galkovsky was born in Moscow in a working-class family, his father being an engineer, and his mother a tailor. Both his parents were originated from the families of Russian Orthodox clerics. He graduated from school No. 51 in Moscow in 1977.
Between school and university he has tried a job of a worker at the Likhachev Automotive Factory between 1977 and 1980. In 1980 he has also briefly employed as a lab assistant at Malinovsky Military Academy of Armored Forces. Galkovsky graduated from Moscow State University in 1986 with the degree in philosophy. Between 1981 and 1990 he was involved in publishing of samizdat. In 1985 sculptor Valery Yevdokimov has created bronze statue of Dmitry Galkovsky, later exhibited in several art shows.
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