Stolen texts

In the March issue of the scientific and methodological journal "Inabat," no. 3 (28), 2026 (Almaty, Kazakhstan), pp. 67–75, an article titled “From Wooden Ducks to Modern Robotics: The Incredible Journey of the Legendary Lego Company” was published in two languages (the parallel Kazakh translation is titled “Aғаш үйректерден заманауи робототехникаға дейін: аңызға айналған Lego компаниясының ғажайып жолы”). The article was copied from my online article “The Amazing History of Lego: From Wooden Ducks to Robotics,” published on popmech.ru (now techinsider.ru) in 2017 as part of an advertising project for Lego.

The editor did make some changes and additions, but more than half of the text is still simply copied and pasted. They even stole the title (using the article’s current title on the website; it had been retitled several years after it was originally written). At the end of the article, they provide the URL of the page from which the article was copied (which does not excuse the editors). No author is credited. The journal’s editor-in-chief is E. N. Sakenova.

In the newspaper "Nord Star," No. 48 (8317), 2025 (Ayan, Russia), on page 3, the article “Little-Known Seers and Prophets” was published under my name (Tim Skorenko). The article was taken from the online portal "World of Fantasy," where it is available as a digital version of a piece originally published in the print magazine "World of Fantasy." The original article, “A Prophet in His Own Land,” was shortened, and its title was changed.

Editor-in-chief: Sergey Vladimirovich Laponikov.

In 2025, a collection of abstracts from the Youth International Scientific and Practical Conference “New Generation in Science 2023” was published in Novorossiysk (the conference itself had taken place two years earlier). Page 121 of the volume contains a paper by N. E. Udalov, Yu. D. Bondyuk, and I. A. Volostnov entitled “Review of Wind Energy Utilization Systems on Ships”; their academic supervisor was A. V. Cherkasov, Candidate of Technical Sciences.

This “review” examines just one system—the Turbosail—and the entire overview consists of a slightly modified patchwork copied from my article “Is It a Mast or a Sail?” originally published in Popular Mechanics. In the middle of the text, the “authors” copied an entire paragraph verbatim, from “In cross-section, the Turbosail...” to “...so that the Turbosail always faces the wind...”. Moreover, they failed to notice that in the online version of my article the paragraph is interrupted by an illustration, and copied only the portion preceding the image. As a result, their text ends in the middle of a sentence.

On May 31, 2025, the science and history podcast Retrospect released an episode titled “LEGO—Play Well!” The accompanying text to the podcast does, of course, state: “Text by Olga Vishneva, based on an article by Tim Skorenko,” but this does not justify the fact that the text is almost entirely just my article “The Amazing Story of LEGO: From Wooden Ducks to Robotics,” published on the portal TechInsider (formerly PopMech.ru) in 2017 as part of a sponsored project for LEGO. Nor does it justify the fact that using someone else’s texts without permission is not acceptable.

The coursebook “History of Design,” published by the Department of Art History and Cultural Studies of the Institute of Arts and Design, Udmurt State University. Recommended for publication by the Educational and Methodological Council of UdSU.

On pages 112–113 of this coursebook, there is a section titled “LEGO Construction Set and LEGO Pedagogy,” which is almost entirely copied, with minimal changes, from my article “The Amazing Story of LEGO: From Wooden Ducks to Robotics,” published on the portal TechInsider (formerly PopMech.ru) in 2017 as part of a sponsored project for LEGO. The rest of the LEGO-related content appears to be copied from other sources. The author is Candidate of Historical Sciences, Honored Worker of Science and Education, and so on, Elena Olegovna Plekhanova.

In 2024, the Republican Medical College named after F. A. Pushina (Ministry of Health of the Udmurt Republic, Izhevsk) approved methodological guidelines for students for practical classes in the subject OUP.13 “Fundamentals of Homeland Security and Defense.” These are training programs for mid-level specialists in the fields of study 34.02.01 “Nursing” (basic level) and 33.02.01 “Pharmacy” (basic level). The programs developer is Lev Sergeyevich Gorbachev, a first-category instructor at APOU UR “RMK MZ UR.”

The subsection “Using a Battery or Accumulator” (section “Making Fire Using Improvised Means,” pp. 45–46) is a direct copy-paste of my article “Don’t Play with Batteries” from the magazine Popular Mechanics. The author also used a photograph from the magazine showing my hands placing cotton under a battery-based igniter.

In 2025, the author reused the exact same subsection in another work of his—two similar training programs for mid-level specialists in the fields of study 31.02.07 “Dentistry” and 33.02.01 “Pharmacy.”

In the corporate magazine Service and Parts published by CAR-PR LLC (Moscow), the same article “Women and Automotive Inventions” was published twice (!) without attribution:

• in No. 1’2024, pp. 15–17


• in No. 3’2024, pp. 34–36

The article was taken from the portal TechInsider, where it had been published as a sponsored authorial piece for Bosch under the title “6 Women Who Changed the Automotive Industry” (alternative title: “How 6 Women Made an Invaluable Contribution to the Development of the Automotive Industry”). The text was edited in a distorting manner, and the title was changed.

In 2024, the Correspondence Physics and Mathematics School (ZFMSh), a project of the educational group “Albion”—“Oxbridge-Albion,” published a program of physics classes for the junior age group (10–13 years old), taught by Alina Bugaeva. On pages 5–6 of the program, an experiment with a kitchen Foucault pendulum made from three forks, a cork, and a lime is described. The entire description of the experiment is a blatant copy-paste of my article “Kitchen Foucault Pendulum” from the magazine "Popular Mechanics." Moreover, ZFMSh did not hesitate to place a copyright notice on all pages, including those containing the stolen text and a stolen photograph showing my hand supporting the plate with the pendulum.

In 2024, E. O. Plekhanova published the textbook “Design as an Element of Culture” in Saint Petersburg. The book was issued simultaneously by two St. Petersburg publishers under two different covers. The print version was released by Planeta Muzyki under ISBN 978-5-4495-3103-2, while the electronic version was published by Lan Publishing under ISBN 978-5-507-49349-4.

On pages 65–66 of this textbook, there is a section titled “LEGO Construction Set and LEGO Pedagogy,” which is almost entirely copied, with minimal changes, from my article “The Amazing Story of LEGO: From Wooden Ducks to Robotics,” published on the portal TechInsider (formerly PopMech.ru) in 2017 as part of a sponsored project for LEGO. My article is not cited as one of the sources.

In the magazine "School and Production," No. 3’2024, pp. 55–59, an article titled “Artillery Officer and Synthesizer Inventor E. A. Murzin” was published. The article does list my book “Invented in the USSR” as one of its sources. However, approximately 50% of the article consists of direct paragraph-by-paragraph copy-paste from the chapter on Evgeny Murzin in that book. Using a book as a source is acceptable, but copying half of its text is not.

The editor-in-chief of the magazine is Galina Vasilievna Pichugina, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences and Professor.

In the newspaper "Pervaya Gorodskaya" of the town of Ustyuzhna, No. 3 (540) dated January 25, 2024, a note titled “From Wooden Ducks to Robotics” was published on page 10 without attribution. The note is a shortened copy-paste of my article “The Amazing Story of LEGO: From Wooden Ducks to Robotics,” published on the portal PopMech.ru (now TechInsider.ru) in 2017 as part of a sponsored project for LEGO.

In the newspaper "Litsey.ru" of Lyceum No. 6 named after Z. G. Serazetdinova (Orenburg), No. 5 (51)’2024, the article “January 28—International LEGO Day” was published without attribution. The article is a shortened copy-paste of my text “The Amazing Story of LEGO: From Wooden Ducks to Robotics,” published on the portal PopMech.ru (now TechInsider.ru) in 2017 as part of a sponsored project for LEGO.

The editor-in-chief of the publication is Svetlana Sonts. I should note that the publication is registered in the Register of Russian School Press (RSPR) under number 56-04242-D-01.

In the monthly electronic journal "Science Diary", no. 12 (2023) (Perm, ISSN 2541-8327), a paper by student Z. S. Paromova titled “Animation as a Cultural Innovation. First Methods of Animation” was published. At the end of the paper, a list of references is provided, yet for some reason it does not include my article “A Jurassic Cinema” from "Popular Mechanics," from which nearly the entire text on pages 2–4 was taken. In some cases the text is paraphrased, in others it is copied verbatim—for example, the paragraph beginning with the words “Plato worked on developing the idea of the thaumatrope…”.

In the newspaper "News World," No. 50 (1563)’2023 (Moscow), on page 3 of the “Hello, China” supplement, the article “Wings Were ‘Sewn’ onto Trains” was published without attribution (it is stated that the material was prepared on the basis of reports by the international news agency ROLLINGSTOCK Agency). The article contains a boxed insert titled “And What About Us?” consisting of a shortened compilation of paragraphs from my article “The Soviet Maglev,” published in the magazine Popular Mechanics. Neither the original source nor the authorship is indicated.

The editor-in-chief of the publication is Nikolai Alekseyevich Kruzhilin.

In 2023, the magazine "Young Technician" (No. 12) published an unsigned article on page 81, as part of a regular column, titled “Long, Long Ago.” The entire second half of the article (beginning with the words “Machines intended for movement...”) consists of copy-pasted material from my article “Screwing into the Mud” from the magazine "Popular Mechanics." Naturally, no source of the information is indicated.

This is one of five episodes of theft of my materials by "Young Technician" currently known to me.

In the weekly publication of the Gromov Flight Research Institute named after V. P. Chkalov, the newspaper "Ispytatel," No. 44 (1384) dated November 8, 2023, published an article by Aleksandr Kolosov titled “Who Invented the Airplane First?”

About 40% of the article is a literal copy-paste, without a single change, of my article “Mozhaysky, Santos-Dumont, the Wright Brothers: Who Invented the Airplane First?” from the website PopMech.ru (now TechInsider.ru). Kolosov verbatim copied the beginning (“It is officially considered that the first in the world...”) and the ending (“So who invented the airplane? George Cayley...”), as well as many parts in between. Between the copied fragments, Kolosov added his own thoughts, mostly completely illiterate (in his version, Mozhaysky’s airplane flew in 1882, the Wright brothers invented nothing, and so on).

In the newspaper “Peasant Homestead,” No. 17 (974)'2023 (Saratov, Russia), page 14, a note titled “Yamaha GTS 1000 Sub Zero” was published, with the source indicated as techinsider.ru. However, simply naming the source is insufficient when the text is reproduced in full without proper attribution.

In fact, this is my article, originally published on popmech.ru (now techinsider.ru) under the title “Motorcycle of the Day: Yamaha GTS 1000 Sub Zero” around 2017 (the exact date is difficult to establish, as the material was reposted multiple times).

The editor-in-chief of the publication is Svetlana Timofeevna Luka.

In 2023, the Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University (MADI) published a monograph by Alexandra Fedorovna Smyk titled "History of Physics in Discoveries and Inventions" (Moscow: MADI, 2023. 204 pp. ISBN 978-5-7962-0300-2).

The paragraph on screw-propelled vehicles on page 13 is copied from my article “Screwing into the Mud” published in Populyarnaya Mekhanika (Popular Mechanics). In fact, the amount of borrowing is relatively small, and it would have been entirely acceptable had Alexandra Fedorovna cited the original source at the end of the monograph. However, no such reference is provided.

In the newspaper "Thursday," No. 43 (1559)’2023 (Omsk), on page 24, the article “Mad Builder” was published without attribution (it is stated that the material was taken from the website mirf.ru, which is true, but clearly insufficient for соблюдения авторских прав). The article is a cut-down copy-paste excerpt from my article “Towers of Madmen,” published in the magazine World of Fantasy. The original discusses several eccentric builders; the copied version isolates only one—the story of John Fuller.

The editor-in-chief of the publication is Aleksey Aleksandrovich Nikishin.

In the journal "Operation of Maritime Transport," No. 3 (108)’2023, pp. 121–138, an article titled “Approaches to Improving Ship Power Plants” was published, authored by A. A. Ivanchenko (Doctor of Technical Sciences and professor), G. A. Konev, and G. L. Larionov.

On page 128, there is a paragraph beginning with the words “In the 1980s, a more complex form...,” which is a literal, almost unchanged (except for the first sentence; overall similarity 83%) copy-paste of a corresponding paragraph from my article “Neither Mast nor Sail” from Popular Mechanics. Naturally, the authors, led by a Doctor of Technical Sciences, did not cite the source—presumably because it would be embarrassing to cite popular science as a source.

Later the same year, the article was republished in the collection "Science Digest," No. 3, issued under the auspices of the Admiral Ushakov State Maritime University (Novorossiysk).

In 2023, virtually identical articles appeared in two newspapers in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic:

• “Baksan Bulletin” (newspaper of the Baksan Municipal District), No. 85 (13385), July 26, 2023, p. 4, under the title “Is It Harmful to Drink from Plastic?”


• “Voice of Chegem” (newspaper of the Chegem Municipal District), No. 82 (9531), August 1, 2023, p. 3, under the title “Is It Harmful to Drink from a Plastic Bottle?”

The entire article is presented as direct speech: Suzanna Tkhazeplova, a specialist from the Chemical and Toxicological Department of the Kabardino-Balkarian branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “North Caucasus Interregional Veterinary Laboratory”, supposedly answered all the questions raised.

Except that all her answers were a literal, word-for-word copy-and-paste — albeit heavily abridged to fit the available space — of my article “Bottled Water: The Risks of Plastic and Whether to Switch to Filtration” from popmech.ru (now techinsider.ru). Incidentally, it was a sponsored article commissioned by Aquaphor. So the newspaper employee who put someone else’s text into the mouth of a specialist from the Chemical and Toxicological Department got it wrong twice.

In the socio-political newspaper "Rural News" (Topolevo, Khabarovsky District), issue No. 28 dated July 13, 2023, a column titled “Did You Know...” about the Convair Model 118 hybrid of a car and an aircraft was published on page 20. The text of the note was taken from the website popmech.ru (now techinsider.ru), where it was originally published under the title “Plane of the Day: Convair Model 118 ConvAirCar” on July 22, 2016. The text has been heavily shortened and distorted; nevertheless, the fact of copying is beyond doubt. The editor-in-chief of the publication is T. V. Kuprienko.

The text was originally stolen from popmech.ru on November 11, 2022, by the Telegram channel “Historian’s Diary” (historydiary), and was subsequently copied from there by a local newspaper.

In 2026 (No. 14, April 2), the piece was reprinted once again in the same section (p. 12). The article is longer, as it was copied from a second instance of the text being stolen by the “Historian’s Diary” channel, which this time shortened the original material to a lesser extent.

In 2023, the Department of Zoology, Ecology, and Nature Conservation named after A. G. Bannikov of the Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology approved a curriculum (module) “Fundamentals of Bioethics” for the Bachelor's degree programs 19.03.01 Biotechnology and 06.03.01 Biology. The program was reviewed by numerous specialists. The program was developed by Elena Aleksandrovna Makarova, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor and Head of Department—who also signed the program herself.

The entire Section 6 of the program (pp. 26–27 for 19.03.01 and 25–26 for 06.03.01) is a copy-paste of my article “The Grim Ethics of Doctor N.” from the magazine "World of Fantasy." The article is not cited as a source.

In 2024, the program was republished with minor revisions for both degree programs. Section 6 remained unchanged. Two Associate Professors, A. M. Konovalov and M. A. Lomskov, were added to the team of syllabus developers.

In 2025, the program was republished once again with minor revisions for both degree programs. The entirety of Section 6 (pp. 30–31 in the 19.03.10 Biotechnology program and pp. 25–26 in the 06.03.01 Biology program) remains a copy-paste of my article “The Grim Ethics of Doctor N.” from the magazine "World of Fantasy." The article is not cited as a source. The developers of the syllabus for the 19.03.01 Biotechnology program were A. M. Konovalov, M. A. Lomskov, and K. V. Zakharov; the developer of the syllabus for the 06.03.01 Biology program was A. M. Konovalov.

In 2026, the program was republished with minor revisions for the Bachelor's degree program 06.03.01 Biology. Section 6 appears on pp. 28–29. The syllabus was developed by A. M. Konovalov and M. A. Lomskov.

In 2023, the publishing house of Pridnestrovian State University (Tiraspol) released a textbook “Comprehensive Analysis of Modern Russian Language,” compiled by Associate Professor and Candidate of Philological Sciences N. A. Puzov. The textbook also lists three reviewers: S. S. Polezhaeva, L. I. Vasilyeva, and T. A. Arabadzhi. However, neither the Candidate of Philological Sciences nor the Associate Professor noticed that the chapter “Inventions of Ivan Kulibin” (pp. 131–133) is a copy-paste of my article “What Did Kulibin Invent?” from Popular Mechanics.

It is especially notable that the author credited the source as: “Based on materials: vk.com›wall-84518347_3735,” meaning that the text was copied from a VK community wall, where it had previously been copied from Popular Mechanics without attribution.

In the newspaper "Strezhen," the bulletin of the literary association “Strezhen” of the city of Sayanogorsk, No. 2 (69), page 3 contains the section “Our Literacy Course.” In this issue, the section features the article “How to Write Poetry,” which is a direct, albeit heavily abridged, copy-paste of the chapter “Rhyme” from my "Poetry Handbook." The author is not indicated; instead, the vague phrase “From open internet sources” is given.

In 2022, the Siberian State Automobile and Highway University (SibADI) published the textbook "Innovative Methods and Technologies of Road Construction" authored by Elena Vladimirovna Andreeva and M. V. Isaenko. On pages 143–151, chapter 4.3.7, “The Use of Light-Conducting Materials in Road Construction,” is presented. However, the entire passage from the words “Another interactive road project was proposed…” to “…the need to ensure the transparency of the outer layer of the road surface,” as well as the concluding paragraphs of the chapter beginning with “In general, the world is ready to embrace interactive roads…,” were taken from my article “The Road Winds Like a Clever Ribbon…” published in Popular Mechanics.

The authors did not even attempt to modify the text and simply copy-pasted three paragraphs verbatim. The article from the popular science magazine was omitted from the references.

At the end of 2022, the Local Children’s Center "Sozvezdie" (Khabarovsk) approved an additional general education program “The Amazing Is Nearby” for children aged 8–11. Appendix 2 to the program contains descriptions of experimental methods, including the experiment “Milk Painting.” The entire description and explanation of this experiment is a copy-paste of my article “Milk Paintings,” published in the magazine Popular Mechanics. Despite the presence of a bibliography at the end of the program, the original source of the text on milk paintings is not listed there.

The compiler of the program is Radiona Nikolaevna Yun, methodologist of the educational program.

In 2024, the program was reapproved without changes, but with a new, colorful cover.

The textbook “History of Medicine,” compiled by N. M. Bezkaravaeva, T. A. Belova, and A. L. Britskaya; reviewer: A. A. Kozlova. Recommended by the Central Coordinating Methodological Council of Omsk State Medical University for internal university use. According to the annotation, the team of authors, drawing on their teaching experience in the discipline “History of Medicine,” compiled material reflecting the main milestones in the development of world medicine—from prehistory to the present day.

The entire section “Problems of Psychiatry in the Modern Era” (pp. 126–133) is my slightly edited article “The Best Remedy for a Head” from the magazine "World of Fantasy." The data were not verified; the text was simply copied. Naturally, the source is not cited.

In 2022, the publishing house of Polzunov Altai State Technical University (Barnaul) released a textbook by Viktor Borisovich Markin titled “Structures Made of Composite Materials.” It is recommended for students in the programs 22.03.01 and 22.04.01 “Materials Science and Engineering.”

On pages 180–195, there is a section titled “Ribbed Structures.” Beginning with the words “In the 1980s, the economy of the Soviet Union...” on page 181 and continuing through the end of page 182, the text is a copy-paste of my article “Made in the USSR: Our Breakthroughs in Composite Materials” from the website PopMech.ru (now TechInsider.ru). The source is not included in the bibliography—presumably because Viktor Borisovich does not consider it appropriate to use such sources. After all, Viktor Borisovich is a Doctor of Technical Sciences, a professor, and the author of more than 300 scientific and educational works, including 12 monographs, as well as several author’s certificates and patents.

In the Rostov Region newspaper "Our Time," No. 343–345 (26135–26137) dated October 28, 2022, an article titled “What Did Kulibin Invent?” was published on page 19 without attribution. Although it would have been entirely possible to credit me, since the entire text is a copy-paste of my article of the same title, “What Did Kulibin Invent?” from the magazine Popular Mechanics. However, there was significantly less space on the newspaper page, so more than half of the text was removed, whole paragraphs at a time. What remained was not edited in any way.

In 2022, Toraighyrov University (Pavlodar, Kazakhstan) hosted the international scientific and practical conference “XIV Toraighyrov Readings”. Following the conference, a multi-volume collection of papers was published. On pages 337–340 of Volume 3 (ISBN 978-601-345-330-9), the collection contains an article by A. N. Kairzhan and M. E. Zharmukhanbetov entitled “Analysis of the Design and Prospects of the Screw-Propelled Vehicle”. The article lists several supposed sources from 1937, 1973, 1982, and 1989, but these references are false, since roughly 80% of the entire article is a slightly modified copy-paste of my article “Screwing Through the Mud” from Popular Mechanics. The “authors” simply rewrote an article from a popular science magazine and added random sources they found through a Google search.

In 2022, Tatyana Galatonova’s book "School of the Young Engineer" (Moscow: Galaktika, 2022, ISBN 978-5-6047562-2-5) was published. It is a collection of engineering-themed DIY projects made from readily available materials, covering topics such as gear trains, crank mechanisms, and levers. The book contains numerous factual errors; for example, it claims that Ippolit Romanov invented the world's first electric car, which is incorrect.

Pages 18–19 contain instructions for building Kulibin’s screw lift. More precisely, the instructions themselves are on page 19, while page 18 provides historical background. This historical text is copied in its entirety from the chapter on Kulibin in my book "Invented in Russia" (or from my "Popular Mechanics" article about Kulibin, as the two texts are identical and were both written by me). No reference to the original source is provided.

In 2022, the secondary school of the settlement of Zhadovka (Ulyanovsk Region) approved an additional general education program “The Complex World of Physics.” The program is focused on natural sciences and is intended for students aged 14–17. The program developer is P. N. Savov, a physics teacher.

On pages 31–32, Experiment No. 5 “Paraffin Engine” is described. The content of this experiment is a complete copy-paste of my article “And Instead of a Heart—a Paraffin Engine” from the magazine "Popular Mechanics," and there is no list of sources at all.

On May 27, 2022, the IV International Scientific and Practical Conference “Student Research Forum 2022” was held in Penza. Following the conference, a collection of papers was published. On pages 58–60 of the collection, the article “An Air-Powered Engine: Innovations in Automobiles” was published, with no fewer than four authors: Marina Anatolyevna Kryukova (senior lecturer), Sergey Aleksandrovich Garaev, Igor Petrovich Laptev, and Kirill Evgenyevich Khromtsov (students). However, the four authors were apparently unable to produce a three-page text of their own, so most of the content on pages 58 and 59 is a copy-paste of my article “Air Energy” from the magazine "Popular Mechanics."

Naturally, the original source is not listed in the bibliography.

In 2021, Transbaikal State University published the monograph “Tourism: Regional Development Trends,” edited by V. V. Likhanova. The list of contributors is enormous—a total of 32 authors (including Likhanova), as well as two reviewers. Among the authors are 18 Candidates of Sciences and 6 Doctors of Sciences.

I do not know who exactly wrote the section “The Origins of Rodeo” (pp. 81–85)—or rather, who literally copy-pasted my article “The Burden of Real Cowboys” from Popular Mechanics. The text from page 81 to the end of page 84 is nothing but copy-paste. At the end, a source is timidly indicated: “108. Popular Mechanics. – URL: https://www.popmech.ru (accessed: 28.03.3021). – Text: electronic.” But this is clearly insufficient to justify direct plagiarism.

In the Minsk newspaper "Transport Security" (a supplement to the newspaper "Transport Herald"), issue No. 41 (113) dated November 6, 2021, a short article titled “How One Tractor Unit Pulls a Hundred Semi-Trailers” was published on page 14. It appears under the section “Road Safety: International Experience.” At the bottom, it states that the page was prepared by Tatyana Pashkevich based on materials from internet resources. In fact, Tatyana Pashkevich copied my online article “Powertrans T1250: A Tractor for 100 Semi-Trailers” from the "Popular Mechanics" website (dated April 9, 2017), making only a minor change (removing one sentence to fit the page layout).

In the newspaper "Soviet Russia," No. 108 (15078) dated October 2, 2021, an article titled “He Fell in Love with Bees and Invented a Home for Them” was published on page 4 without attribution.

The article is an unauthorized reprint of the chapter “Bees in a Frame: The History of the Beehive” from the book “Invented in Russia: The History of Russian Inventive Thought from Peter I to Nicholas II.” The title was changed and a new lead was written, but the original text was not edited, except for the removal of the final sentence (which makes the article appear abruptly cut off). The author is not credited; instead, the new lead states: “Sovetskaya Rossiya today tells the story of the son of a priest...” Of course. Naturally, it does.

In the newspaper "Evening Rostov," No. 192–193 (17925–17926) dated October 29, 2021, an article titled “He Fell in Love with Bees and Invented a Home for Them” was published on page 7 without attribution.

The article is an unauthorized reprint of the chapter “Bees in a Frame: The History of the Beehive” from the book “Invented in Russia: The History of Russian Inventive Thought from Peter I to Nicholas II.” The title was changed and a new lead was written, but the original text was not edited, except for the removal of the final sentence (which makes the article appear abruptly cut off).

In the magazine "Mysterious Stories" (Moscow), No. 19 (221)’2021, pp. 20–21, an article titled “A Life for Others” was published with my authorship indicated (Tim Skorenko). The article was taken from my blog on LiveJournal, where it was originally published under the title “The Illness of Damien de Veuster.” The original text was shortened and edited, and the title was changed.

In issue no. 16 (114) (2021) of the magazine "Auto Review Kuzbass" (Kemerovo), on page 25, a note titled “A Strange ‘Monster’: A 48-Cylinder Motorcycle” was published without attribution, although with a reference to popmech.ru. The note was reproduced in full, without any changes, from the Popular Mechanics website, where it had originally been published in 2017 under the title “48-Cylinder Motorcycle Engine.”

In the magazine "Auto Review Kuzbass" (Kemerovo), No. 15 (113)’2021, an article titled “BMW of the Soviet Militsiya: It Did Happen” was published on page 33 without attribution, though with a link to popmech.ru. The article is entirely, without changes (apart from a slight rearrangement of words in the title), stolen from the website "Popular Mechanics," where it was published in 2016 or 2017 (I do not remember exactly, as it was reposted several times with updated publication dates).

In issue No. 40 (101), dated August 15–31, 2021, of the Ukrainian trade newspaper "Our Region," the “Famous Ukrainians” section on page 7 features an article entitled “Petro Prokopovych: The Bee and Man”. The article is an abridged and slightly altered version (one paragraph was moved and some words were replaced) of the chapter “Bees in a Frame: The History of the Beehive” from the book “Invented in Russia: A History of Russian Inventive Thought from Peter I to Nicholas II.“

The person responsible for the theft is not identified. The newspaper’s editor-in-chief is V. S. Klimenko.

In issue no. 29 (12290) of the Sibiryak newspaper, published in the Kalachinsky District of the Omsk Region on July 23, 2021, page 10 features an article by Natalya Kislitsina titled with a quotation from the interview subject: “‘The Outcome of a Match Is Determined by a Combination of Different Tactics,’ Says Arm Wrestling Team Coach Evgeny Gorin.” The article discusses arm wrestling in Kalachinsk, and throughout the piece Kislitsina interviews coach Gorin.

After several specific remarks, Gorin supposedly says: “Arm wrestlers rarely fight…,” and from those words to the end of the paragraph, the author reproduces text from my article “To Bend Toward Victory” published in Popular Mechanics. The quotation used in the headline was also taken from the same source.

In the corporate magazine of JSC “Railways of Yakutia,” "To the Rhythm of Wheels," No. 2 (007)’2021, pp. 52–55, an article titled “Ghost Trains: Real Legends” was published without attribution. The article was stolen from the magazine World of Fantasy, where it had been published in 2010 under the title “Along Phantom Rails.” The article was shortened by removing the final subsection, apparently due to lack of space.

In 2021, a collection titled “Innovations in Engineering and Education” was published in Novosibirsk based on the proceedings of the 10th Scientific and Practical Conference with international participation (Novosibirsk, April 21, 2021).

On pages 100–104 of the collection, an article by Artyom Arturovich Martynenko (Novosibirsk College of Automotive Service and Road Infrastructure; academic supervisor T. V. Putintsev) titled “Development and Implementation of ‘Smart Road’ Technology in the Road Construction Industry of Russia and Canada” was published. The part of the article devoted to an overview of modern smart road projects (p. 101) is outright plagiarism—a shortened compilation of paragraphs from my article “The Road Winds Like a Clever Ribbon...” from "Popular Mechanics." My article is not cited as a source.

In the newspaper "Kuibyshevets" (Voskresensk), issue No. 11 (4864) of March 26, 2021, on page 7, a piece titled “The Most Unusual Fuel Truck” was published without attribution. The article, with only minimal editing (a changed title and the addition of a new introductory sentence), was taken from the website popmech.ru (now techinsider.ru), where it had originally been published on November 24, 2016, under the title “The Most Beautiful Tanker in the World: Texaco Doodlebug.”

In the magazine "Auto Review Kuzbass" (Kemerovo), No. 5 (103)’2021, an article titled “Kawasaki KUT300: A Truck from a Motorcycle Manufacturer” was published on page 23 without attribution, though with a link to popmech.ru. The article is entirely, without changes, stolen from the website "Popular Mechanics," where it was published in 2016 or 2017 (I do not remember exactly, as it was reposted several times with updated publication dates).

In 2021, the Moscow school Sviblovo published methodological guidelines for organizing and conducting a school-wide interdisciplinary research project “Physics Is Everywhere” for grades 1–4. On pages 29–30, Experiment No. 5 “Paraffin Engine” is described. The content of this experiment is a complete copy-paste of my article “And Instead of a Heart—a Paraffin Engine” from the magazine "Popular Mechanics," and there is no list of sources at all.

In 2021, the magazine "Young Technician" (No. 1), pp. 24–29, published an article titled “Heavenly... Steam Locomotives” attributed to V. Savelyev. In fact, V. Savelyev has nothing to do with this article: the text is a verbatim copy of my article “A Flying Steam Locomotive” from "Popular Mechanics" (with minor сокращения).

In 2020, Evgeny Zharinov’s book "The Fallen Enlightenment" was published (Moscow: AST, 2020, ISBN 978-5-17-126709-4). Zharinov is a well-known writer, literary scholar, and publicist, a Doctor of Sciences and the author of numerous books. Most of the section “Third Grimace: Freaks” in Chapter I, “Grimaces of Nature,” is a verbatim copy of my article “Welcome to the Freak Show” from World of Science Fiction magazine — from the words “The modern era began to bring profits to freaks...” to the end of the section (the words “But these are only assumptions...”).

I should note that other readers have also noticed other instances of plagiarism in this book. From a review by Evgeny Sysoev: “The text about Newton in the chapter ‘Philosophy of the Enlightenment’ seemed familiar. I searched and found the source — Bryson’s "A Short History of Nearly Everything." Two pages of text were borrowed almost word for word. There is no citation of the source and no quotation marks. I checked the section on geology and Hutton, and it was the same story — three pages stolen from Bryson. The original author’s name is not even mentioned. There are probably other instances of plagiarism to be found.”

The book was reissued in 2025 (Moscow: AST, 2025, ISBN 978-5-17-123191-0).

In the magazine Autoprice.rf, No. 9 (264)’2020 (November/December), on page 42, a short piece titled “Without Beginning or End” was published without attribution. In fact, I am the author of this text, and its original version is a short article titled “Cobus DES: A Bus without Beginning or End” from the website popmech.ru (now techinsider.ru).

It was copied verbatim. The editor-in-chief is Evgeniya Neverova.

In the journal "School of Science," No. 12 (37)’2020, pp. 35–36, an article titled “Cars Powered by Compressed Air as an Environmentally Friendly Transport of the Future” was published, authored by Oksana Nikolaevna Paramonova (Associate Professor and Candidate of Technical Sciences) and Nikita Vyacheslavovich Dorotenko from Don State Technical University.

Overall, the article is original, but its entire second paragraph (beginning with the words “The predecessor of pneumatic engines was the French...,” p. 35) is a copy-paste of a corresponding paragraph from my article “The Power of Air” from Popular Mechanics (p. 102).

In the newspaper "Year-Round: Home, Garden, Kitchen Garden," No. 23 (627)’2020, pp. 20–21, an article titled “Pyotr Ivanovich Prokopovich: ‘I Have Penetrated the Secrets of the Bee Kind Further Than All My Predecessors’” was published. Most of the article is a copy-paste of the chapter “Bees in a Frame: The History of the Beehive” from the book “Invented in Russia: The History of Russian Inventive Thought from Peter I to Nicholas II.”

The text was copied (with superficial, distorting editing) from the words “Beekeeping originated as early as the Stone Age...” up to “...he had a large apiary with 300 colonies” on the following page. This is followed by text stolen from another source, after which the copy-paste resumes (from “The invention of the frame hive...” to the end). In total, about 70% of the article is copy-pasted from my book.

The author of the theft is not indicated. The editor-in-chief of the newspaper is M. I. Dorofeyeva.

In the socio-political newspaper of the city of Bodaybo and the Bodaybo District "Lensky Miner," No. 73 (20373) dated September 26, 2020, a note titled “What Do We Know About the LEGO Construction Set?” was published on page 7, authored by Anna Zvereva. The note is a shortened copy-paste of my article “The Amazing Story of LEGO: From Wooden Ducks to Robotics,” published on the portal popmech.ru (now techinsider.ru) in 2017 as part of a sponsored project for LEGO.

In 2020, a collection of papers based on the materials of the 10th All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference with international participation of school pupils, students, postgraduate students, and young scientists “Ecology, Rational Nature Management, and Environmental Protection” was published in Lesosibirsk.

On pages 46–50 of the collection, an article by 10th-grade student D. V. Devyatlov (academic superviso: N. A. Nosova, a senior-category chemistry teacher) titled “Storm Glass—A DIY Meteorological Instrument in a Flask” was published. The historical background provided in the article (chapter “Description and History of Origin”) is a complete copy-paste of my online article “FitzRoy’s Storm Glass: A Forgotten Meteorological Instrument of the 19th Century” from the portal popmech.ru (now techInsider.ru).

My article is not listed in the references; instead, some unrelated and irrelevant sources are cited (with links).

In 2020, the 14th student research conference “Student Research Activity as a Means of Developing Creative Activity and Professional Competencies of Future Specialists” was held in the city of Tara (Omsk Region), organized by the Tara Industrial Pedagogical College. A collection of papers was published following the conference.

On pages 27–30 of the collection, an article by D. I. Ivanov titled “The Amazing World of LEGO Construction Sets” was published. A significant part of the article is a copy-paste of my material “The Amazing Story of LEGO: From Wooden Ducks to Robotics,” published on the portal popmech.ru (now techinsider.ru) in 2017 as part of a sponsored project for LEGO. The source is not listed in the references.

It should be noted that D. I. Ivanov is only a third-grade student, but judging by the style and terminology, the article was clearly written not by a child but by parents or by the academic supervisor, N. V. Proutorova.

In 2020, the Vobkent District “Barkamol Avlod” Children’s School (Uzbekistan) published what appears to be either a study guide or a supplementary educational program entitled “Lego konstruktorligi” to’garagi (i.e., “LEGO Construction Club”). The program was compiled by R. B. Solihova, Deputy Director for the Implementation of Innovative Technologies at the Vobkent District “Barkamol Avlod” Children’s School. On pages 2–11 (out of 36), the author recounts the history of LEGO, and this entire section is a translation of my article “The Amazing History of LEGO: From Wooden Ducks to Robotics”, published on popmech.ru (now techinsider.ru) in 2017 as part of a promotional project for LEGO. The document even includes a list of sources at the end, but the article from which one-third of the guide was copied is not among them.

In 2020, Kazan Federal University Press published the study guide “New Journalism: Historical and Social Context and Professional and Practical Principles” by L. G. Egorova and D. V. Tumanov. A fairly substantial section, from pages 97 to 104, is devoted to the story of journalist Nellie Bly. The passage on page 100 (from the words “In the same year, 1887…” to “…the boundary between two eras”) is copied in its entirety from my article “The Best Remedy for the Head,” published in World of Fiction magazine. The section on Bly also contains several other individual phrases copied from my article, but this passage is the largest, comprising two paragraphs. World of Fiction is not listed among the sources at all.

In 2022, the same KFU publishing house released another textbook, “Genres of Contemporary Journalism”, in which the stolen passage and individual phrases appeared unchanged. The only difference was that there were now more authors: R. P. Bakanov, L. G. Egorova, L. R. Sabirova, and D. V. Tumanov.

In 2023, this textbook was republished in Moscow by Flinta (Moscow: Flinta, 2023. 328 pp. ISBN 978-5-9765-5341-5), and in 2026 the same publisher issued a further unchanged reprint.

In 2020, a collection of articles and abstracts based on the results of the 13th regional scientific and practical conference of school pupils, students, and young scientists “Youth and Science 2020” was published in Lesnoy (a closed administrative-territorial formation in Sverdlovsk Region).

On pages 25–29 of the collection, an article by Yu. A. Koptelova (Municipal Secondary School named after K. N. Novikov, Kachkanar; academic supervisor: E. V. Ponomareva) titled “Physical Phenomena in the Kitchen” was published. The article is almost entirely (with distorting cuts and a number of rather clumsy additions) a copy-paste of my material “10 Physical Phenomena in the Kitchen: Learning Physics and Explaining It to Children,” published on the portal popmech.ru (now techinsider.ru) in 2017.

On April 29, 2020, a regional scientific and methodological seminar “Modern Education in the Context of Continuity of Federal State Educational Standards: Regulatory and Scientific-Methodological Foundations, Current Problems, and Practices for Their Solution” was held in Borisoglebsk. The organizer was the Borisoglebsk branch of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Voronezh State University.”

In the proceedings of the seminar, on pages 84–88, an article by V. N. Glushchenko (from KOU VO “Elan-Kolenovsky Center for Psychological, Pedagogical, Medical and Social Assistance,” whatever that may mean) titled “Master Class ‘LEGO Letters’” was published. Most of the historical background on LEGO on pages 85–86 is a copy-paste from my article “The Amazing Story of LEGO: From Wooden Ducks to Robotics,” published on the portal popmech.ru (now techinsider.ru) in 2017 as part of a sponsored project for LEGO. The source is not listed in the references.

In 2020, the Children’s Creativity Center “Khibiny” of the city of Kirovsk approved an additional general education program “School of Experiments” for children aged 7–8. In the section “Topic 18. Milk and Dairy Products. Beneficial Bacteria,” a description of the experiment “Milk Painting” is provided. The entire description and explanation of this experiment is a copy-paste of my article “Milk Paintings” from the magazine “Popular Mechanics.” The original source is not cited.

The compilers of the program are additional education teachers Tatyana Gennadyevna Polyakova and Mikhail Andreyevich Margaritov.

In 2021, the program was reapproved with some changes. The milk experiment was moved to “Topic 4. Milk and Dairy Products. Beneficial Bacteria,” but remained the same copy-paste as in 2020. The compiler is now only Polyakova.

In 2022, the program was reapproved again with some changes, but the milk experiment remained unchanged in Topic 4. The compiler is Alyona Leonidovna Isaeva, an additional education teacher.

In 2023, the program was once again reapproved with some changes, but the milk experiment remained unchanged. The compiler is Natalia Vladimirovna Olkhovskaya, an additional education teacher.

In 2025, the program was once again reapproved with some changes, but the milk experiment remained unchanged. The compiler is Natalia Vladimirovna Olkhovskaya, an additional education teacher.

In 2020, issue No. 21 of the student scientific journal of Adyghe State University (Maykop), “Ab ovo,” was published. On pages 385–388 of the first volume, an article by A. Tlekhuray and A. Tlekhuray titled “Evaluation of Pressure Exerted by a Nail” was published. In the first half of the article, the authors calculate the area of the nail tip and the pressure it exerts. But in the second half, apparently, they grew tired and copied a large portion of my article “Lying on a Bed of Nails” from “Popular Mechanics.” And it’s not just the text.

For that article, I actually built a real bed of nails. I spent an entire day drilling and hammering and made two boards (one with 1,222 nails, the other with 676). The authors copied the text in such a way as if they had actually built the board themselves, and also stole the schematic of my board drawn by illustrator Murad Ibatullin, replacing the numbers with their own using Photoshop. Their academic supervisor, physics teacher A. A. Stalnoy, did not notice the trick.

In 2020, a collection titled “Physics and Modern Technologies in the Agro-Industrial Complex” was published in Oryol based on the materials of the 11th All-Russian Youth Conference of Young Scientists, Students, and Schoolchildren with international participation, held on February 19, 2020, at the Department of Engineering Graphics and Mechanics of the Faculty of Agroengineering and Energy Supply of Oryol State Agrarian University.

On pages 144–150 of the collection, an article by E. A. Kruk (St. Petersburg Academy of Transport Technologies; academic supervisor V. I. Bader) titled “Some Aspects of the ‘Smart Roads’ Project” was published. The part of the article devoted to the Solar Roadways project by Scott and Julie Brusaw is outright plagiarism—a shortened compilation of paragraphs from my article “The Road Winds Like a Clever Ribbon...” from “Popular Mechanics.” The source is not cited.

In 2020, the volume Chemical and Materials Science Aspects of Technosphere Safety was published in Khimki following the 30th International Scientific and Practical Conference "Prevention. Rescue. Assistance." The conference was organized by the Civil Defence Academy of the EMERCOM of Russia.

Pages 24–29 of the volume contain the article “Chemical Aspects of Bottled Water Safety” by N. G. Zaloznaya, K. R. Duleva, and K. V. Tabala. The entire first part of the article (pp. 25–26) is a lightly modified plagiarism of my article “Bottled Water: How Harmful Is Plastic, and Should You Switch to Filtered Water?”, published in 2017 on the website PopMech.ru (now TechInsider.ru). Ironically, the original article was itself a sponsored piece commissioned by "Aquaphor." The original article is not credited as a source.

In 2020, the International Scientific and Technical Conference “F. K. Boyko First Anniversary Readings” was held in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan. F. K. Boyko was the first rector of the Pavlodar Industrial Institute. Pages 379–384 of volume 1 of the conference proceedings contain a paper by A. V. Drobinsky, T. M. Brus, and R. Zhumabekov entitled “Wind-Powered Vehicle—Turbosail.”

Overall, the paper is original, but the entire technical description of the Turbosail on pages 382–383 is copied verbatim from my article “Is It a Mast or a Sail?” published in Popular Mechanics. I probably would not have paid much attention to this had my article been cited among the sources. Instead, the authors state that the paragraph was taken from a description of the DWFTTW wind-powered vehicle. I cannot rule out the possibility that the paragraph was first copied there and subsequently made its way into the conference paper, but that is hardly an excuse for a paper published in the proceedings of a scientific conference.

In the Simferopol magazine “Studreality,” No. 8 (March 2020), on pages 6–7, an article by Evgeny Gruzinov titled “Transport of the Future” was published. I do not know where the rest of the article was copied from, but the entire section “Atomic Cars” is a slightly edited and shortened copy-paste of my article “Peaceful Atom on Wheels” from the magazine “World of Fantasy.”

In 2020, Boris Moiseevich Lapidus published the monograph "The Future of Transport: Global Trends with a Projection for Russia." Among other topics, pages 72–74 discuss the history of the Russian maglev. The paragraph on page 73 beginning with the words “The development of the maglev dates back...” and continuing to the end was copied verbatim from my article “The Soviet Maglev,” with no paraphrasing whatsoever. Boris Moiseevich merely introduced a few spelling mistakes that are absent from the original. Needless to say, he did not include my article in the bibliography at the end of the monograph.

In issue No. 218 (26827) of the daily transport newspaper “Gudok,” dated November 27, 2019, an article by Andrey Gorodnov titled “A Sport for Real Men” was published on page 7. The article tells the story of Alexey Papsuev, an operator of the track inspection station No. 309 of the Central Directorate of Infrastructure, who became a winner at international armwrestling competitions. Throughout the article, the author presents it as an interview with Papsuev.

Most of Papsuev’s “direct speech” is simply a copy-paste of my article “Bending Toward Victory” from “Popular Mechanics.”

In the corporate newspaper of the Olympiadinsky Mining and Processing Plant of Polyus-Krasnoyarsk, "Northern Herald," issue No. 38 (November 2019), a short article about the Powertrans T1250 tractor unit was published. It is a copy of my online article “Powertrans T1250: A Tractor for 100 Semi-Trailers” from the "Popular Mechanics" website, originally published on April 9, 2017. Unfortunately, only part of the page is available (in a search engine archive), so it is impossible to determine the exact page number or the full extent of the copying. Nevertheless, the first two sentences fully match the original.

In 2019, the maritime navigation wall newspaper “Lights and Signs of the Navigation Department” (October, No. 1962) published an article by S. Biryukov titled “The Lone Wolf Bogdan Kolyushkin.” The article is devoted to a navigation cadet who gained recognition in local armwrestling competitions. Most of the text is dedicated to the history and rules of armwrestling, and this entire part is a copy-paste of my article “Tipping the Scales to Victory” from the magazine “Popular Mechanics.” The original source is not cited.

In the journal “Science and Industry of the Urals,” No. 15’2019, pp. 76–77, an article titled “Features of the Physical Properties of Aerogel and Prospects for Its Use in Science and Technology” was published, authored by student Alyona Vladimirovna Klimashkina and senior lecturer Svetlana Mikhailovna Ozhegova (Novotroitsk branch of NUST MISIS).

The second half of the article on page 77, beginning with the words “Research into aerogels continues...,” is a copy-paste (without changes) of my article “When Air Feels Heavy” from the magazine “Popular Mechanics.” Three sources are listed in the references, but naturally, my article is not among them.

In 2019, an identical article titled “A Blind Man on a Bicycle” appeared in two Nizhny Novgorod newspapers:

• “Adventures. Mysteries. Wonders,” No. 14 (608), p. 12


• “Monday,” No. 25 (1437), p. 22

Both newspapers cited the website www.ufolog.ru
as the source. About 70% of the article is a copy-paste of my article “Ben Underwood’s Sonar Vision,” originally published as a post in my LiveJournal and later as an article in the newspaper “Oracle.” Since the texts in LiveJournal and the newspaper are identical, it is difficult to determine exactly where the text was taken from.

The text is no longer available on ufolog.ru (apparently removed due to copyright violations, possibly at the request of “Oracle”), but it remains preserved in the printed versions of the two newspapers.

Continuing the review of article theft in the magazine “Young Technician.” In issue No. 6 for 2019, on pages 42–43, a news digest titled “News from Five Continents” was published.

The item titled “Aerorooster” (p. 43) is a poor, shortened copy-paste of the note “Plane of the Day: Aerogallo” (alternative title—“‘Flying Rooster’—an Absurd Airshow Menace”) from the website popmech.ru (now techinsider.ru). There was once such a section on the site: I would find amusing aircraft and publish short notes about them.

In the book by Mikhail Starodumov “Who Invented the Bicycle,” published by “Tsentrpoligraf” in 2019 (ISBN 978-5-227-08742-3), there is a chapter titled “LEGO Construction Set.” This chapter is entirely copied from my article “The Amazing Story of LEGO: From Wooden Ducks to Robotics,” published on the portal popmech.ru (now techinsider.ru) in 2017 as part of a sponsored project for LEGO.

The book itself is frankly terrible, with 5–8 errors on every spread. For example, in the chapter on the bicycle (featured on the cover), it seriously claims that Artamonov’s bicycle actually existed. The vast majority of chapters are copy-pasted from various sources. The publisher even misspelled the author’s surname on the cover (he is Starodumov, but on the cover he is Starodubov).

In the Russian-language newspaper “The Bukharian Times,” No. 901’2019 (Forest Hills, NY, USA), on pages 38–39, an article titled “A Righteous Jew in Disgrace...” was published with my authorship indicated (Tim Skorenko). The article was taken from my LiveJournal blog, where it was originally published under the title “The Alarm of Alexander Sobolev.” The original text was shortened and edited, and the title was changed.

The editor-in-chief of the publication is Rafael Nektalov.

In two issues of the newspaper “Tomskaya Nedelya” in 2019 (No. 14 (1391) and No. 15 (1392)), a serialized article titled “War Crimes of Japanese Militarism: Iris Chang’s ‘The Rape of Nanking’” was published. It was prepared by Aleksandr Panych, a member of the Russian Historical Society and a well-known public figure in Tomsk. The article is devoted to the Nanjing Massacre and the life of journalist Iris Chang, who was the first to write a historical book about this tragedy.

Everything related to Iris Chang’s life was copy-pasted by Panych (with some rearrangement of paragraphs) from my old LiveJournal post “The Last Book of Iris Chang, or A Story About Irreversibility.” Moreover, the post itself is partly written in a literary style, as it was in turn partially copied from my novel “Legends of Unknown America,” in which Iris Chang is one of the characters.

In 2019, the journal “Bulletin of Scientific Conferences,” No. 3-3 (43), theme “Science, Education, Society” (Part 3), published on pages 28–29 an article by R. A. Ataev and A. A. Voynov (Penza State University) titled “Smart Roads—The Future of Transport Infrastructure.”

The article is outright plagiarism—a shortened compilation of paragraphs from my article “The Road Winds Like a Clever Ribbon...” from the magazine “Popular Mechanics.” The references list three sources unrelated to the text. Particularly amusing is that by the time of publication in this journal, the text was already six years old and hopelessly outdated.

In three issues of the newspaper “20 minutes of Zhitomir” in 2019 (No. 5 (721), No. 7 (723), and No. 8 (724)), a serialized article titled “The Role of Women in the Automotive Industry” was published, authored by a certain Leonid Hromyk. According to the author’s bio, Hromyk was at the time head of the second department of the Zhytomyr Vocational Polytechnic Lyceum.

Hromyk simply took my article “6 Women Who Changed the Automotive Industry” (alternative title: “How 6 Women Made an Invaluable Contribution to the Development of the Automotive Industry”) from the portal popmech.ru (now Techinsider.ru), translated it verbatim into Ukrainian, and passed it off as his own, adding a small amount (about 10%) of original text. In one place, he even mistranslated the text and confused the protagonists.

In “Young Technician,” No. 3 for 2019, pages 29–33, an article titled “Bridges Made of Pasta” by A. Kuzin was published. Most of the article (pages 31–33) is a superficially edited copy-paste of my article “The Battle of the Eiffels” from the magazine “Popular Mechanics.” Naturally, no source is indicated.

In issue no. 9 of "Young Technician" magazine for 2018, an article entitled “Experiments and Sorbents” was published on pages 65–67 without any author being credited. Some 90% of this material is copied and pasted from my article “Secrets of the White Powder” in Popular Mechanics magazine. A little text was added at the beginning and end, but most of the article, from the words “...were working on developing a substance that could absorb...” all the way to “...go ahead and experiment with gel formation,” was copied from my article (from the end of page 65 almost to the end of page 67).

In the newspaper “Peasant Homestead,” No. 29 (773)’2018 (Saratov, Russia), page 11, an article titled “Man and the Bee: How Pyotr Prokopovich Built the Largest Apiary in the World” was published with my authorship indicated (Tim Skorenko). The article is an unauthorized reprint of the chapter “Bees in a Frame: The History of the Beehive” from the book “Invented in Russia: The History of Russian Inventive Thought from Peter I to Nicholas II.” The original text was edited, and the title was changed.

The editor-in-chief of the publication is Svetlana Timofeevna Luka.

The Russian-language newspaper Jewish World, no. 22 (1358), dated May 31, 2018 (Brooklyn, NY, USA), published an article entitled “An Honest Jew in Disgrace..., or Alexander Sobolev’s Alarm Bell” on pages 35–36, crediting me as the author (Tim Skorenko). The article was taken from my LiveJournal blog, where it had originally appeared under the title “Alexander Sobolev’s Alarm Bell”. The original text was edited, and the title was changed.

The newspaper’s editor-in-chief was Arieh Katzin.

In issue no. 6 (18) of the journal "Issues of Science and Education" (2018), on pages 23–25, a paper by student Aleksei Fedorovich Lysenko titled “Technology of the Intelligent Transportation System” was published. The entire final section of the paper, beginning with the words “As is well known, the state of Russia’s roads is very poor...” (p. 24) and continuing to the end, is copied verbatim from my article “The Road Winds Like a Clever Ribbon...” published in "Popular Mechanics." The original article is not cited as a source.

On April 10, 2018, the VII International Scientific and Practical Conference “Innovative Technologies in Science and Education” was held in Penza. A proceedings volume was published following the conference.

On pages 35–37 of the volume, an article by Aleksandr Vitalyevich Nadosha and Azat Minseinovich Sharafutdinov (PhD in Biology, Associate Professor) titled “Health-Preserving Elements of the ‘Smart Road’ of the Future” was published. The article begins with two paragraphs, from “Throughout world history, roads have had many different types of surfaces…” to “…to serve people in the most literal sense of the word.” Both paragraphs were taken from my article “The Road Winds Like a Clever Ribbon…” published in "Popular Mechanics," without attribution.

From 2012 to 2020, the fanzine "All Sorts of Things" was published in Jelgava, Latvia. It described itself as a digest of publications from the press and the Internet, but in reality shamelessly reprinted articles from a wide variety of publications, particularly Popular Mechanics and World of Science Fiction. I am aware of several such unauthorized reprints of my articles.

In issue No. 3, 2018, on pages 64–74, my article “The Charlatan’s Gadget: Pseudomedical Devices, Part 1”, originally published in "World of Fantasy," No. 3 (175), 2018, was reprinted. I do not know whether the text was abridged, but apparently it was, since the article was reformatted for a different layout. I am credited as the author, which does not excuse the theft.

In 2018, the publishing house of the South Ural State Humanitarian Pedagogical University (Chelyabinsk) released a collection titled “Individual Projects for Students in Grades 7–9,” compiled by M. V. Potapova and N. N. Titarenko.

On pages 99–100 of the collection, there is a chapter titled “2.2. Paraffin Engine. Experiment 2.” The content of this chapter is almost entirely a copy-paste of my article “And Instead of a Heart—a Paraffin Engine” from the magazine “Popular Mechanics,” and this source is not listed in the references. The author of the chapter is school student Evgeny Golub; his supervisors are Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor O. R. Shefer and senior-category physics teacher E. G. Antonkina.

In February 2018, the 6th All-Russian Youth Scientific and Practical Conference “MIF-2018” was held at Orel State University Named after I. S. Turgenev. A volume of conference proceedings was subsequently published.

Pages 272–274 of the proceedings contain an article entitled “Physics in the Kitchen” by V. D. Tolkachev and Ya. V. Bakhtin. More precisely, Tolkachev and Bakhtin (who were still schoolchildren at the time) had nothing to do with writing this article, because they stole it almost word for word from popmech.ru, making only a couple of poorly written edits. The original article was entitled “10 Physical Phenomena in the Kitchen,” and I was the one who wrote it. Their academic supervisor was L. V. Zaitseva, a teacher at Secondary School No. 50 in Orel.

From 2012 to 2020, the fanzine "All Sorts of Things" was published in Jelgava, Latvia. It described itself as a digest of publications from the press and the Internet, but in reality shamelessly reprinted articles from a wide variety of publications. I am aware of several such unauthorized reprints of my articles.

In issue No. 1, 2018, on pages 8–17, my article “The Two Lives of James Tiptree Jr.”, originally published in “World of Fantasy,“ No. 8 (144), 2015, was reprinted. The title was changed to “Spy and Science Fiction Writer, Woman and Man: The Double Life of James Tiptree Jr.” I do not know whether the text was abridged, but apparently it was, since the article was reformatted for a different layout. I am credited as the author, which does not excuse the theft.

In the Russian-language newspaper “Advertising and Life,” No. 49’2017 (Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA), page 49, an article titled “The Amazing Story of Johnny Eck” was published without attribution. The article was stolen from my LiveJournal blog, where it was originally published under the title “The Upper Half of Johnny Eck.” The original text was slightly edited, and the title was changed. The source cited is paranormal-news.ru, which had previously stolen the article but later removed it.

Nine years later, in issue no. 30 of 2026, “Advertising and Life” reprinted the article once again, exactly as before, with the same text and illustrations, except for a slightly different layout (apparently, the newspaper’s format had changed).

From 2012 to 2020, the fanzine "All Sorts of Things" was published in Jelgava, Latvia. It described itself as a digest of publications from the press and the Internet, but in reality shamelessly reprinted articles and short stories from a wide variety of publications. I am aware of several such unauthorized reprints.

In issue No. 12, 2017, on page 89, my short story “The Prince and the Pauper”, originally published in "World of Fantasy," No. 12 (172), 2017, was reprinted. I am credited as the author, which does not excuse the theft.

From 2012 to 2020, the fanzine "All Sorts of Things" was published in Jelgava, Latvia. It described itself as a digest of publications from the press and the Internet, but in reality shamelessly reprinted articles and short stories from a wide variety of publications. I am aware of several such unauthorized reprints.

In issue No. 11, 2017, on pages 90–91, my short story “Unequal Marriage,” originally published in "World of Fantasy," No. 11 (171), 2017, was reprinted. I am credited as the author, which does not excuse the theft.

In 2017, the autonomous non-profit organization “National Center for Engineering Competitions and Contests” published “Guidelines for Career Guidance of Students in General Education Institutions” (edited by V. A. Kornilovich). Essentially, this is a collection of articles by various authors about industry and technological progress. On pages 134–151 of the volume, there is a chapter titled “From Nonexistence to Existence: The Implementation of Technical Innovations as a Collective Activity,” authored by D. Tatarkov. More precisely, in the author’s original version the title reads “From Nonexistence to Exstence: The Implementaton of Technical Innovatons as Collectve Actvity” (spot the four spelling errors).

The entire chapter is devoted to the Magnus effect, the Flettner rotor, and Cousteau’s turbosail. Tatarkov simply copy-pasted my article “Is It a Mast or a Sail?” from “Popular Mechanics,” then expanded it with additional material, inserting his own phrases between mine. He did, in fact, cite the source (as a link to the online version of the article), but citing a source does not justify copy-pasting.

In issue No. 3 (June–July) of Autotruck magazine for 2017, pages 58–59, the article “Scammell Scarab: On Three” was published. It is a copy of my online article “Scammell Scarab: A Three-Wheeled... Semi-Tractor,” originally published on the Popular Mechanics website on May 27, 2017.

Both the text and the numerous illustrations were copied in their entirety without hesitation. No author is credited.

In 2017, the Donetsk National Technical University hosted the student scientific and technical conference “Mathematical Culture of the Engineer,” following which a collection of papers was published. On pages 179–183, an article by student E. Tkachenko (group BS–16 GGF; academic supervisor O. A. Rudakova, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Higher Mathematics, DonNTU) titled “Drilling and the Archimedean Screw” was published.

On page 182, there is a paragraph beginning with the words “In automotive engineering...” From the second sentence to the end, this paragraph is a complete, unedited copy-paste of a passage from my article “Screwing into the Mud” from “Popular Mechanics” (pp. 56–57). The source is not listed in the references.

In 2017, the All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference of Young Scientists, Cadets, and Students “Aviation and Cosmonautics: Current State, Achievements, and Prospects,” dedicated to World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day, was held in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine. Pages 66–67 of the conference proceedings contain an article entitled “Modern and Future Electric Aircraft” by V. Bondarenko, a cadet of the Flight Operations Faculty at the Kirovohrad Flight Academy of the National Aviation University (academic supervisor: Senior Lecturer A. A. Astafyev).

The entire article is a complete plagiarism of my article “Electric Wings” from Popular Mechanics. Bondarenko simply copied part of the text from my original article (which is longer), rearranged some paragraphs, added a little material of his own, and passed it off as his own work.

In issue no. 2 (2017) of the magazine "Young Technician," page 81 featured an unsigned article, published as part of a regular column, titled “Long, Long Ago.” The entire text, with the possible exception of the final paragraph, consists of material copied from the chapter “A Radiator as a Premonition of the Russian Winter” in my book "Invented in Russia." Naturally, no acknowledgment of the original source is provided.

In the bulletin of the Kazakhstan Auto Business Association Vestnik AKAB (Almaty), dated December 12–29, 2016, on page 21, a piece titled “Try to Pronounce It: The Polish Brand Szczęśniak Succeeds in Exports” was published. The article is a verbatim copy of my piece “Szczęśniak: Vehicles with an Unpronounceable Name” from the website popmech.ru (now techinsider.ru).

In the bulletin of the Kazakhstan Auto Business Association "AKAB Bulletin" (Almaty), dated November 21 – December 4, 2016, on pages 11–12, a piece titled “6 Passenger Cars Made by Truck Manufacturers” was published. The article is a complete verbatim copy of my piece of the same name from the website popmech.ru (now techinsider.ru).

In the Russian-language magazine “Russian City,” No. 7 (155)’2016 (Norcross, GA, USA), pages 40–41, an article titled “Made in Russia: Pre-Revolutionary Russian Inventions” was published without attribution. The article was stolen from the magazine “World of Fantasy,” where it had been published under the title “Made in Russia.” The text was copied in full, without changes, with only an epigraph added and the subtitle turned into part of the title.

In 2016, following the VII All-Russian Black Sea School-Seminar of Young Scientists, Postgraduates, Students, and Schoolchildren (Gelendzhik, May 18–20, 2016), a proceedings volume titled Research and Development of Young Scientists for the Exploration and Development of Coastal Shelf and Problem Areas of Southern Russia was published. On pages 159–161 of this volume, the article “A Trimaran Model for Studying Transitional Zones” appeared, credited to no fewer than four authors—V. I. Belebnev, S. D. Omelaev, I. A. Fedyaev, and N. N. Fofanov. The academic supervisor is listed as V. A. Fomenko, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Head of the Seismogeodynamics Department at the State Scientific Center FSUE “Yuzhmorgeologiya” (Gelendzhik).

This sizeable group simply copy-pasted an entire paragraph beginning with the words “Unmanned boats are a fairly old idea…” from my article “Drone Death” published in Popular Mechanics. The borrowed fragment is not even particularly large—had the authors included the source in their references, it would not have constituted plagiarism. Without attribution, however, it clearly does.

In 2016, three educational publications were released at Vladimir State University named after A. G. and N. G. Stoletov:

• the textbook “Prospects for the Development of Engineering and Technology”


• the lecture course “Prospects for the Development of Engineering and Technology”


• the lecture course “Innovative Technologies”

All three were compiled by Evgeny Aleksandrovich Kindeev, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, lecturer at the Department of Automotive Transport and Technosphere Safety. In all three publications, Kindeev used extensive copy-paste, reproducing without changes the texts of three of my articles published in different issues of “Popular Mechanics.” No references to the sources are provided.

• The article “Excess Energy” is fully copied (including the title) on pages 20–27 of the textbook and pages 17–24 of both lecture courses.


• The article “When Air Feels Heavy” is fully copied on pages 35–41 of the textbook and pages 32–38 of the lecture courses, where it appears as a chapter titled “Advanced Materials.”


• The article “The Road Winds Like a Clever Ribbon...” is fully copied on pages 114–121 of the textbook and pages 111–118 of the lecture courses, where it appears as a chapter titled “Smart Road.”

At the end of the lecture course “Prospects for the Development of Engineering and Technology,” there is a bibliography, but it does not mention “Popular Mechanics” or the authorship of the borrowed texts.

In 2016, a collection titled “Ethical and Deontological Foundations of Medical Training: From Hippocrates to the Present Day” was published in Ryazan. Judging by the contents, however, ethical training did not go particularly well for the young doctors who stole my text.

On pages 82–92 of the collection, an article by R. S. Kavgiev, A. A. Malygin, and A. K. Chupakhin (Ryazan State Medical University, Faculty of Medicine; academic supervisor: Associate Professor D. S. Loginov) titled “The Naturalistic-Pragmatic Approach in Medical Ethics: Its Consequences and Results” was published. Starting from page 83, from the words “Once there lived in Japan a man named Shiro Ishii...” (which I obviously wrote), and up to the words “...the participating physicians were deprived of the right to practice medicine” on page 87, the text is a direct, slightly shortened copy-paste of my article “The Dark Ethics of Dr. N.” from the magazine “World of Fantasy.” Later, on page 88, there is another block copied from the same article about people conducting experiments on themselves.

In the journal “Physics: Everything for the Teacher!” (Osnova Publishing Group, Moscow), No. 4 (64)’2016, page 25, a half-page note titled “How to Become an Iron Man: Patent of the Week” was published without attribution. The article was taken from the portal Techinsider.ru, where it had been published as part of a series of collaborative materials with the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (FIPS). The note was published without changes.

In 2016, a collection titled “Little-Known Facts from the Lives of Mathematicians” was published in Kursk—a collection of papers from student correspondence readings held as part of a mathematical festival of vocational education students in the Kursk region (March 2, 2016).

On pages 113–115, an article by student D. O. Telegin from the Kursk Automotive Technical College (supervisor: O. A. Morozova) titled “The Amazing Gift of Zerah Colburn” was published. Telegin stole the entire text from my LiveJournal blog without exception, even keeping the original title. He made minor edits to make it look like an article rather than a blog post, but that is all.

In the magazine “AutoTruck,” No. 1 (February–March) 2016, pp. 82–87, an article titled “Unique Racing Machines” was published under the name of a certain Dmitry Zlenko. Both the article and the photographs were stolen — in reality, this is my article “100-Ton Dragster” from the magazine “Popular Mechanics,” No. 7 (141)’2014.

Zlenko simply copied someone else’s article from a glossy magazine (most likely from the website, as that is easier), together with the photos, and sold it to another glossy magazine. This is one of the few cases in my career where my article was stolen and published under a different name (that is, the thief’s name). In other cases, the thieves either published the material under my name (without informing me) or did not indicate authorship at all.

In 2015, following the International Scientific and Practical Conference held on December 9, 2015, in Sterlitamak, a collection titled “New Science: Current State and Paths of Development” was published. It included an article by students N. S. Bykova and E. A. Potapova titled “The Use of Gear Mechanisms in Kinetic Art” (pp. 191–193). About 40% of the article consists of direct, unedited copy-paste from my article “The Moving Pictures of Kristin Sur” from the magazine “Popular Mechanics,” including illustrations.

In the same year, the very same article appeared in the collection “Neophyte,” Issue 12 (pp. 78–79), published by Minin University in Nizhny Novgorod based on conference materials from that year. “A collection of works in the field of fundamental and applied science,” as the annotation puts it. I had a good laugh.

In the pilot issue of the magazine "World of the Internet of Things" (no. 1 (1), October 2015), on page 17, a note titled “Smart Home in 2015: Cameras in the Refrigerator and More” was published, entirely copied from the website popmech.ru (now techinsider.ru). The magazine is a digest of internet news related to the Internet of Things and specifies a monitoring period from August 12 to September 29, 2015. I originally wrote this piece for popmech.ru after attending the Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin on a business trip with Siemens; thus, it is both an original authored text and sponsored content.

The author, of course, is not indicated.

From 2012 to 2020, the fanzine All Sorts of Things was published in Jelgava, Latvia. It described itself as a digest of publications from the press and the Internet, but in reality shamelessly reprinted articles from a wide variety of publications. I am aware of several such unauthorized reprints of my articles.

In issue No. 5, 2015, on pages 14–21, my article “What Did Kulibin Invent?”, originally published in "Popular Mechanics," No. 10 (144), 2014, was reprinted. The text was definitely expanded; in particular, a final paragraph was added in which the person who stole the article recommends Marina Ulybysheva’s book about Kulibin (the book is poorly written and riddled with errors, so I could never have recommended it). I am credited as the author, which does not excuse the theft.

In issue no. 2 (2015) of the journal Vynakhidnyk i Ratsionalizator, on pages 4–7, a standard section titled “Science and Technology News” was published, including an article “Original Structures of the Past, Present, and Future” (the title is in Ukrainian, although the article itself is in Russian). The article consists of several subsections, including “Melnikov House,” which occupies a full page (p. 4).

This subsection is entirely derived from my article “Life at the Intersection of Cylinders,” published in Popular Mechanics. The text reproduces a shortened version of the original article without attribution.

The author of the material is not indicated. The journal itself is published under the auspices of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, and its editor-in-chief is Mykola Mykolaiovych Kitaiev, a well-known Ukrainian inventor.

In the newspaper of the Federation of Omsk Trade Unions “Position,” No. 36 (1182)’2014 (Omsk, Russia), page 10, an article titled “How Ships Are Seen Off” was published without attribution, but with a note that it was borrowed from the magazine “Popular Mechanics” (thanks for that, at least). The article is a shortened copy-paste of my article “Sinking on Command” from “Popular Mechanics.” In addition to changing the title, the editorial staff slightly reduced the text.

The editor-in-chief of the publication is L. N. Trush.

In the official publication of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the newspaper “Wings of Ukraine”, No. 41 (756)’2014 (Kyiv), page 14, a note titled “A Belarusian Miracle for Agricultural Aviation” was published under the name of Aleksey Trigub. However, the journalist did not actually write it: he took my article “The Ringed Aircraft” from the magazine “Popular Mechanics” and compiled a note from its paragraphs, heavily shortening the text.

In the Russian-language newspaper “Horizon,” No. 35 (768)’2014 (Englewood, CO, USA), page 40, an article titled “The Amazing Story of Johnny Eck” was published without attribution. The article was stolen from my LiveJournal blog, where it was originally published under the title “The Upper Half of Johnny Eck.” The original text was shortened and edited, and the title was changed.

In the Russian-language informational and advertising magazine “Contact,” No. 199’2014 (Boston, MA, USA), pp. 122–124, an article titled “The Amazing Story of Johnny Eck—the Famous Half-Man” was published without attribution. The article was stolen from my LiveJournal blog, where it was originally published under the title “The Upper Half of Johnny Eck.” The original text was shortened and edited, and the title was changed.

In the scientific and practical electronic journal “Financial Offenses and Crimes,” No. 6 (93)’2014 (Moscow, IP Fedinsky Yu. I.), pp. 95–98, an article titled “A Heist, the Way…” was published with my authorship indicated (Tim Skorenko). The article was taken from the magazine “Popular Mechanics”; the text was not altered.

In 2014, the Kharkiv publishing house “Book Club ‘Family Leisure’” released a book by a certain Yuri Pernatyev titled “Secrets of the Afterlife: Spirits, Ghosts, Voices” (ISBN 978-5-9910-2991-9). The book contains numerous chapters and sections, including one titled “Railway Phantoms,” which discusses various ghost trains.

One of the chapters in this section, titled “Along Phantom Rails,” tells the story of a mysterious train operating near Marshall Pass and is a copy-paste (with some editing) of the section “The Phantom of Marshall Pass” from my article “Along Phantom Rails” (yes, even the title was stolen) from the magazine “World of Fantasy.” In addition, Pernatyev copied certain elements from the same article into the chapter “The President’s Funeral Train.” It is quite possible that there are further borrowings.

In 2014, poet Valentina Mushkatina published a collection of free verse poetry titled "Intuitions" (Moscow: IPO “U Nikitskikh Vorot,” ISBN 978-5-91366-799-1). The author is a fairly typical elderly amateur writer who published the book at her own expense.

At the beginning of the book, there is a popular-science introduction explaining what free verse is. Part of this introduction is a straightforward copy-paste from my post “Free Verse as a Mirror of the Non-Russian Revolution,” originally published on LiveJournal and later incorporated as one of the chapters of my Poetry Handbook. Mushkatina copied several paragraphs containing my direct personal statements (for example: “Free verse is essentially an aphorism, just a long one broken into lines. It must contain an i-d-e-a. I repeat: an i-d-e-a, not merely a set of words”), presenting them as her own writing.

The newspaper "Shomrei Shabbos" (Odesa), no. 48 (930), dated August 30, 2013, published an article entitled “More and More Wings” about multiplanes on page 7. No author was credited, probably because they were too ashamed to put their name to it. In fact, it is a heavily shortened and abridged version of an article of the same title from Popular Mechanics.

In the newspaper of the Federation of Omsk Trade Unions “Position,” No. 13 (1114)’2013 (Omsk, Russia), page 10, an article titled “In Search of New Roads” was published without attribution. The article is almost a complete copy-paste of my article “The Road Winds Like a Clever Ribbon...” (including illustrations) from the magazine “Popular Mechanics.” In addition to changing the title, the editorial staff added a different lead.

The editor-in-chief of the publication is L. N. Trush.

In the journal “Construction Bulletin of the Baikal Region,” No. 3 (13)’2013 (Irkutsk, Russia), pp. 44–47, an article titled “100 Quotas per Shift plus Energy Efficiency and Technological Advantages” was published without attribution. The article was taken from the magazine “Popular Mechanics,” No. 5 (115)’2012, where it had been published under the title “100 Quotas per Shift.” The text was slightly edited, and the title was changed.

The editor-in-chief is not indicated.

In the anthology “Anthology of the Strange Short Story” (Kharkiv: Folio, 2012, ISBN 978-966-03-6080-8), my story “The Word of Mishko the Boy” was published without my knowledge or permission. I had granted permission for its publication in the Kharkiv almanac “Four Centimeters of the Moon,” but the compiler of the anthology decided that he could subsequently use the story at his own discretion. I learned about this publication случайно from the Internet.

The compiler of the collection is Sergey Anatolyevich Shatalov (also the editor-in-chief of the almanac “Four Centimeters of the Moon,” who originally obtained the story for that publication).

In the newspaper of the Federation of Omsk Trade Unions “Position,” No. 33 (1088)’2012 (Omsk, Russia), page 10, an article titled “Bucatini, Cavatappi, Farfalle, Ravioli, Spaghetti and… Bridges” was published without attribution. The section “…Bridges” is a separate inset, making up about 25% of the article and devoted to the construction of bridges from pasta.

This section is a complete copy-paste of my article “The Battle of the Eiffels” from the magazine “Popular Mechanics,” without any indication of the source.

The editor-in-chief of the publication is L. N. Trush.

In the newspaper of the Federation of Omsk Trade Unions “Position,” No. 25 (1080)’2012 (Omsk, Russia), page 10, an article titled “Babylon of the 21st Century: Fantasies” was published without attribution. The article is almost a complete copy-paste of my article “Babylon of the 21st Century” (including illustrations) from the magazine “Popular Mechanics.” In addition to changing the title, the editorial staff added their own lead.

The editor-in-chief of the publication is L. N. Trush.

In the literary journal of the Kharkiv branch of the Union of Writers of Russia, “Slavyanin,” No. 8–9’2011 (Kharkiv, Ukraine), pages 193–202, an article titled “Poet: A Survival Guide” was published with my authorship indicated (Tim Skorenko). The article is a well-edited compilation of notes I had published on my personal website timskorenko.ru and in my LiveJournal blog nostradamvs.livejournal.com. In principle, I would not have objected to such a publication — had I at least been informed of its existence in advance.

The editor-in-chief of the publication is Leonid Ivanovich Machulin.

The first of many cases of my texts being stolen by Young Technician magazine. In issue No. 8 of 2010, on pages 14–21, an article by a certain S. Lykov entitled “Heavy Haulers of the Sky” was published. The entire article is plagiarized: it is a version of my article “Heavyweight of the Sky” from Popular Mechanics, partly rewritten in the author’s own words and partly copied verbatim. The “author” simply took my text and edited it to suit his magazine’s layout requirements and his own ideas about the Russian language.

In the Kyiv magazine "New Medicine of the Millennium" (No. 4, 2010), a substantial section (pages 54–63) is devoted to Hiroo Onoda, a second lieutenant in the Japanese Army who continued fighting his own war for 30 years after the end of World War II, hiding in the forests and unaware that Japan had surrendered. Page 63 contains various opinions and notes about Onoda by people unaffiliated with the magazine. Among other things, part of the page is devoted to the lyrics of my song “Second Lieutenant Onoda”. No one contacted me; the text was simply taken from my website. My name is credited, but that does not excuse the unauthorized publication.

In the literary almanac “Lulungomeena,” Issue 1’2005 (Kaliningrad, Russia), page 26, the lyrics of the song “In Memory of General Lindbergh” were published with authorship indicated under my online nickname timopheus. The text was taken from my website timskorenko.ru and published without changes.

The editor-in-chief of the publication is Roman Olegovich Adrianov (Elias Otis).