Mark Solonin

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Mark Solonin
Native name
Марк Семенович Солонин
Born (1958-04-29) April 29, 1958 (age 66)
Kuybyshev, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
OccupationHistorian
Language Russian
NationalityRussian
CitizenshipRussian
Alma mater Kuibyshev Aviation Institute
GenreSoviet history
Subject History
Years active1981 - Present
Children2

Mark Solonin (born May 29, 1958, in Kuybyshev, Soviet Union) is a Russian historian and author of numerous books on the Second World War. [1] [2] An aviation engineer by training, he has lived since 2016 in Estonia. [3]

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Early life

Mark Semionovich Solonin (Russian : Марк Семёнович Солонин) was born in Kuybyshev, Soviet Union, on May 29, 1958. With a father who had served with the Soviet Army in the Second World War, he developed strong interest in history as a boy. After graduating from secondary school with a golden medal ( cum laude ), he decided to study not history but aviation engineering to avoid Soviet politics from interfering with his potential career in history. [4]

Career

Solonin's studies focus on the Second World War, particularly the opening weeks of the Soviet-German War [5]

Solonin criticized the new Russian Minister of Culture and revisionist historian Vladimir Medinsky as "a propagandist of the shameless Goebbels variety". [6] In response, he was criticized by several "official" Russian historians, mostly for supporting works such as Icebreaker by Viktor Suvorov about the beginning of the war. [7] :40 [8] [9] [10]

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  1. Oleg Sukhov (27 April 2014). "Creative Unions Seen to Back Kremlin Views". Moscow Times. Archived from the original on 2014-04-28.
  2. "May 9 Victory Day". Baltictimes.com. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  3. "Марк Солонин - персональный сайт историка. Биография".
  4. "Mark Solonin. Historian's personal webpage.Biography".
  5. "Pact that set the scene for war". 21 August 2009.
  6. "Profile: Vladimir Medinsky, Russia's Controversial New Culture Minister". RFE/RL . 3 June 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
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  8. Дмитрий Верхотуров. Почему Виктор Суворов был так популярен?. Как фальсификаторы истории поспособствовали собственному разоблачению // Столетие. Информационно-аналитическое издание Фонда исторической перспективы, 23.10.2015
  9. А. Ю. Платов. Ладожская навигация 1941 г. Фантазии и действительность // Труды ежегодного Международного научно-промышленного форума «Великие реки», Издательство ФГБОУ ВО «Волжский государственный университет водного транспорта», 2014 г., с. 194—196
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