Mark Solonin

Mark Solonin
Native name	Марк Семенович Солонин
Born	(1958-04-29) April 29, 1958 (age 67) Kuybyshev, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Historian
Language	Russian
Nationality	Russian
Citizenship	Russian
Alma mater	Kuibyshev Aviation Institute
Genre	Soviet history
Subject	History
Years active	1981 - Present
Children	2

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] In 2019 he relocated to Ukraine. ^[4] Since 2022 he lives in Kyiv. ^{[5] [6]}

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. ^[7]

Career

Solonin's studies focus on the Second World War, particularly the opening weeks of the Soviet-German War. ^[8] Solonin wrote several books outlining theory of the USSR planning to attack Germany first in 1941.

Solonin criticized the new Russian Minister of Culture and historian Vladimir Medinsky as "a propagandist of the shameless Goebbels variety". ^[9]

Bibliography

• Solonin, Mark (2006). На мирно спящих аэродромах[At The Sleeping Airfields] (in Russian). Moscow: Eksmo. ISBN   5-699-15695-X.
• Solonin, Mark (2007). 23 июня: "День М[June 23: M-Day] (in Russian). Moscow: Eksmo. ISBN   978-5-699-22304-6.
• Solonin, Mark (2008). 25 июня. Глупость или агрессия?[June 25: Foolishness or Aggression?] (in Russian). Moscow: Eksmo. ISBN   978-5-699-25300-5.
• Solonin, Mark (2008). Мозгоимение: Фальшивая история Великой войны[The Fake History of the Great War] (in Russian). Moscow: Eksmo. ISBN   978-5-699-28327-9.
• Solonin, Mark (2008). 22 июня. Анатомия катастрофы[June 22. Anatomy of Catastrophe] (in Russian). Moscow: Eksmo. ISBN   978-5-699-30295-6.
• Solonin, Mark (2011). Новая хронология катастрофы[A New Chronology Of The 1941 Invasion] (in Russian). Moscow: Eksmo. ISBN   978-5-699-51036-8.
• Solonin, Mark (2013). Июнь 41-го. Окончательный диагноз[June 1941: The Final Diagnosis] (in Russian). Moscow: Eksmo. ISBN   978-5-699-67335-3.
• Solonin, Mark (2021), Spring Victory: Stalin's Glossed Over Crime, (in English), Independently Published/Amazon, ISBN   979-8519589222
• Solonin, Mark (2021), Two Essays: Coming Up From Behind or How the Soviet Union Won the War and If World Domination is the Aim then Strike First!, (in English), Independently Published/Amazon, ISBN   979-8494370945

See also

• Soviet offensive plans controversy
• Battle of Białystok–Minsk
• Operation Barbarossa

References

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. "Мифы Второй мировой войны. Марк Солонин, Пётр Чернышов, CEO Club, YouTube". Archived from the original on 2021-09-04. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
5. Марк Солонин: «Вторжения в Украину не будет — ни вчера, ни сегодня, ни завтра» Archived 2022-03-10 at the Wayback Machine // Новые известия, 12.02.2022
6. «Шабат шалом, вторжения не будет»: Марк Солонин о ситуации вокруг Украины Archived 2022-02-12 at the Wayback Machine // vesty.co.il, 12.02.2022
7. "Mark Solonin. Historian's personal webpage.Biography".
8. "Pact that set the scene for war". 21 August 2009..
9. "Profile: Vladimir Medinsky, Russia's Controversial New Culture Minister". RFE/RL . 3 June 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2015.

External links

• Web page of Mark Solonin
• YouTube channel of Mark Solonin