Mark Solonin | |
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Native name | Марк Семенович Солонин |
Born | Kuybyshev, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | April 29, 1958
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]
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]
Solonin's studies focus on the Second World War, particularly the opening weeks of the Soviet-German War [8]
Solonin criticized the new Russian Minister of Culture and historian Vladimir Medinsky as "a propagandist of the shameless Goebbels variety". [9]
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