Anton Vladimirovich Antonov-Ovseyenko | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 February 1920 |
| Died | 9 July 2013 (aged 93) |
| Occupation | Writer and historian |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Pedagogical Institute |
Anton Vladimirovich Antonov-Ovseyenko (in centre) as a child with his siblings and parents during their stay in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Anton Vladimirovich Antonov-Ovseyenko (Russian: Анто́н Влади́мирович Анто́нов-Овсе́енко) (23 February 1920 – 9 July 2013) was a Russian historian and writer.[1][2]
Born on 23 February 1920, he was the son of a Bolshevik military leader Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko.[3] In 1935, he joined the historical faculty of the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute. In 1938, he was expelled from Komsomol and the institute wherein, however, he was reinstated in the same year.[1]
He was arrested in 1940 and spent 13 years in labor camps.
Although best known for his biography of Lavrentiy Beria, he wrote several books.
Antonov-Ovseyenko operated a state museum on the Gulag, for which the Moscow administration provided a building in August 2001.[4] [5]
When he died in 2013, he was still working two full days a week to continue documenting the evils of the Soviet era and to help with plans for a new, larger space.[6]
Bibliography[]
- The Time of Stalin: Portrait of a Tyranny, Harper & Row, 1981, ISBN 0-06-010148-2
- Theater of Joseph Stalin Moscow. "Grėgori-Pėĭdzh", 1995. ISBN 5-900493-15-6
- Enemy of the people, Moscow. Intellekt, 1996. Russian text online
- (Russian) Beria Moscow, ACT, 1999, ISBN 5-237-03178-1 Russian text online
- (Russian) Naprasnyi podvig? (Vain feat?) Moscow: ACT, 2003. ISBN 5-17-017525-6
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Aнтонов-Овсеенко Антон Владимирович (р.1920): историк, писатель, публицист". The Sakharov Center. http://www.sakharov-center.ru/asfcd/auth/authord919.html?id=342. Retrieved 22 August 2011. (Antonov-Ovseyenko’s biography on the website of the Sakharov Center)
- ↑ "Russia Mourns Stalin Scholar, Gulag Museum Founder". Ria.ru. 2013-07-11. http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130711/182185315/Russia-Mourns-Stalin-Scholar-Gulag-Museum-Founder.html. Retrieved 2013-07-12.
- ↑ Гальперович, Данила (27 June 2010). "Директор Государственного музея ГУЛАГа Антон Владимирович Антонов-Овсеенко". Radio Liberty. http://www.svobodanews.ru/content/transcript/2085640.html. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ↑ Banerji, Arup (2008). Writing history in the Soviet Union: making the past work. Berghahn Books. p. 271. ISBN 81-87358-37-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=NqJS-H-odnYC&printsec=frontcover#PPA271,M1.
- ↑ "Stalinism Survivor Runs Gulag Museum In Moscow | @pritheworld". Theworld.org. 2011-10-27. http://www.theworld.org/2011/10/stalinism-gulag-museum/. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
- ↑ Schwirtz, Michael (2013-07-10). "Anton Antonov Ovseyenko, Who Exposed Stalin Terror, Dies at 93". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/11/world/europe/anton-antonov-ovseyenko-who-exposed-stalin-terror-dies-at-93.html. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
External links[]
- Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko at the Internet Movie Database
- Anton Antonov Ovseyenko, Who Exposed Stalin Terror, Dies at 93 New York Times, July 10, 2013
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