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Anton Vladimirovich Antonov-Ovseenko (russian: Анто́н Влади́мирович Анто́нов-Овсе́енко; 23 February 1920,

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– 9 July 2013,

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) was a Russian historian and writer. (Antonov-Ovseyenko’s biography on the website of the Sakharov Center) Born on 23 February 1920, he was the son of the Bolshevik military leader

Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko Vladimir Alexandrovich Antonov-Ovseenko (russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Анто́нов-Овсе́енко; ua, Володимир Антонов-Овсєєнко; 9 March 1883 – 10 February 1938), real surna ...

who commanded the assault on the

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. In 1935, he joined the historical faculty of the

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. In 1938, he was expelled from

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and the institute wherein, however, he was reinstated in the same year. He was arrested in 1940 and spent 13 years in

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s. Antonov-Ovseenko is best known for his biography of

Lavrentiy Beria Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (; rus, Лавре́нтий Па́влович Бе́рия, Lavréntiy Pávlovich Bériya, p=ˈbʲerʲiə; ka, ლავრენტი ბერია, tr, ; – 23 December 1953) was a Georgian Bolshevik ...

and he also wrote several books. Antonov-Ovseenko operated a state museum on the

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, for which the Moscow administration provided a building in August 2001. When he died in 2013, he was still working two full days a week to continue documenting what he called "the evils of the Soviet era" and to help with plans for a new, larger space.

Bibliography

*''The Time of Stalin: Portrait of a Tyranny'', Harper & Row, 1981, (reprinted 1983) *''Theater of

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...

'' Moscow. "Grėgori-Pėĭdzh", 1995. *''

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'', Moscow. Intellekt, 1996
Russian text online
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Beria Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (; rus, Лавре́нтий Па́влович Бе́рия, Lavréntiy Pávlovich Bériya, p=ˈbʲerʲiə; ka, ლავრენტი ბერია, tr, ; – 23 December 1953) was a Georgian Bolshevik ...

'' Moscow, ACT, 1999,
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of the 2007 edition online) *''Naprasnyi podvig?'' (''Vain feat?'') Moscow: ACT, 2003.

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New York Times, July 10, 2013 {{DEFAULTSORT:Antonov-Ovseyenko, Anton 1920 births 2013 deaths Moscow State Pedagogical University alumni 20th-century Russian historians Stalinism-era scholars and writers Russian political writers 21st-century Russian historians Journalists from Moscow Soviet dissidents Gulag detainees Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery Soviet historians